Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu is one of the most popular actresses in Bollywood. With her hourglass figure and charm she got into the hearts of millions of Bollywood fans across the world. Ever since she began acting she has been the hot favorite of not only the people but also the media. The media covered her each and every move, functions and boy friends. She always loved being in the news and she loved acting.

Her first name means 'Deep, dark desire' and there is no wonder she is one of the most coveted actresses of our time. She is continually listed as one of Asia's sexiest women, along with fellow stars Mallika Sherawat and Aishwarya Rai. She also won the Tulips Miss Super Vivacious and Ford Supermodels Contest at the age of 17. Besides appearing in several advertisements of huge companies she also cat walked for many leading Indian designers. Her debut Bollywood movie was 'Ajnabee' and before long she signed another movie called 'Raaz' which was a major hit.

Bipasha is the second of three daughters in her family. Her family includes of her mother, her father, her elder sister Bidisha, and her younger sister Bijoyeta. People considered her as an ugly child as she was dark and very ordinary. She remembers that her elder sister was taller and fairer and she used to be the center of attraction in family gatherings etc, this helped to give her a kind of lonely and rejected feeling and it was quite a lot painful for her.

She joined Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Kolkata for early education and she had a very good time there. She was very good at studies and everybody in her school liked her for her talent and smartness. It was around then she moved seriously into modeling and she says, "If I hadn't started modeling at an early age, I would have liked to study. Not having done so will always be regretted."

The kind of hard and stubborn nature she had developed during her childhood helped her to accept all kinds of challenging roles without much hesitation. Her role in 'Ajnabee', 'Jism' and 'Zameen', all were challenging enough to give headache for any greenhorn, but she handled all these demanding scripts in such a way that it looked easier from outside. As a young girl she always wanted to participate in contests and she never wanted to miss any chances to show her talent to the world. Obviously she won ford's supermodel contest at the age of seventeen.

Acting was an unplanned career for her. She never expected or dreamed about being an actress at any phase of her life. This may be due to the bad attitude of people towards her during her childhood. Either she or her family never considered her as a movie material and several jokes have been made about her ugliness. But all these weren't strong enough to beat her passion and spirit.

Bipasha's debut film was Ajnabee (2001) and it faired well in box office, she soon she started signing other movies. She attracted attention with her roles in Raaz (2002) and Jism (2003). The way she handled erotic scenes for this movie brought her the image of a sexy symbol.

In 2005, she had a successful film 'No Entry'. She later appeared in the 2006 film 'Phir Hera Pheri', which did well at the box office. And Bipasha also appeared in 'Corporate' for which she received much praise.

'Dhoom 2' is her latest release with Yash Raj Films, which was a huge hit overseas and in India. In all these years she has done many things including modeling and lots of movies, all this kept her burgeoning star value in constant phase. It is her constant effort and hard work, which is responsible for placing her in the position where she is now.

In 2001 she won Filmfare Best Debut Award and Filmfare Lux New Face Award for 'Ajnabee', and she was nominated for Filmfare Best Actress Award in 2002 for the film 'Raaz' and in 2003 she received a nomination for Filmfare Best Villain Award for 'Jism' and again in 2006 she was nominated for Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in the movie 'Corporate'. In 2006 MTV Immies she won Best Performance in a Song- Female for 'Beedi'. Her other awards include: Zee Cine Award Dynamic Duo for 'Raaz' (shared with Dino Morea), and Best Actress for 'Corporate' in the Global Indian Film Awards, In 2006 Eastern Eye for the 'sexiest woman in Asia' she was ranked second.

She has been dating movie star and model John Abraham for some time now, and recently rumors of their engagement was in the air. International Hera Pheri is her upcoming project this year and it is going to be another hardworking year for her as there are other projects waiting for her.