Bipasha Basu was born in Delhi, grew up in Kolkata and now is based in Mumbai. She wanted to be a doctor since childhood. She pursued science for Plus 2 but did her graduation in Commerce, as doing all those horrid rat dissections made her faint. Then she planned to do Chartered accountancy, but fate had something else in store for her. She met Mehr Jessia, one of the famous supermodels in India, in a hotel in Kolkata and she compelled her to participate in the Famous Ford Supermodels Contest in 1996. She won the contest at 17 years of age and the rest is history. Bipasha Basu went on to catwalk for all leading Indian designers.
After winning over people's hearts through modeling and advertisements, she did the famous video 'Tu Meri Mehbooba' for Sonu Nigam's album, 'Kismat'. In 2001, she started her film career with 'Ajnabee' followed by Vikram Bhatt's 'Raaz' (2002) opposite Dino Morea in which her portrayal was greatly appreciated. In the same year she acted in a Telugu Movie, 'Takkari Donga', opposite Mahesh Babu.
Next was an erotic thriller Jism (2003), where she handled the role of a sexy wife of an middle-aged industrialist very well. In this movie, her flair especially her superb body was fully utilized by the director Amit Saxena. This movie changed her image gave her a glamour-doll aura. She appeared glamorous in many films like 'Zameen' (2004), 'Footpath' (2004), 'Ishq Hai Tumse' (2004), 'Rudraksh' (2004) etc. But she proved that she can also handle intense lead roles with ease in 'Rakth' (2004).
In 2006, her item number song 'Beedi' in Omkara and her role as a sophisticated business executive in Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Corporate' give her popular acclaim. And her complicated role in 'Race'(2008), again revealed her acting talent
Bipasha Basu is now a leading contender for the top spot in Hindi Films. This dazzling, attractive personality feels that her eyes are her strong feature. She is bold enough to accept unusual roles. She has been involved with co-actor and model Dino Morea and now her relationship with hot star John Abraham has often been in the news. It is widely speculated that they will end up getting married. Hardworking and talented, Bipasha deserves every bit of her success.
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