Sushmita Sen reveals how she broke the news of adoption to her daughters and how they reacted

Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen is an inspiration for her fans in many ways. Not only professionally has she achieved milestones, but even in personal life, she has set an amazing example. She's a single mother, who adopted two lovely, beautiful daughters, Renee and Alisah. The actress' Instagram feed is full of pictures with her darling daughters. Her elder daughter Renee is 19 years old and the younger one is 10.

In 2012, Rene made her first public appearance with her mother Sushmita on a chat show with Simi Garewal. Ever since then Renee has been spotted with the actor on various occasions. 

In her recent interview with Rajeev Masand, the actress spoke about how she broke the news of adoption to them, Sushmita said that she explained it through a game. "We played opposites, tall-short, and all that. I then said adopted and biological. So Renee said 'I'm adopted?' I said yes, biological is boring. You are special, you're born from the heart. And then she would tell everyone else, 'You're biological? You're boring'. I'm so glad that it worked both times like magic," she said.

Sushmita also revealed that she wanted the girls to find out about their real parents once they turn 18. So when Renee was 16, she explained to her that she could go to court and look at the names of her biological parents in an envelope.

"I told her that I don't know if they have names of biological parents in there, but that information is rightfully hers. I didn't want to give her the wrong information and break her heart. She asked me, 'Why do you want me to go and find out?' I said, 'I'm not saying go find out, I'm saying you have a right to know. She gave it a moment's pause and said, 'No, I don't want to find out."

On the work front, Sushmita confirmed at an event in 2018 that she has been reading scripts for a while now, and feels ready to sign a film. "I have been looking at scripts again for the past one and a half year. I think I am ready to commit six months of my life to a film. But, just because I am ready, doesn't mean the perfect script is ready for me," she said.

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