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Bipasha Basu shifts between the meaningful and the mundane
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NEW ENTRY With films like Apharan, Bipasha Basu is looking for some meat between bread and butter
The audience may have failed to take note of a deglamourised Bipasha Basu in Prakash Jha's Apaharan, but the actress is upbeat about the remarks and the satisfaction she derived from playing a small part in meaningful cinema. Leading from the front is her dog Poshto. "He hasn't watched any one of my movies, but he watched Apaharan from start to finish showing great interest," she quips. "I told this to Prakashji and he said I should have initiated him into movies through some comedy, but it was Poshto's choice."
On a serious note, Bipasha exhorts the youth should watch Apaharan kind of cinema. "We produce so many time-pass movies, and I have nothing against them for they are my bread and butter, but the youth should appreciate meaningful cinema as well. They represent a reality that is happening quite close to the metros."
This was one of the reasons she signed Apaharan. "I knew that it is not a meaty role. But that Prakash Jha himself offered me the film, was reason enough. His tag makes sure that audience won't expect just a pretty Bipasha in the film. For once, I was not playing heroine Bipasha. In fact, nobody is a hero or heroine, everybody is a character and to me that's great."
She points out it is not the first time that she has experimented. "I have done Chehra and Ishq Hai Tumse, but people hardly watched them. Ishq... was dated... the problem with cinema is the entire package has to be good to sell, one character can't make much of a difference."
Her Panasonic experience notwithstanding, Bipasha says she has shown a cautious approach while signing her modelling assignments. "I have been refusing liquor and cigarette commercials all through. I know my brand fit. I fit the high-end products very well." This she holds helps her in acting career too. "Because I have been a model, I can put a look together very easily. But then as an actress there is more to it."
Yes, is she learning? "Even a donkey learns here."
Done with Apaharan, Bipasha is back to her bread and butter — due next is John Mathew Matthan's Shikhar where she is playing a supermodel. "Then I am looking forward to Corporate, Phir Hera Pheri and Dhoom 2."
ANUJ KUMAR
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