Bipasha Basu

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Kareena Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu and Akshay Kumar in Ajnabee (2001)

Bipasha Basu in the blockbuster Dhoom 2 (1986)

Bipasha Basu had a ‘double role’ in the blockbuster Dhoom 2 (1986)

Bipasha Basu in the blockbuster Dhoom 2 (1986)

Bipasha Basu is the second female lead of Roland Joffe’s The Lovers (2015)

Bipasha Basu in Roland Joffe’s The Lovers (2015)

Bipasha Basu in Roland Joffe’s The Lovers (2015)

John Hartnett and Bipasha Basu in Roland Joffe’s The Lovers (2015)

John Hartnett and Bipasha Basu in Roland Joffe’s The Lovers (2015)

Bipasha Basu in Roland Joffe’s The Lovers (2015)

Bipasha Basu

Rituparno Ghosh’s Shob Charitro Kalponik (2009)

Bipasaha and then beau Dino Morea in Calida commercial

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Personal details

Born: 7 January 1979, Delhi

Height 5' 7" (1.7 m)

Education: Graduate in Commerce

Modelling career

Ford Godrej Cinthol Supermodel of the World at age 17 in 1996.

Crowned Miss Vivacious sponsored by Tulips.

Basu was an A list model by 1996-97

Career in Filmistan

Based on her standing as a top rung model Bipasha’s debut film 'Ajnabee' (2001), too, was A list.

Ajnabee hinted at wife-swapping [see poster on this page], with Bipasha playing the wife willing to be swapped. Her role in Jism as an adulterous wife brought the film’s producers good profits but relegated her to sex-oriented roles. Her main contribution to Dhoom 2, her biggest budget film and the highest grosser of her career, was her bikini act as the second lead.

Her films 'Raaz' and 'Jism' were middle-budget but very successful, especially considering their budgets. Jism established Bipasha as someone willing to do ‘bad girl’ roles. ‘Bad girl’ roles are a kiss of death for actresses aspiring to the top bracket in Filmistan. Bipasha was no exception.

That was where her career got stuck: as the main lead of naughty, middle-budget films and one of two or three female leads in blockbusters ('Dhoom 2') and major commercial films ('No Entry', 'Phir Hera Pheri').

Bipasha won the Filmfare Best Debut award in 2001 for "Ajnabee".

Relationships

1996- 2002: with Dino Morea, with whom she acted in five films:

Chehraa (2005)

Rakht (2004)

Ishq Hai Tumse (2004)

Gunaah (2002)

Raaz (2002)

2002-2011: with John Abraham The break-up was acrimonious (with caustic comments from her side).

They acted together in seven films:

Race 2 (2013)

Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007)

No Smoking (2007)

Shikhar (2005)

Madhoshi (2004)

Aetbaar (2004)

Jism (2003)

Feb to Dec 2014: with Harman Baweja.

Filmography

As an actor

2001 Ajnabee

2002 Aankhen

2002 Chor Machaaye Shor

2002 Gunaah

2002 Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai

2002 Raaz

2002 Takkari Donga

2003 Footpath

2003 Jism

2003 Tujhe Meri Kasam

2003 Zameen

2004 Aetbaar

2004 Ishq Hai Tumse

2004 Madhoshi

2004 Rakht

2004 Rudraksh

2005 A Sublime Love Story: Barsaat

2005 Apaharan

2005 Chehraa

2005 No Entry

2005 Sachein

2005 Shikhar

2005 Viruddh... Family Comes First

2006 Alag: He Is Different.... He Is Alone...

2006 Corporate

2006 Darna Zaroori Hai

2006 Dhoom2

2006 Humko Deewana Kar Gaye

2006 Jaane Hoga Kya

2006 Omkara

2006 Phir Hera Pheri

2007 Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal

2007 Nehlle Pe Dehlla

2007 No Smoking

2008 Bachna Ae Haseeno

2008 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

2008 Race

2009 Aa Dekhen Zara

2009 All the Best: Fun Begins

2009 Shob Charitro Kalponik

2010 Aakrosh

2010 Lamhaa: The Untold Story of Kashmir

2010 Pankh

2011 Dum Maaro Dum

2012 Jodi Breakers

2012 Mr. Fraud

2012 Players

2012 Raaz 3: The Third Dimension

2013 Aatma

2013 Race2

2014 Humshakals

2014 Most Welcome2

2014 Creature

2015 The Lovers

2015 Alone