‘Sushmita Sen loves 22-carat diamonds, I can't afford to buy them,' says ex-boyfriend Rohman Shawl: ‘Abhi meri aukaat nahi'
During a conversation with Instant Bollywood, Rohman was asked if he had ever gifted a diamond to Sushmita, or had ever gotten one as a gift from her. He laughed and answered, 'Jis hisab ke unko diamond pasand hai, abhi meri aukaat nahi itna bada kharidne ki. Toh jis din uss layak banunga, inshallah zaroor. (The kind of diamonds she likes, I can not afford that right now. So the day I can afford it, god willing, I definitely will).'
He further spoke about Sushmita's love for giant diamonds and said that he is a long way from buying that. 'Unka ek pasandita diamond hai, woh 22 carats ka hai. Toh woh kamane ke liye bahot waqt hai, but inshallah jaldi. (She has a favourite diamond – it is 22 carats. It will take a lot of time to earn that much, but Inshallah, soon). That is the goal.'
ALSO READ | Saiyaara box office collection day 4: Ahaan Panday-Aneet Padda's debut crosses Rs 100 cr mark in 4 days; inches away from surpassing Salman Khan's Sikandar
In a 2022 interview with Brides Today, Sushmita was asked about her popular statement, 'I don't need a man in my life to have diamonds. I can own them myself'. She gave an example of gifting herself a 22-carat diamond ring and said, 'I have never allowed anyone to gift me diamonds. In fact, I had gifted myself a 22-carat diamond ring many years ago, which I wear everywhere. People watch me go shopping for groceries and wonder 'What is she wearing?!'. But I'm proud that I could do that for myself. For me, my diamond ring is a symbol of hope and empowerment. I believe that all women should be independent, especially financially.'
Sushmita Sen has never been married. She adopted her two daughters – Renee and Alisah – soon after she became Miss Universe.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
News18
13 minutes ago
- News18
Pedro Pascal Commands Attention In Suit Jacket With Cravat At 'Fantastic Four' Premiere
The internet's favourite zaddy is back, and fans can't keep calm! For the LA premiere of his highly anticipated Marvel film 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps', Pedro Pascal looked his finest in a sharp white suit jacket paired with a classic white tank and a chic black‑and‑white silk cravat and we sure can't take our eyes off him. Check out the full look right here. news | entertainment news live | latest bollywood news | bollywood | news18 | n18oc_moviesLiked the video? Please press the thumbs up icon and leave a comment. Subscribe to Showsha YouTube channel and never miss a video: Showsha on Instagram: Showsha on Facebook: Showsha on X: Showsha on Snapchat: entertainment and lifestyle news and updates on:
Scroll.in
13 minutes ago
- Scroll.in
‘Sairaaya' is a surprise blockbuster only for those who weren't watching closely
Alert: Spoilers ahead about Saiyaara 's plot. Soon after Saiyaara's release on July 18, a Mumbai screenwriter joked on Instagram that he had thrown away his horror comedy script and would be pitching a romantic film instead. Mohit Suri's musical, starring Aneet Padda and first-time actor Ahaan Pandey, is a box office scorcher, earning reportedly over Rs 83 crore in its opening weekend – a feat for a movie with untested leads. Saiyaara has broken the myths that nepo-debutants are doomed to fail theatrically – Ahaan Panday is Chunky Panday's nephew – and that it's the age of action-based films and Stree -like horror comedies. Saiyaara has confirmed that young audiences still want love stories – but black, without cream and sugar. Produced by Aditya Chopra's Yash Raj Films, which is known for its sunny romances, Saiyaara stars Panday as struggling bad-boy rocker Krish. His talent and temper hide his troubled relationship with his alcoholic father. Padda plays poet-writer Vaani, who is nursing a severe heartbreak. The plot brings them together to work on a song. They fall in love over some crackling tunes. Midway, Vaani is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Krish struggles to accept their fate, but remains a dutiful lover. For industry watchers, Saiyaara 's success is a headscratcher. Does it do anything new? Yes, it does – but also not really. Writer-director Mohit Suri is a master in packaging disparate elements like Hollywood and Korean neo-noirs, feverish Hallyu-flavoured romance and fresh indie music from the subcontinent. Suri also has his uncle and mentor Mahesh Bhatt's natural flair for staging dramatic scenes between adult lovers. Suri's unique talents, previously seen in Zeher, Awaarapan, Murder 2, Aashiqui 2, Ek Villain and Malang, got burnished with Aditya Chopra's financial backing in Saiyaara. The result: a long-awaited comeback for the romantic film, albeit in Goth makeup. Play The road to Saiyaara is packed with filmmakers – Suri among them – and younger Bollywood stars checking out of traditional romantic dramas through the 2010s. The fulcrum of the romantic genre is the belief in the institution of marriage. This requires a positive attitude towards heterosexual dating mores – perhaps last seen in Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014). But that film too was a tribute to Chopra's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, the seminal romantic movie for an entire generation. In HSKD 's retread of older tropes without a new vision in sight lay hints of the genre's decline. The present and past decades are awash with gloomy love stories with downbeat themes, whether in Hollywood or Bollywood – mental health (Chemical Hearts, Laila Majnu), infidelity (Marriage Story, Gehraiyaan), terminal illness (The Fault in Our Stars, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil) and abuse (It Ends with