Sush's Date With The Box Office

Sushmita Sen will be looking forward to this Friday as her film 'Dulha Mil Gaya' will be releasing. Ironically, her competitor at the box office will be another former beauty queen, Priyanka Chopra, whose 'Pyaar Impossible' is also set for a release this week.
Both Sush and Priyanka have been Miss India at different points of time. The difference though has been that Sushmita never managed to enjoy the kind of success at the box office as Priyanka is currently. In fact, Priyanka is easily among the top ranking actresses in the industry today. Very early in her career, the actress revealed her fair for histrionics which was noticed by the directors that matter. Today, she has makers like Ashutosh Gowariker, Vishal Bhardwaj and Madhur Bhandarkar on her resume. Sushmita has not been very lucky in her choice of films. Barring an odd 'Main Hoon Na', a 'Aankhen' or a 'Biwi No 1', she has never tasted the kind of critical or popular success as Priyanka has. But yet, even today, Sushmita carries an aura of a diva about her. It's got nothing to do with the number of films which have hit bull's eye, but something which is so intrinsically her. So, in a certain sense, there is really no competition, as both Sushmita and Priyanka have an entirely different appeal. While Sush will have Shah Rukh Khan and Fardeen Khan for company, Priyanka will be seen in the company of Uday Chopra. It remains, however, to be seen how the box office reacts to them. There is much at stake for both films. 'Pyaar Impossible' is crucial for Uday as it is his comeback venture. He hopes to resurrect his acting career with this movie, the script of which he has written himself. It will also mean a lot for Jugal Hansraj, the film's young director as it will be his first feature film post his animation film. As for 'Dulha Mil Gaya', it is an important film for producer Vivek Vaswani, who has managed to rope in SRK in a special appearance, to boost the fortunes of his movie. When he had signed SRK opposite Sushmita, he was obviously very influenced by their steaming jodi in 'Main Hoon Na'. It remains to be seen if Sush and SRK can revoke the magic of that movie. There is also Fardeen, whose career could do with a hit. Finally, there is director Mudassar Aziz who will debut with this film and will be hoping to get off to a winning start. However, ultimately, this Friday, it will be about Sushmita and Priyanka.

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