"I Was A Money-Making Machine": Why Rimi Sen Joined Showbiz At 14

"I struggled a lot because I had financial issues at a very early age," said Rimi Sen

Actress Rimi Sen, best known for her roles in films such as Hungama and Dhoom, opened up about her tumultuous journey in films in a recent interview with Times Now Digital. Rimi Sen, who is currently on a sabbatical from films, talked about joining the entertainment industry as a teenager. She revealed financial problems forced her to start taking up modelling and acting jobs in Kolkata. "I started working when I was a child, I was in school, and I struggled a lot because I had financial issues at a very early age," the Times Now article, which reported she was all of 14 at that time, quoted her as saying. "Tab toh kaam kar rahi thi, I was like a money-making machine, my focus was money and financial stability. And then this was a very nice platform," Rimi Sen said and added that she consciously became part of the entertainment industry because of necessity and not because she wanted fame: "I wasn't looking at fame, stardom, and attention, I never wanted that."