Bipasha
Basu - born January 7, 1979 is an Indian Bollywood actress and 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. She
is often cited by popular magazines and newspapers as one of Asia's
sexiest women.Early lifeBorn on January 7, 1979 in New Delhi, India,
Basu hails from 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 Delhi, her family later moved to
Kolkata.According to her, she had come into modelling and acting quite
by accident, because initially she had planned to study medicine. Basu
studied science till the 12th standard, and later took up commerce and
studied at The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College in Kolkata
where she also 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.CareerAfter winning the Ford Godrej
Cinthol contest, Basu was flown to New York by the Ford Company, where
she had a successful modelling career.Basu made her debut film 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.After a number film, next year in 2002, Basu starred in
Vikram Bhatt's thriller Raaz. The film 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.Besides acting, Bips, as her friends call her, did the famous
video "Tu" for Sonu Nigam's album, Kismat and 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 pictuarization was
appreciated.Personal lifeBasu with boyfriend John Abraham at the launch
of the Filmfare magazine (2007).Basu is currently dating actor John
Abraham, They have been dating since late 2002. She previously dated
fellow Bollywood actors Milind Soman and Dino Morea.Even though Basu is a
practicing Hindu and Abraham is a Christian, both families have
accepted the couple. Basu has stated in an interview that though she was
raised a Hindu, she believes that all religious groups deserve
respect.In 2006, Basu claimed to have been harassed by 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 November 2007, U.K. magazine Eastern Eye
named Basu "Sexiest Woman in Asia".
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