Bipasha Basu, the model turned actress always keeps up her ‘wow’ factor in the glamour industry, where she belongs for more than 10 years now. It is always believed Bollywood is a tough industry to survive if an upcoming actor or actress does not have any God Father but Bipasha has changed the statement to ‘if you wish to stay, be determined to stay and you will stay’ just like the actress herself.
Childhood Days
She was born on January 7th, 1979 to a Bengali Hindu family in Delhi. She is second amongst three sisters. Throughout her childhood days she was a tomboy and was pampered by all because of her naughty tricks. She was called as 'Lady Don' in the school.
Education
Bipasha did her schooling from Apeejay High School till she was eight years later after her family moved to Kolkata she joined Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandi where studied till she finished 12th standard.
Love Interests
The first man in Bipasha’s life to whom she loved was Dino Morea. It was a teenage love as the cupid struck when she was only 17
th years. They were in relationship from 1996 till 2002. Later the young lady while doing the movie Jism started dating John Abraham. It was 2003 they became close to one another and continued to be in relationship till 2011 end. They together looked just perfect and Indian media were referred as supercouple. Unfortunately, they broke off without citing any specific reasons. It is sad but a fact.
Modelling Career
Bipasha started her career as a model at a tender age of 17
th. She opted for this career option against the wishes of the family hence handled her career all by herself in the initial days. She won Godrej Cinthol Supermodel Contest as well as Ford Models Supermodel of the World contest in 1996. This was the beginning of her modelling career. During her modelling career she was part of many commercials, fashion shows and appeared on 40 and more magazine covers.
Bollywood Movie Debut
She joined the film industry with ‘Ajnabee’ in the year 2001. She was one amongst the two female lead heroines but her character had negative shades. She was quite convincing in her performance kand inspite of playing a negative role she was able to win the hearts of world-wide audience. In the movie she was paired opposite Akshay Kumar. Bipasha had luck on her side that she could make such an impressive debut opposite big names in the industry. The movie established her as the promising actress in Hindi film industry.
Commercially Successful Movie
The Bengali beauty gave her first commercially successful movie at the Box Office with Raaz in 2002. It was a horror movie directed by Vikram Bhat. In the movie she played wife to Dino Morea. This being her second movie she gave the performance much better than expected. Viewers were able to connect with Bipasha Basu as Sanjana instantly in Raaz. This was followed by Race in 2008. This too was a glamorous role.
Movie that gave Recognition
Bipasha looks very glamorous and is recognized globally mainly in home country India as ‘bold and beautiful’ actress. She is not bashful of this image rather enjoys the distinctive recognition. She owes this positive reception to her movie ‘Jism’ released in 2003. She made quite a bold move to take up this glamorous role in erotic thriller movie. Since then she is being address as ‘sex symbol’ largely by the media.
Break in Comedy Films
The actress has forte in glamorous roles but proved she has the talent much more than only looks. She brought before her impressive timings in comedy roles in the hilarious flicks namely ‘No Entry’ in 2005 and ‘Phir Hera Pheri’ in 2006. The movie ‘No Entry’ gave her enough space to show her skills in comedy and she successfully did in the given space.
Credit of Item Songs
These days career of a heroine is incomplete if she does not have super hit item songs to her credit. Well Bipasha has in all three items songs commercially very successful which can make everyone dance. These are "Phoonk De" from the film ‘No Smoking’ in 2007 while "Beedi" as well as "Namak Ishq Ka" in 2006 year release ‘Omkara’.
Venture in Regional Language Movies
Bipasha has even left her strong presence in the regional language industry as well namely Telugu, Tamil and Bengali. First regional of the actress was a Telugu film titled as Takkari Donga in 2002. The movie did moderately well at the box office. Her Tamil movie ‘Sachein’ was a box office hit released in the year 2005. She acted in Bengali film, ‘Shob Charitro Kalponik’ a Rituparno Ghosh film in 2009. In this movie the Bengali origin actress was completely in a de-glam role and gave a power pack performance. Critics and pioneers from Indian film fraternity spoke very high of her for her acting capabilities.
Debut in International Films
Bollywood is completely floored by Bipasha’s look and acting capabilities now it is turn of International Movies. She makes her debut in international films with Australian film Singularity slated to be released in 2012.
Endeavour in Music Videos
She also appeared in two Music Videos in 2005. First was “Tu” in Kismat, a Sonu Nigam’s music video and Stolen, Jay Sean’s album. The actress looked lovely and danced gracefully in the entire song sequence.
Awards and Rewards
Bipasha stormed in Bollywood with oozing confidence which she showcased in the performance in her first debut movie ‘Ajnabee’. Film fraternity recognized her talents and sealed it with Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. After this she gained two nominations for Filmfare Award for Best Actress, two for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress and one nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role.
Bipasha Basu has come a long way in the glamour world. She started as nobody but today has attained a respectful position in the industry only because of her hard work and perseverance to excel.
