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Bikini was once a forbidden word in Bollywood. Raj Kapoor, the habitual norm-basher that he was, ordered Nargis to get into a two-piece. Nargis, the loyal love bird that she was, gave the nod. And they sang 'Dum Bhar jo Udhar Mooh phere' (Awara, 1951) with gay abandon. Bikini has, ever since, been Bollywood's success mantra. Click on, as we line up Bollywood's latest Bikini wonders.

Bollywood's dusky beauty Bipasha Basu has flaunted her perfect curves in movies like "Jism", "Dhoom 2" and "Players" but says she never takes help of supplements to keep her toned. The 34 year old follows a strict diet plan.  "I love my food and get all the required nutrition from food only, no supplements. I am eating healthier stuff like stir-fried vegetables, spinach, chicken soup, grilled mushrooms or fish and eggs in all forms," Bipasha, who was last seen in "Aatma", said in a statement.  "Basically I mix a lot of green veggies with meat and instead of six small meals now I eat eight to boost my metabolism," she added.  "When my body craves sugar I eat an apple. It's like a quick fix. After a wheat grass shot, I take five pre-soaked almonds.  "Breakfast is eggs and oats. When I eat wrong my trick is never to feel guilty just go burn it! I love desserts but now I am not having a...

Mumbai: Actress Bipasha Basu feels there are not good enough roles for women in Bollywood, and that there is still so much more that women can do in the field. "We have not done enough. There is so much more to do. We all talk about the Oscars and the Golden Globes. Every actress over there is above 40 years of age. The kind of roles written for women there are just so brilliant. It's not like we will not accept those films here. It is a matter of time," Bipasha said in an interaction here. Nevertheless, she admits the change in taste is visibly better. "Now the best thing is that married actresses are being accepted. At one point of time, we were not even supposed to say that 'I have a boyfriend'. Things have changed now," she said. With newer films being accepted nowadays, Bipasha credits the audience. She feels that different films are being liked today due to the audience's demand. "It is only because of the people who watch the...

'Aatma' is a haunting journey of a single mother Maya Verma who finally starts her life afresh with her six year old daughter Nia. As Maya starts to pick up the pieces of her life, strange things start happening around her. Maya's six year old daughter Nia starts to speak to her dead father but Maya initially feels that she has created an imaginary father to fill the gap in her life. But slowly Maya's life starts to fall apart and the reality gets darker when she realizes that her husband is back to take that one thing he loved - his daughter. As the horrific journey unravels, the battle to save her only daughter gets tougher and challenging. But she denies defeat even if the stakes are impossible. Directed by Suparn Verma, the film stars Bipasha Basu, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Jaideep Ahlawat, Tillotma Shome, Shernaz Patel, Geetika Tyagi, Shiv Subramaniam, Mohan Kapur and Darshan Zariwala. Click on, for exclusive snaps from 'Aatma'.

Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu says she is comfortable with bikinis and her fascination for the swimsuit started when she was a kid. "When I was two years old, my dad got me a bikini from Australia. I have that picture and that looks really cute. So, from that time I have been a girl who loves sun and beach," the 34-year-old said here Monday after she was declared the brand ambassador of India Resort Wear Fashion Week. "So, it's something which comes naturally to me. It's not definitely to create a screen image, I am very comfortable off-screen also. I am totally a beach bum," she added. Bipasha has donned the two-piece in films like "Dhoom 2" and "Players". Asked which Bollywood actress she feels looks confident in bikinis, she said: "I think Zeenat Aman, at some point, was the hottest actress ever. "She is iconic, and to match her sexiness is tough for all of us contemporaries. ...

She may have been a part of the film industry for 12 years but Bipasha Basu feels that there are hardly any scripts that offer meaty roles to the heroines. Except Vidya Balan, as Bipasha Basu points out. She doesn’t understand the tendency as to why they never provide an actress a role which can boast of great caliber. However, she kept Vidya Balan as an exception here. “With an exception of Vidya Balan, I don’t know if any actress or any of my contemporaries who can boast of great films they have done. It could be a Rs 100 crore film but I don’t know what content there is for a girl to do,” said Bipasha who is promoting her upcoming horror film Aatma these days. Speaking on the subject of her upcoming film Aatma opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bipasha said, “I think each of us are talented but we don’t have projects to showcase our talent. So if a horror film is giving me that platform, why should I not take up the project? We write really bad roles for women.” Bi...

Kolkata: Observing that art films have no takers, popular Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu has decided to stick to entertaining roles in mainstream cinema. The 34-year-old tried her hands with art films when she featured in 'Shob Charitro Kalponik' and 'Pankh'. "As an actor I want to do good roles and I want to do good roles in entertaining films. I don't want to do good roles in art house cinema, which no one is going to watch," Bipasha told the media here on Monday. "I have done that in a particular year. I was only trying to do artistic films and I really worked hard on them, but nobody saw them except me. So I want to do films where I entertain people, people come to theatre and yet I have a scope for performance," she added. In the city to promote her upcoming horror flick 'Aatma', Bipasha, however, clarified that she is not shunning art house movies. "I never said that I won't (be doing art films)," said Bipasha addin...

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Bipasha in her first ever Bengali film, Sob Choritro Kalponik

  Aatma:The first look poster of Aatma featuring Bipasha Basu and Nawazuddin Siddiqui is now out! Nawazuddin says that it is not a horror film but it is a psychological thriller – and he also says that he believes it's one of Bipasha's best films till date!

Bipasha, 34, who started her career with a negative character in 2001 hit Ajnabee says she now wants to do challenging roles.