Sushmita Sen adopted her elder daughter Renee Sen in 2000, and Alisah became her second adopted daughter in 2010. In a new interview, Sushmita recalled being in court for a hearing in Renee’s adoption case when the judge asked her father if he is concerned that her daughter will be unable to marry after Renee’s adoption.
Sushmita won Miss Universe in 1994 and made her film debut in 1996 with Mahesh Bhatt’s Dastak. Since then, she has appeared in films such as Biwi No. 1, Fiza, Aankhen, Main Hoon Na, and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?, among others.
Sushmita recalled the time she adopted Renee during an interview with Twinkle Khanna for Tweak India. “It was just something I knew I had to do, and to do that, my last precedent was a 29-year-old divorced woman who was allowed adoption,” she explained. divorced but single I am applying at the age of 21, have never been married, and am fertile – all of these are issues. They would undoubtedly oppose it.”
Renee was placed in foster care, according to Sushmita, and the court hearing took place six months later. “So I told my baba and the driver, ‘Baba, jaise hi bahar niklenge room se, gadi start kro, hum bhag jaenge bachhe ko leke because ye to mazak hai,” she recalled. We’ll flee in our car with Renee. This is not a joke) They are powerless to refuse. She’s almost addressing me as Ma’.”