Bipasha Basu filmography

Bipasha Basu is looking towards the camera.
Basu at the audio release of Creature 3D

Bipasha Basu is an Indian actress who has featured in over 50 films, predominantly in Hindi language. After a successful career as a model,[1] she made her film debut with a supporting role in Abbas–Mustan's thriller Ajnabee (2001), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.[2][3] Basu followed this with a role in her first Telugu cinema—the action film Takkari Donga (2002). She had her first major success with the supernatural thriller Raaz (2002), which earned Basu her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination.[4][5] The following year, she starred opposite John Abraham in the erotic thriller Jism, in which she played a seductive wife.[6] She received a Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role nomination for the film.[7][8] Her roles in these films established her as a sex symbol.[9]

Basu followed this initial success with roles in a series of commercial failures, including the thrillers Aetbaar, Rudraksh, Rakht—all in 2004—and the romance Barsaat (2005).[3][9] She later featured in Prakash Jha's crime drama Apaharan (2005) and the ensemble comedy No Entry (2005). The latter emerged as a financial success, grossing ₹750 million (US$9.0 million) at the box office, and Basu's role of an escort earned her a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress at the 51st Filmfare Awards.[3] Basu had seven film releases in 2006. Her role as an executive at a conglomerate in Madhur Bhandarkar's drama Corporate earned her another nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.[10] She then portrayed a character based on Bianca in Vishal Bhardwaj's Omkara, an adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy Othello.[11] In Sanjay Gadhvi's action film Dhoom 2—her final release of the year—she played dual roles; it was the top-grossing Bollywood film of the year.[12] In 2008, she collaborated with Abbas–Mustan for the second time for Race. Her performance as a troubled wife in Rituparno Ghosh's 2009 Bengali film Shob Charitro Kalponik was critically acclaimed.[a][14][15] She then featured in the third installment of the Raaz series, entitled Raaz 3D (2012). Due to her frequent associations with horror films, she was labelled India's "horror queen" by the media.[16][17]

In 2013, Basu made her Hollywood debut with the historical romance The Lovers, in which she played a Maratha warrior. The following year, she starred in the comedy Humshakals. The film received largely negative reviews, though it was a moderate commercial success.[18] In 2015, she played conjoined twins—a first for an actress in Bollywood—in the horror film Alone.[19][20] She followed it by featuring as the host of the television horror series Darr Sabko Lagta Hai that year.[21]

  1. ^ Chanda, Sujata (10 April 2001). "On the sets of Ajnabee". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Bipasha Basu: Modelling tough life". NDTV. 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Happy Birthday sizzling beauty Bipasha Basu: Her sexiest onscreen avatars". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ^ Sharma, Dhriti. "Top 7 horror films of Bipasha Basu!". Zee News. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  5. ^ "'I hope we can score another hit with Raaz 2'". Rediff.com. 25 September 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Wicked thrills". India Today. 27 January 2003. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Bipasha Basu to sizzle in 'Raaz 3'". Daily News and Analysis. 20 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Bipasha Basu's most seductive acts on-screen". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  9. ^ a b Pillai, Sreedhar (26 March 2005). "The Bangla Bombshell". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  10. ^ Vetticad, Anna M. M. (27 April 2009). "Madhur considering sequel to Corporate". India Today. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  11. ^ N, Patcy (24 July 2006). "Bipasha: I'm the queen of multi-starrers". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Box Office 2006". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  13. ^ "Bipasha all praise for 'Shob Charitro Kalponik' co-stars". Mid-Day. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  14. ^ Ramanathan, Mahesh (28 July 2009). "'It's cerebral, not emotional'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  15. ^ K Jha, Subhash (30 August 2009). "Bipasha shines in 'Shob Charitro Kalponik'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  16. ^ Kolwankar, Gayatri. "Bipasha Basu: 'Queen of Horror' debuts on TV". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  17. ^ "Bipasha Basu: I Take My 'Horror Queen' Tag With a Constructive Pinch of Salt". The New Indian Express. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  18. ^ Sahgal, Geety (7 July 2014). "Sajid Khan has the last laugh". Financial Express. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  19. ^ KBR, Upala (11 June 2014). "Stuck on you!". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  20. ^ Iyer, Sharada (25 January 2015). "Mixed bag for Bollywood". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  21. ^ "Bipasha to bring horror on TV". The Times of India. 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.


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