She's unpacking, unwinding, de-jetlagging and getting her office functional after a longish layoff.
"It's good to be back home after so long," Sushmita Sen landed in Mumbai on Tuesday morning after a month in the West Indies for Mudassar Aziz's Dulha Mil Gaya.
Shooting in the West Indies filled Bollywood's resident diva with a strange sense of déjà vu and joie de vivre.
"It felt uncanny to be back in Trinidad after thirteen years, this time to shoot a film. The last time it was in the capacity of Miss Universe. The greenery is gone! The entire tropical island has been turned unto a concrete jungle. But the warmth and hospitality of the people remains unchanged."
Sushmita had a hugely exhilarating experience in Trinidad. "When I was in Trinidad thirteen years ago someone stole my Miss Universe watch from my hotel room. It was very very precious, and not because it was expensive.
I don't show my emotions much in public. But that day I had cried. ...Now cut to when I land in Trinidad last month. And guess what? The locals remembered that unpleasant incident!
They came up to me at various public places from the time I landed on the island to apologize for what happened so long ago. It was a truly heart-warming acceptance of the fact that wounds are meant to heal."
Sushmita returned from Trinidad with a fund of fond memories of the island and the film. "I don't know about how Dulha Mil Gaya will look finally. But I had a ball shooting it.The director Mudassar has done a splendid job. I'm very satisfied with the way the film has shaped up."
Daughter Renee had accompanied Sushmita to Trinidad. "We two girls had ourselves a ball," smiles the ebullient diva.