Bipasha Basu (Bengali: à ¦¬à ¦¿à ¦ªà ¦¾à ¦¶à ¦¾ à ¦¬à ¦¸à § , Hindi: à ¤¬à ¤¿à ¤ªà ¤¾à ¤·à ¤¾ à ¤¬à ¤¾à ¤¸à ¥Â) (born January 7, 1979) is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood, Tollywood films and former model. She was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest for 1996 and is currently one of the mainstream actresses in Bollywood. She is often cited by popular magazines and newspapers as one of Asia's sexiest celebrity women. Basu was born in New Delhi, India, to a Bengali family. She is the second of three daughters to her parents, the elder being Bidisha, and the youngerâ€â€Vijayeta. Although she was born in New Delhi, her family later moved to Kolkata. |
