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Relationships:
Dated model/actor Dino Morea; currently dating model/actor John
Abraham
Endorses:
Levis Jeans, Thumbs Up Cola, Panasonic Cell Phones, Clinic All Clear
Shampoo (with beau, John Abraham)
Favourite
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan,
Michelle Pfeiffer, Julia Roberts, Aishwarya Rai, Kajol, Tabu &
Manisha Koirala
Favourite
Comic Films: Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Angoor, Golmaal, Chupke Chupke,
Andaz Apna Apna, Hera Pheri, No Entry, Oscar (english)
Dislikes:
People who are irritable, lizards, mosquitoes, insects
This
Calcutta based commerce graduate model came into limelight when
she won Ford Supermodels Contest. At 17, Bipasha won the famous
Ford Supermodel Contest and was flown to New York by the Ford people.
Life was exciting! She gushes, “I was spotted by the world
famous photographer, Steven Mizhel, and featured in Vogue magazine.
I was thrilled and soon had plenty of projects coming my way.”
Bipasha could have had the world at her feet and easily gained acclaim
as an international model, but she gave it all up for India... to
come down and be with the people she loves. “Yeah, I did a
lot of ads, but my heart was not in it. I started missing my family
because it was the first time I was away from them. So I happily
gave it all up and came down to India”, she reminisces.
Hardly
had Bipasha landed in India, and she was inundated with offers from
all over. Ads, she accepted, but films were the last thing she planned
to venture into. She had no plans of joining the film industry but
one day, film-maker J. P. Dutta telephoned her with an offer. It
was for a ‘perfect’ role in Aakhri Mughal. Bipasha took
it up without a murmur. Later, when it was shelved, and Refugee
was launched, she refused the role. “Not because it was opposite
Sunil Shetty, as rumours go,” informs Bipasha, “but because
I didn’t identify with the character. I don’t think I
would have looked convincing as a 13 year old!”
This
Bengali bombshell was bold enough to accept an unusual role in her
debut film, Abbas-Mustan’s Ajnabee, with Bobby Deol, Akshay
Kumar & Kareena Kapoor. She played a married woman who goes
all out to woo her husband’s married friend. About her image
of being sexy, she shrugs, “Sexy in India, is not considered
positive. But, with today’s crop of fresh faces, in the modelling
arena, being sexy is an asset, so let’s hope for the best.
I’m often asked if my image has tempted industry men to make
a pass at me. The answer is, ‘No’! And, if anyone dares
try it, I’ll knock the daylights out of him.”
The
light-eyed Bipasha, also the Tulips Miss Super Vivacious in the
same contest, said, "I can't believe it. It felt out of the
world. I knew I was good, but I am surprised." While she knew
she was good enough for the finals, Bipasha found her spirits sagging
as her very advantage — her eyes — caught an infection
on the morning of the event. "I was very worried. I went to
an eye specialist, and I called home and spoke to my mom and dad.
I became my mom's baby."
Coaxed
into participating for the zonal rounds by a friend, she said, "I
cannot boast about my figure because I have not worked on it. My
eyes are my strong feature. Whatever I am, it's because of Mehr
Jesia. She is my godmother. My mom and dad said, you don't have
to win. It doesn't matter. Just do what you want."
She
recalls that till the age of 14 she was considered to be a very
ugly child and after that she blossomed into a true beauty.
She
was a household name much before she entered films. Besides doing
innumerable prestigious ads, Bips, as her friends call her, did
the famous video ‘Tu...’ for Sonu Nigam’s album,
Kismat. Mention of the assignment does not bring a smile to her
lips. She explains it with, “Initially I was extremely excited,
but when I saw the results, I was very disappointed. It was different
from what was narrated to me. Anyway, that was long ago, and doesn’t
affect me anymore. I have many new and interesting things to look
forward to.”
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