DYK Sushmita Sen’s Main Hoon Na Entry Scene With Shah Rukh Khan Was Unplanned?

Sushmita Sen as an actress needs no special introduction. The Bollywood star has often impressed the audience with her impeccable performances. Not to forget she gets us swooning with her sartorial choices. Also, you have to agree that Sushmita Sen is an open book when it comes to candidly sharing anecdotes from her personal and professional front. Not long ago, in a conversation with Humans Of Bombay, Sushmita Sen made an interesting revelation regarding the iconic entry scene of her character Ms Chandni from the film Main Hoon Na where she was cast alongside Shah Rukh Khan.

Sushmita Sen essayed the role of a college teacher in the Farah Khan directorial debut Main Hoon Na. Shah Rukh Khan played the role of an army major who disguises himself as a student in the film. Sushmita reminisced about the popular scene where SRK opened his arms and went down on his knees, mesmerised to see Ms Chandni aka Sushmita walking along the college premises in a red, chiffon saree in a quintessential Yash Chopra fashion. The film scene earned a cult status in no time.

Spilling the beans about the particular Main Hoon Na shot, Sushmita Sen revealed that the scene was completely unplanned and Shah Rukh Khan’s gesture was also impromptu. “A lot of stuff that you see in the movie was not written. It just happened. Nanna Munna Rahi Hoon, that’s there in the script. Then he (Shah Rukh Khan) sees this woman (Sushmita Sen) and he goes down on his knees and opens his arms but it is not there. Shah Rukh just did that in the shot and was like dude what are you looking like? And Farah’s like perfect, cut… This was not choreographed. So it just happened at the moment,” she said.

Sushmita Sen added, “And as you know, Shah Rukh is Shah Rukh. He can do the same take 50 times and make it look like it is happening for the first time.” Released in 2004, Main Hoon Na also starred Zayed Khan, Amrita Rao, and Suniel Shetty in important roles. The film became a hit.

On the work front, Sushmita Sen was last in the web series Taali where she played the role of transgender activist Shreegauri Sawant. Helmed by Ravi Jadhav, the 6-episode series was released on the OTT platform Jio Cinema on August 15. Sushmita was lauded for her powerful performance.