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Being Bipasha Basu: Sultry siren
Published on Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 23:51, Updated on Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 10:16 in Entertainment section
Tags: BEING, Bipasha Basu
The only time you can meet Bipasha Basu at a trendy nightspot is during the day. In the past decade, this model-turned-actress has helped popular imagination captive with her matter-of-fact sex appeal. But her film releases clearly show that she wants more.
Anuradha SenGupta: You have just got a completely new and funky look. Is that because of a new role in some film or is it because an actor needs to feel fresh, partly because it’s his job to work on his looks?
Bipasha Basu: I think that definitely is the main point. You can’t make every single character look like Bipasha Basu, the way she looks.
Every time you have one character placed in front of you, you have to put a little bit of a thought process in deciding the way that the character is meant to look.
We as actors like to live in safe zones. Like when you are told ‘straight hair suits you,’ you stick to it for decades. Or if someone says that light make-up suits you, you stick to it. When a particular kind of outfit looks flattering, you say, "I am going to wear only this."
Every time you do a film, you understand a little bit more about yourself as an actor. I think you have to keep the actor in you a little happier than yourself.
Anuradha SenGupta: In Bollywood, even when you know it best as to what might look good on you, you are made to wear clothes according to other’s views. In films, sometimes you do not even know what you might end up looking like.
Bipasha Basu: Being a model, I knew what fashion was. But looking at some of the outfits that I wore in my first film Ajnabee, I sometimes say "Oh my god! What am I wearing? What is kind of make-up was I wearing in that film?"
I was asked to wear a dark-coloured lipstick, which does not suits me at all. Now when I look back, I realise all these things.
Anuradha SenGupta: So, you keep looking back at your work? That is like having a critically eye.
Bipasha Basu: Yes, I do that all the time.
Anuradha SenGupta: Whose word do you take, when it comes to taking the decision on what works best for you?
Bipasha Basu: Rocky S - my designer and stylist, my best friend Suzanne are some of the people who always give me the best opinion.
My mother is also very critical about my looks and my films. She tells me point blank, "this is a bad film." These are some people around me who always tell me the truth.
When I was going for a haircut, I told my boyfriend John (Abrahim) and he said, "Why don’t you check it on the computer what style is going to suit you?"
He said that I’m impulsive and I might end up getting a haircut that does not suit me. I thought about it for a second and then realised, I won’t go for any checks. I just went ahead and did it. And it’s not bad at all. I think this haircut is good enough for me.
Anuradha SenGupta: There is one thing that you don’t speak about that often – that is your eyes.
When you won a supermodel contest years ago (December 15, 1996) you were asked what is your strongest point? You looked into the camera and said, "I think my strongest point are my eyes,"
Bipasha Basu: Well, I will not say this as an answer in today’s time. I think Bipasha is more than just eyes. It is more about my confidence, personality and a sum total of the person that I am.
Anuradha SenGupta: You are consciously picking up film offers, on the basis of the range of work that is being offered to you and on the basis of the pedigree of the film maker.
Is it because you have become more confident as an actor, or is it because that’s the only way to stay ahead in this film industry?
Bipasha Basu: The choice of films has never changed for me. It’s just that with time, the scripts have become better.
The roles that are being written today are much more evolved. I have always liked to play character of a female who is not limited to just the house and the kitchen. She must move beyond it.
Anuradha SenGupta: Why do you feel so strongly about it?
Bipasha Basu: I just feel that the body of work that I leave behind me, should be of an actor who has played strong female characters.
I would always like to see myself as a strong character on-screen. It is good projection for a woman. My biggest fear is to come across looking dumb in a film. And it has happened at times.
Anuradha SenGupta: You have to mention it then, which film of yours has got you looking dumb?
Bipasha Basu: I can’t mention it. I go through my films and I feel sometimes, "Oh my god! That is so dumb."
Anuradha SenGupta: You have trained yourself to be an actor on the job itself. Which skill was the toughest for you to grasp?
Bipasha Basu: Dancing, was perhaps the toughest thing to learn. The light bit was easy but the heavy-duty dancing that is the inherent part of Bollywood, was really tough to learn.
Anuradha SenGupta: But what makes it so tough? It looks perfectly easy and entertaining when we watch it.
Bipasha Basu: When you have to dance to counts and you are not to allowed to miss even one single beat and every single ‘head turns’ has to come on that particular beat, you feel that it isn’t really that easy as it looks.
You have to remember the lyrics, you have to sing in the voice of the singer, and after all that you are not even allowed to frown.
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