An excited Bipasha tweeted: Retail Therapy Birthday giftsssssss! One day
to go for my birthday! Woohoo. A former model, Basu made her Bollywood
debut in 2001 with Ajnabee opposite Akshay Kumar. Her portrayal of a
negative character earned her a Filmfare Debut Female award. Born in
1979 in New Delhi, Basu takes active interest in fitness and have also
launched various fitness DVDs. Though she has acted in a string of
commercially successful movies, with Dhoom 2 being her highest grosser,
Basu garnered praise for her role in late film maker Rituporno Ghoshs
Bengali movie Sob Choritro Kalponik. Her performance in movies such as
Corporate and Bachna Ae Haseeno have also been lauded by the critics.
Basu was in a relationship with former model Dino Morea for 6 years,
post which she essayed another with John Abraham. When they split in
2011, the powercouple sent everyone in a state of dizzy as marriage was
almost on the cards for them.