Bipasha Basu

Biography of Bipasha Basu:

Born: January 7, 1979 (1979-01-07) (age 30)New Delhi, India

Occupation Film actress, model

Years active 2001 – present

Domestic partner(s) John Abraham (2002 – present)

Bipasha Basu (Hindi: बिपाषा बासु) (born January 7, 1979) is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films and a former model. She was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest for 1996 and is currently one of the mainstream actresses in Bollywood. In 2007, the newspaper Eastern Eye selected her as Asia's sexiest woman.

Early life:

Basu was born in New Delhi, India, to a Bengali family. She is the second of three daughters to her parents, the elder being Bidisha, and the younger—Vijayeta. Although she was born in New Delhi, her family later moved to Kolkata.

According to her, she had come into modeling and acting quite by accident, because initially she had planned to study medicine. Basu studied science till the 12th standard at Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir and later took up commerce at The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College, an undergraduate college affiliated with the University of Calcutta. In Kolkata, she did modelling and rampshows partime. Although, as pointed above, she intended to become a doctor, her aversion for dissections made her opt for chartered accountancy. However, in 1996, she met well-known model Mehr Jessia in Kolkata; the latter suggested that Basu take part in the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest. She eventually participated, and 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, and eventually won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance.

In 2002, Basu starred in Telugu movie Takkari Donga opposite Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu 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."^[5] She appeared as Sonia Khanna in the 2003 hit movie Jism alongside current boyfriend John Abraham. The movie earned her a Filmfare Best Villain Award nomination.

Besides acting, Bips, as she is fondly called, did the famous video "Tu" for Sonu Nigam's album, Kismat back in her early days before she became an actress. She also made a guest appearance in Jay Sean's music video Stolen.

In 2006, she won popular acclaim for her performance in an Item number during the song Beedi in the film Omkara. The song was a national hit, and Basu's picturisation was appreciated.

In 2008 Basu starred in Race, her second collaboration with duo Abbas Mustan, with whom she debuted in Bollywood. 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 2009 Bipasha signed her first Hollywood venture Chaimera alongside Billy Zane.

Personal life:

Basu with boyfriend John Abraham at the launch of the Filmfare magazine (2007).

Basu is currently dating actor John Abraham. The couple have been together since late 2002 and they are often referred to as a supercouple in the Indian media. She previously dated fellow Bollywood actor Dino Morea.

In 2006, Basu claimed to have been harassed by certain organizers of the India Day Parade in Edison, New Jersey. Basu was initially scheduled to lead the parade on August 13, 2006. Basu eventually appeared on stage late, according to her, because of the harassment. She said, "I wanted to attend the parade, but I could not." She explained that she was harassed physically and mentally in the car by two people who were taking her to the parade.

In 2005 and 2007, UK magazine Eastern Eye named Basu the "Sexiest Woman in Asia".

Filmography:

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Ajnabee	Sonia/Neeta	Winner, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award
2002	Takkari Donga	Panasa	Telugu film
	Raaz	Sanjana Dhanraj	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Aankhen	Raina	Special appearance
	Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai	Ria	Special appearance
	Chor Machaaye Shor	Ranjita
	Gunaah	Prabha Narayan
2003	Jism	Sonia Khanna	Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain Award
	Footpath	Sanjana Rai Shingla Khan
	Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula		Special appearance
	Zameen	Nandini
2004	Ishq Hai Tumse	Kushboo
	Aetbaar	Ria Malhotra
	Rudraksh	Gayetri
	Rakht: What If You Can See the Future	Drishti
	Madhoshi	Anupama Kaul
2005	Chehraa	Megha
	Sachein	Manju	Tamil film
	Viruddh		Special appearance
	Barsaat	Anna
	No Entry	Bobby	Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
	Apaharan	Megha
	Shikhar	Natasha
2006	Hum Ko Deewana Kar Gaye	Sonia Berry
	Darna Zaroori Hai	Varsha
	Phir Hera Pheri	Anuradha
	Alag		Special appearance in song Sabse Alag
	Corporate	Nishigandha Dasgupta	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Omkara	Billo Chamanbahar	Special appearance
	Jaane Hoga Kya	Aditi
	Dhoom 2	ACP Shonali Bose/ Monali Bose	Double role
2007	Nehlle Pe Dehlla	Pooja
	No Smoking		Special appearance in song Phoonk De
	Om Shanti Om	Herself	Special appearance
	Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal	Rumana
2008	Race	Sonia
	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Radhika/Shreya Rathod	Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi		Special appearance in song Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte
2009	Aa Dekhen Zara	Simi Chatterjee
	Pankh	Alter-ego of Maradona Rebello
	All The Best: Fun Begins	Jhanvi Chopra
	Lamhaa	Aziza
	Sob Choritro Kalponik	Radhika	Bengali film