Sushmita Sen celebrates winning 2021 Champions of Change Award
Bollywood actor Sushmita Sen, on Friday night revealed that she was conferred with the prestigious National award titled 'Champions Of Change Award' for her contribution towards women empowerment and social welfare.
The former Miss Universe hosted an Instagram live session for her fans to share the exciting news with them. In the practically a quarter-hour session, Sushmita was over the moon while showing her award on the camera. Her family including daughters- Renee Sen, Alisah Sen, and beau Rohman Shawl also joined the session.
Thrilled after winning the award, she shared that her father, who served the country as an Indian Air Force Officer for several years would be pleased with her today because "when Bharat gives his daughter something, he just gets super super happy".
The 'Mai Hoon Na' actor, who is definitely vocal about the social issues related to women in society also elaborated what she said in her acceptance speech, while nearly getting the award. "To be born a female is a huge present from God but to be in service of women, given that is a privilege," she said. She further added a fan for a joint live session on Instagram, who also congratulated her for her big win. On a related note, the 45-year-old star's live session was viewed by more than 1 million persons on the photo-sharing platform.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Sushmita Sen made her comeback with the Indian crime drama web tv set series 'Aarya' that she had bagged the title 'Best Actor in drama series' by eminent entertainment award platforms like Filmfare, Dada Saheb Phalke, Film Critics Guild, Raj Kapoor Award. Currently, she actually is shooting for Season 2 of the series. Directed by Ram Madhvani, Sandeep Modi, and Vinod Rawat 'Aarya' is an official Indian remake of a favorite Dutch show 'Penoza'.
The story of 'Aarya' revolves around Aarya Sareen (Sushmita Sen) who's a caring mother and a loving wife. She is fairly simplistic in her approach and is unacquainted with the against the law business her husband is an integral part of. However, things go south because of their family after Aarya's husband Tej Sareen (Chandrachur Singh), a pharma baron, is mysteriously killed.
