The dusky Bengali beauty, Bipasha Basu, was born in Delhi, grew up
in Kolkata and now is based in Mumbai. She wanted to be a doctor since
childhood. She pursued science for Plus 2 but did her graduation in
Commerce, as doing all those horrid rat dissections made her faint.
Then she planned to do Chartered accountancy, but fate had something
else in store for her. She met Mehr Jessia, one of the famous supermodels
in India, in a hotel in Kolkata and she compelled her to participate
in the Famous Ford Supermodels Contest in 1996. She won the contest
at 17 years of age and the rest is history. Bipasha went on to catwalk
for all leading Indian designers.
After winning over people's hearts through modeling and advertisements,
she did the famous video 'Tu Meri Mehbooba' for Sonu Nigam's album, 'Kismat'.
In 2001, she started her film career with 'Ajnabee' followed by Vikram Bhatt's 'Raaz'
(2002) opposite Dino Morea in which her portrayal was greatly
appreciated. In the same year she acted in a Telugu movie, 'Takkari Donga',
opposite Mahesh Babu.
Next was an erotic thriller
Jism (2003), where she handled the role of a sexy wife of
an middle-aged industrialist very well. In this movie, her flair especially her superb
body was fully utilized by the director Amit Saxena. This movie changed
her image gave her a glamour-doll aura. She appeared glamorous in many
films like 'Zameen'
(2004), 'Footpath' (2004), 'Ishq Hai Tumse' (2004), 'Rudraksh' (2004) etc.
But she proved that she can also handle intense lead roles with ease in
'Rakth' (2004).
In 2005, her list of sterling performances include films like 'No
Entry', 'Barsaat', 'Shikhar'
and 'Apaharan'.
The year 2006 was also good for her. 'Phir
Hera Pheri' and 'Darna
Zaroori Hai' were movies that revealed her acting talent. Her performance in Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Corporate'
, in which she played a sophisticated business executive, won her rave
reviews.
Bips is now a leading contender for the top spot in Hindi films.
This dazzling, attractive personality feels that her eyes are her strong feature.
She is bold enough to accept unusual roles. She has been involved with co-actor and model Dino Morea
and now her relationship with hot star John Abraham has often been in the
news. It is widely speculated that they will end up getting married.
Hardworking and talented, Bipasha deserves every bit of her success.