Us, Satyaprem Ki Katha). The 'chocolate boy' too got bitter. Between the success of Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Arjun Reddy (2017) and its Bollywood remake Kabir Singh (2019) came the pop culture shift towards tales of dangerous love on BookTok, Bookstagram and Tumblr. Like the men with violent tendencies in young adult literature and fan fiction, Vanga's heroes too don't hesitate to threaten women into having sex. All this coincided with the global dating app boom of the 2010s. Romantic films began to feature protagonists struggling to choose the right partner out of endless options offered on the e-dating aisle. The desperation and ennui of this culture made its way to Hollywood films like Newness (2017) and Indian series such as Mismatched and Modern Love. The transformation of the genre is also consistent with the world-wide shift towards hetero-pessimism, coming in the wake of the MeToo movement. Play Even Imtiaz Ali, Bollywood's other consistent chronicler of contemporary romance, began to make his love stories messier. His Tamasha feels less a romance and more a coming-of-age film about a manic-depressive man. In Hollywood, studios began neglecting mid-budget fare that include rom-coms in favour of tentpole films, such as superhero films, spy thrillers and reliable family-friendly IP. Mid-budget movies have been under threat in India too, with the pan-Indian success of Baahubali (2015-2017) followed by endless imitators. The southern film industries managed to keep love stories alive, with their directors combining coming-of-age stories with the long-winded messiness of finding and holding on to love. Hemanth M Rao's two-part Sapta Saagaradaache Ello and the Malayalam superhits Hridayam and Premalu exemplify this trend. In Bollywood, the romances that left a mark – Manmarziyaan, Gehraiyaan, Haseen Dilruba – either addressed current misgivings about the promise of heterosexual fulfilment or muddled the story with trauma and disease. Notably, they are either streaming releases or theatrical films that have gained traction after becoming available online. The Bollywood rom-com never did disappear entirely. It hid itself inside the North Indian comedy of manners that doubled up as family films. Examples include the prototype Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), Luka Chhupi (2020) and Zara Bachke Zara Hatke (2023). But the traditional rom-com, whose engine was the friction between a man and a woman of strong and contrasting personalities, in an urban setting with no family in sight, had all but vanished. Karan Johar did take up the challenge and attempt Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023), bridging the classic rom-com with woke subversions, but it didn't entirely work. Mohit Suri, who can thank South Korea for his career, has punctuated Saiyaara with elements from the Hallyu romance A Moment to Remember (2004). Suri's ever-reliable ear for angsty emo pop has done wonders. Perhaps Mumbai filmmakers will have to grunge up their romantic heroes, trauma-load their heroines and pre-book Mithoon if the romantic drama has to be kept alive after this miraculous comeback. Play
Mint
13 minutes ago
- Mint
Saiyaara Box Office Collection Day 5: Ahaan Panday-Aneet Padda's film headed for ₹150 crore mark
Ever since the release of Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda's debut film, Saiyaara, comparisons with Aashiqui 2 have been inevitable. Interestingly, both romantic dramas are helmed by filmmaker Mohit Suri. Now, in a major milestone, the YRF-backed Saiyaara has officially surpassed the worldwide lifetime earnings of Aashiqui 2. As per early estimates by industry tracker Sacnilk, Saiyaara earned ₹ 25 crore on Day 5. While there was a slight dip in daily earnings, these are dynamic figures based on morning, afternoon, and evening show data, and the overall trend remains strong. So far, the film has collected Rs132.25 crore at the domestic box office. After a massive opening weekend, Saiyaara has held steady during weekdays, with consistent footfalls at theatres. Morning Shows: 29.90% Afternoon Shows: 52.31% Evening Shows: 56.96% Night Shows: 71.94% Delhi NCR and Mumbai continue to lead in terms of show count and audience turnout. Meanwhile, strong performance was also noted in tier-2 and tier-3 cities like Pune, Jaipur, Lucknow, and Chandigarh. Internationally, the film is also showing impressive momentum. On Monday, Saiyaara reached ₹ 151 crore in global collections. This includes an India Net Collection of ₹ 107.25 crore and an Overseas Collection of ₹ 23 crore. Its India Gross Collection stood at ₹ 128 crore by Day 4. With this, Saiyaara has crossed the lifetime global collections of Aashiqui 2, which starred Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur, and is now the fifth Hindi film of 2025 to enter the ₹ 150 crore club. It has also overtaken the earnings of Akshay Kumar's Kesari Chapter 2 ( ₹ 144 crore), which released earlier this year. Shraddha Kapoor recently watched Saiyaara in theatres and couldn't hold back her emotions. She shared a heartfelt note on Instagram, writing, 'Saiyaara se Aashiqui ho gayi hai mujhe' (I've fallen in love with Saiyaara). Reacting to her post, Ahaan Panday shared a touching response: 'Working under you on Rock On 2, being assigned to fix your piano, the serendipity of assisting on a rock music film, to getting to be a part of one… I remember you taking out the time to speak to me for a few seconds, and your words weighing heavy on me.' He added, 'You made me feel seen at a time when very few did, in such a small short conversation—and that's why you're magic. Maybe a little glimmer of that magic spilled onto me and that's why the universe allowed me to have this moment.'
