Sushmita Sen sure lives by her own rules. If she believes in something, she thinks nothing of putting everything else aside to pursue a single-minded course. As she so ably does in the case of her adopted daughter, Renee.

Sush is no different when it comes to her career. Though she is convinced that "this profession is exhilirating," nothing matters to her more than her own instincts. She has now gone ahead and agreed to play a negative character in choreographer Farha Khan`s directorial debut. The role is said to be modelled on Sharon Stone`s character in Basic Instinct, and it pits her opposite Shahrukh Khan.Sush is so excited that she is unmindful of the fact that several directors who were planning films with her in the lead have been assailed by doubts: they aren`t keen anymore to cast her.

But does she care? "I like doing things my way. I love the role which Farah has narrated and will return the signing amount of other films." Knowing Sush and her penchant for clarity, we`re sure she knows what she`s doing.