Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Susmita Mukherjee says she 'sold my soul' doing C-grade films
A famous actress named Susmita Mukherjee posted a video on Instagram to talk to her fans.
In the video, she told them why she sometimes acted in movies she was not proud of.
A long time ago, in 2002, her family's media company went bankrupt, which means it ran out of money and had to close.
Her family had to pay back a very big loan of one crore rupees.
People who collect money came to her door and were not nice to her and her family.
She needed money to pay the loan and to send her daughter to study far away in Australia and New Zealand.
So she took acting jobs she did not like, and she calls this 'selling her soul.'
She says she did not feel good about those movies then, and she still does not today.
She and her husband worked very hard and paid off the loan after three or four years.
Now she earns well and only works on projects she loves.
Veteran actor Susmita Mukherjee confessed in an Instagram video that financial helplessness forced her to act in C-grade, sexist films derogatory to women.
She said she 'sold her soul' for those roles and did not feel good about them then or now.
In 2002, she and her husband lost their media company Prayas Production and went bankrupt along with Track Cinema and Anil Chaudhary Production, owing a Rs 1 crore loan.
Debtors and recovery agents came to her door and abused her family, forcing her back to work; the loan took 3-4 years to repay.
She also worked to fund her daughter's expensive studies in Australia and New Zealand, and now earns well and only takes projects she is happy with.
- Who
- Veteran Bollywood actor Susmita Mukherjee, who co-owned the media company Prayas Production with her husband.
- What
- She revealed in an Instagram video that she acted in C-grade, sexist films to repay a Rs 1 crore loan after going bankrupt in 2002 and to fund her daughter's studies abroad.
- When
- She made the confession recently in an Instagram video; the bankruptcy occurred in 2002.
- Where
- India's Bollywood film industry, where her career is based; her daughter studied in Australia and New Zealand.
- Why
- She needed money to repay the Rs 1 crore loan and to pay for her daughter's expensive studies abroad.
- Actor
- Susmita Mukherjee
- Confession platform
- Instagram video
- Loan amount
- Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million)
- Bankrupt company
- Prayas Production (lost in 2002 with her husband)
- Other bankrupt firms
- Track Cinema, Anil Chaudhary Production
- Loan repayment time
- 3-4 years
- Daughter's education
- Australia and New Zealand
- Last seen in
- Dabba Cartel (Netflix, 2025)
