Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Ex-Miss Universe Sushmita Sen plans autobiography

MUMBAI, India -- Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen has decided to write an autobiography with the tentative title "The Butterfly."

A former Miss Universe, Sen said she has begun writing chapters, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

She said the inspiration for the title came from one of her favorite sayings -- "what the world calls the end of a caterpillar's life, God calls a butterfly."

"I have written some portions of it," The Times of India newspaper quoted Sen saying. "And yes, the working title is called 'The Butterfly.'"

A model-turned-actress, Sen was crowned Miss Universe in the Philippines in 1994 and has since acted in 30 Hindi-language movies.

Sen plays a widow in an updated version of a Bollywood classic "Sholay," or "Embers," to be released this week.

She played a rock star in her last film, "Zindagi Rocks," or "Life Rocks," and a prostitute in an earlier movie "Chingari," which also translates to "Embers" in Hindi.

Sources: Philippine Daily Inquirer and Associated Press