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Bipasha Basu was born on January 7, 1979 in New Delhi, India, but later on moved to Kolkata with her family. She is the second of three daughters to her parents, the elder being Bidisha, and the younger—Vijayeta.
This Bollywood siren, believe it or not, never wanted to get into acting or modelling; studying medicine was her initial preference.
In Kolkata, while she was modelling and doing ramp shows, she met well-known model Mehr Jessia, who suggested that Bips take part in the Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest. She eventually participated, and won the contest.
After winning the Ford Godrej Cinthol contest, Basu was flown to New York by the Ford Company, where she started her full-fledged modelling career at the age of 17.
She even did the famous video Tu for Sonu Nigam's album, Kismat back in her early days, before she became an actress. After that, film offers kept flowing in and Bipasha made her film debut in Abbas Mastan's Ajnabee, with Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol and Kareena Kapoor. Bipasha’s penchant for the unconventional was apparent when she chose this movie (which had her playing the negative role) as her debut film. Her choice was justified as she eventually won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance.
In 2002, Basu starred in Vikram Bhatt's thriller Raaz. The film was a big commercial success. She also made a guest appearance in Jay Sean's music video Stolen.
In 2006, she won rave reviews for her performance in an item number during the song, Beedi in the film Omkara. In 2008 Bipasha Basu starred in Race, her second collaboration with duo Abbas Mastan, co-starring Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, the film performed well at the box office. She also received rave reviews for her recent role in Bachna Ae Haseeno opposite Ranbir Kapoor.