It's not that we are overlooking the fact that she has a release due for October 2nd, 2009 - DO KNOT DISTURB by David Dhawan, paired against Govinda.It is just that curiously enough, in keeping with the season of 'second comings,' Do Knot Disturb gains a special place in Sushmita Sen's career graph that started with Dastak in 1996.
( Anyone remember that? Or for that matter Zor, the next release with Sunny Deol in the lead role as Mr.Vengeance?).

Anyways, the point is this - 12 odd years and 30 -something movie projects later, there is not a single movie of repute that can be called quintessentail Sushmita Sen, other than the 2004 summer blockbuster - Main Hoon Na, which also paved the way for Farah Khan the Director, and Red Chillies as the big - time movie production house.
But it also had the muscle and back - up of King Khan and his lavish production,and so was a safe bet, and a guaranteed minimum returns project,and Ms. Sen was extremely fortunate to ride high on that goodwill and heightened popularity.

After Main Hoon Na in 2004, Sushmita Sen continued to be in the news alright. As with established procedures of moder -day spin and drivel, mindlessly repeated again and again as news, there were at one point of time, more Hollywood projects associated with Ms.Sen than any professional in Bollywood could ever dream of in his/her lifetime.But, what it ended up was the excruciatingly painful and the immensely forgettable Karma,Confessions and Holi.It is also curious as to the choice of projects she has taken in the last five years, that has never even got her anywhere close to atleast a first -week run at the box -office.

Sample this - Paisa Vasool, Chingaari, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya,Main Aisa Hi Hoon,Bewafaa,Kisna,It Was Raining That Night,Zindaggi Rocks, Alag, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag,Dulha Mil Gaya, Karma, Confessions and Holi.

Does this in any way,seem like an informed choice of an artiste who has been in this business of acting (?) for the past 12 years?

Hopefully Do Knot Disturb will change all that, and as the season promises, it might usher in a new era of possibilities and avenues to Ms.Sen.

Curiously enough, a certain Miss World of 1994, has had the good fortune of playing her cards right, managing the right decisions and getting her career, as a notable power - lister of the Bollywood fraternity by now.
A study in contrast?
Maybe.