Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu (born 7 January 1979) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi language films. She has also worked in Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She had a successful modeling career before venturing into films.She debuted in a negative role in Ajnabee (2001) which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Her first commercial success was Raaz (2002). She was then noticed for her bold role in the erotic thriller film, Jism (2003). She starred in top grossing films like -- No Entry (2005), Phir Hera Pheri, Dhoom 2 (both 2006) -- her biggest commercial success till date and Race (2008). Her performances in Apharan (2005), Corporate (2006) and Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) won her much praise and multiple nominations for several awards. She then appeared in commercial successful films such as All the Best: Fun Begins (2009), Raaz 3 (2012) and also her roles being highly praised by film critics. Having done so, Bipasha Basu has established herself as a leading contemporary actress in Bollywood and is a household name. Known for her bold on-screen image and candid confession of her private life, she is frequently named in the media as a "sex symbol".
She has been nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress twice each along with one nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. Apart from her film roles, she is renowned for her item songs like "Phoonk De" in No Smoking (2007), and "Beedi" and "Namak Ishq Ka" in Omkara (2006) amongst others. Basu made her international film debut with the 2013 Australian film Singularity.
With the 2010 film Pankh, Basu returned with her alluring image as an imaginary character who exists in the protagonist's mind. She was then featured as a Kashmiri girl in Rahul Dholakia's Lamhaa which explored socio-political problems in Kashmir. Principal photography of Lamhaa was disrupted many times by the locals due to the controversial theme. During the shooting of Lamhaa, she left the sets at Anantnag and headed back to Mumbai citing she was afraid of the crowd there. Producer Bunty Walia thought of replacing her with Vidya Balan, but she returned for the shoot later with necessary security arrangements. NDTV Movies wrote, "Bipasha sinks herself into her character imparting a dramatic resonance into the role without resorting to stock expressions. The sequence where she gets mauled by militant women is as traumatic to watch as it must have been for Bipasha to shoot." Basu then appeared as the wife of a ruthless cop in Priyadarshan's Aakrosh who helps the police with investigation on honour killings in their village. She met with mixed reviews for the film. Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India commented, "Bipasha actually doesn't have much to do and does seem to be miscast as the much-abused, bruised and battered wife of Paresh Rawal."
Her only release in 2011 was Dum Maaro Dum which performedreasonably well at the box office and met with good reviews from critics.She made her English-language debut with Roland Joffé's epic drama Singularity which will be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2012. She plays the role of a Maratha warrior Tulaja Naik in the film. She was seen in a guest appearance reprising her role of Race in the upcoming film by Abbas-Mustan, Race 2. In 2013 Basu had released a horror movie tilted Aatma directed by Suparn Verma and the produced by Kumar Mangat and Abhishek Pathak where she received mixed reviews for the movie. Bipasha performed live along side Atif Aslam, Shaan & Malaika Arora Khan for the first time in series of concerts in Birmingham & London in summer 2013. In 2014CHF Bipasha Basu will be seen on numerous roles in different types of movies. She is currently shooting for Humshakals a movie Directed by Sajid Khan opposite to Saif Ali Khan and a special 3D movie by Vikram Bhatt produced by Bhushan Kumar titled Creature 3D. Also in 2014 Basu will be seen on much awaited action thriller Bang Bang.
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