Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu  बिपाशा बसु

Profile
Birth date                   January 7, 1979
Birth place                 New Delhi, India
Occupation               Actress and Model
Years active              2001–present


Biography
Bipasha Basu is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. A former model, she was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest in 1996.

Basu is the middle child of three daughters: she has an elder sister named Bidisha and a younger named Vijayeta. Basu's family later moved to Kolkata shortly before she entered middle school.

In an interview, she has stated that she had initially planned to study medicine, but entered modelling and acting by accident. Basu studied science till the 12th standard at Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir and then studied commerce at The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College, an undergraduate college affiliated with the University of Calcutta. In Kolkata, she did modelling and ramp shows part-time. When she was 17, she met model Mehr Jessia in Kolkata; the latter suggested that Basu take part in the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest. Basu participated, and eventually won the contest.

Career
After winning the Ford Godrej Cinthol contest, Basu was flown to New York by the Ford Company, where she had a successful modelling career at the age of 17.

Basu made her film debut in Abbas Mustan's Ajnabee, with Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol and Kareena Kapoor. She played a married woman who goes all out to woo her husband’s married friend; she won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance.

In 2002, Basu starred in Telugu movie Takkari Donga and Vikram Bhatt's thriller Raaz. Raaz was a big commercial success and surfaced as the biggest hit of that year. For her performance in the film, she received her first Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare. One review in The Tribune noted, "...it is Bipasha Basu who steals the show with her fine performance." She appeared as Sonia Khanna in the 2003 hit movie Jism alongside John Abraham. The movie earned her a Filmfare Best Villain Award nomination.

Besides acting, Basu did the video "Tu" for Sonu Nigam's album, Kismat. She made a guest appearance in Jay Sean's music video "Stolen."

In 2006, she performed an item number "Beedi" in the film Omkara for which Rediff noted Basu's picturisation. In 2008 Basu starred in Race, her second collaboration with Abbas-Mustan. Co-starring Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, the film performed well at the box office, and Basu's performance was appreciated by critics. Taran Adarsh of indiaFM described her performance as "her best work so far. She’s superb". She also received good reviews for her role in Bachna Ae Haseeno opposite Ranbir Kapoor. She completed the year by appearing in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in the song "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte."

In 2005 Bipasha and John Abraham did a fitness video with Eros called Bollywood Bodies. In 2010 she launched her own line of videos with Shemaroo under the banner BB – Love Yourself. The first release is called "Fit and Fabulous You."

She is an inductee to the Brampton Walk of Fame in Ontario, Canada.

Filmography
(Most recent movies)
Year Title
2007 Nehlle Pe Dehlla
No Smoking
Om Shanti Om
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal Rumana
2008 Race Sonia
Bachna Ae Haseeno
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2009 Aa Dekhen Zara
All The Best: Fun Begins
Sob Choritro Kalponik
2010 Pankh Nandini
Lamhaa
Aakrosh
2011 Dum Maro Dum
Players
Singularity

Bipasha Basu fulfilled her long cherished dream while shooting for her Hollywood film "Singularity" - she visited Taj Mahal while working for the movie.

"When Taj Mahal was announced one of the (new) seven wonders of the world in Portugal, I was the one who had made the announcement. It was my wish to see it, but never got a chance. Finally, travelling for the shoot of this film gave me the opportunity. We went to see it. Although it was very hot, but I enjoyed the experience to the hilt," Bipasha told IANS.

"Singularity" is a period film being helmed by Roland Joffe and also stars Josh Hartnett.





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