Bipasha Basu hails from a Bengali family at
New Delhi. Later, her family shifted to Kolkata where she won regional beauty contest at a very young age, she was just 17. Bipasa Basu is the second of three
sisters. Her elder sister name is
Bidisha and her younger sister name is
Bijyota.
Modeling and acting has come to Bipasa Basu purely by chance. She had planned to be a Chartered Accountant after her graduation but in the meanwhile she won Ford super model contest and entered the world of modeling. She was also listed as sexiest woman of Asia along with fellow stars
Mallika Sherawat and
Aishwarya Rai.
After she established herself as a model, Bipasha did the famous video 'Tu Meri
Mehbooba' for
Sonu Nigam's album, '
Kismat', which became
very popular.
This coffee-colour actress made her debut in Bollywood with the film "
Ajanbi". Thereafter she did a number of movies but her performance in "Raj" opposite
Dino Morea was more appreciated.
Next was erotic thriller "
Jism" opposite
john Abrahm, in which she played the role of a sexy wife of a middle-aged industrialist. She portrayed the character splendidly and became recognizable in Bollywood as sexy actress.
Bipasha Basu gave sterling performance in a number of films such as, "No Entry", "Barsaat, "Shikhar" and "Apaharan".
Her performance in "Corporate" directed by
Madhur Bhandarkar won her a lot of critical acclaim. She was involved with co-actor and model Dino Morea and now Bipasha has live-in relationship with actor John Abraham, whom she started dating since 2002.
Currently, she is engaged in many projects and her upcoming films are Pankh and Lamhe. Her recent hit Aa Dekhe Zaara has received mixed reviews.