"No one is my buddy in Bollywood"

Even after completing a decade in the industry, actress Bipasha Basu says she has no close friends in Bollywood.

The 33-year-old actress says she has her own reservations when it comes to approaching a filmmaker for a role. "If I meet someone at a function, I do say hello. I am cordial to all. However, I can't pick up the phone next morning and propose to plan a film together. A lot of this is also due to the fact that no one is my buddy in Bollywood. I know that for some out there this does count. Nothing wrong with that but then that's just not me," Bipasha told PTI.

"On my speed dial, there is no one from the industry. When a role is offered and it is good enough then I do that. Otherwise I wait for the next right opportunity," she added.

However, in the cut throat competition that prevails in Bollywood, doesn't she feel that she could be losing out on movies?

Emraan is a fabulous co-star: Bipasha Basu

Actress Bipasha Basu, who will be seen with Emraan Hashmi for the first time on the big screen in 'Raaz 3',is all praises for the actor and has called him a fabulous co-star.

Bipasha, 33, starred in the 2002 release 'Raaz' opposite Dino Morea while Emraan Hashmi was in 'Raaz 2' opposite Kangana Ranaut.

"Emraan is a fab actor n accomodating costar!Every action hs an effective reaction!Very happy with our work!(sic)," Bipasha tweeted.

The film is being directed by Vikram Bhatt.

I have grown from being a lost child: Bipasha

Bipasha Basu turned a year older today and the actress who began her Bollywood journey 10 years ago says that she has come a long way from being the lost child that she was.

It was in September 2001 that she made her acting debut with 'Ajnabee' and 10 years down the line, she is reuniting with Abbas-Mustan as well as her co-star Bobby Deol in 'Players', which released this week.

"Audience has been quite gracious in accepting me as an actor. Frankly, I have learnt it all on the job. Otherwise when I started off in 'Ajnabee', I was pretty much a lost child. I have grown from that point on and am far more responsible today," Bipasha told PTI.

The 33-year-old actress says she had joined films because she wanted a break from modelling. "I stepped into films just for the fun of it because I had got bored of modelling. I didn't have any clue what acting was all about and it is to the credit of Abbas-Mustan that they held my finger and guided me throughout."

Happy B’Day Bengali Beauty

The Bengali beauty Bipasha Basu has added one more year of experience into her life, tallying it to 33. Bipasha has always been admired for her boldness as she never dreamt to be an actress and wished to be a Doctor, but destiny has its own plan. Bips has created her own era of bold movies.

Starting with the modeling career, she was chosen to accompany Sonu Nigam in the music video and thereafter offered the lead role in Mahesh Bhatt’s thriller ”Raaz” opposite Dino Morea. Raaz was superhit for the year and so was the chemistry between the two.

Her love story with Dino didn’t last for much longer, as she was accompanied by her co-star John Abrahim in Jism, and was refrerred as supercouple of Bollywood over that period. For now Billo has a new addition to her life, that is Rana Daggubati as her boyfriend.

"I almost got dropped from 'Singularity'"

Bipasha Basu, who is making her Hollywood debut with 'Singularity', says she almost got dropped from the project because of her hectic Bollywood schedule which left her with little time to prepare for the period drama.

"Bollywood actors work a lot. I remember I could not fit my dates for 'Singularity'. Roland Joffe (director) wanted me to train for a month and I could get only a week. There was a time when Roland would have dropped me because I was not giving enough time for the preparations," Bipasha told PTI.

"Everyone was in Australia for a month and I was the only one who came in for a week. I came and shot 'Palyers' in Goa and went back to Australia and by that time everyone had learnt how to ride a horse and I had not even started." Bipasha, who is one of the main leads in the movie, plays a Maratha warrior Tulaja Naik in the period drama, set against the backdrop of first Anglo-Maratha war.

Bipasha has inhibitions locking lips on screen

From cladding a bikini in 'Dhoom' and 'Players' to doing bold scenes in 'Jism' and a raunchy item number in 'Omkara', sultry Bipasha Basu says she has inhibitions doing kissing scenes in films. She had showed her bold side in 'Jism' (2003) with ex-beau John Abraham, especially in the song 'Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai'. For Aditya Chopra's 'Dhoom 2', she wore a bikini and then sizzled the screen with an item song 'Beedi Jalaile Le' in 'Omkara', which became a rage.

"For me, love making is no big deal, it is like any other thing. But when it comes to kissing, I have not overcome it. It is tough. I feel it is too private a moment and also the way we are we brought up, the kind of cinema we are exposed to when I started acting, kissing was not a regular thing. But now, in every film, kissing is regular," Bipasha told PTI.

"When I see an English film, I feel it is no big deal, but when I have to do it, it's a very big deal. I have still not overcome it, it is bit of a block that I have," she said. In her eleven years of acting career, Bipasha has done two kissing scenes-- one with John in 'Jism' and Ranbir Kapoor in 'Bachna Ae Haseeno'. "When I had to do it (a kissing scene) I was paranoid.

Bipasha Basu wants a bodyguard

Actress Bipasha Basu doesn't mind having a bodyguard but insists that it should be someone like Lovely Singh, Salman Khan's character in the movie 'Bodyguard'. The film is Salman's yet another action remake of south after the success of 'Wanted' and 'Ready'. Kareena Kapoor stars as the leading lady in the film.
Bipasha, 32, attended the screening of the movie and later wrote on her Twitter page, "Just saw Bodyguard! It would be nice to have a cute bodyguard like lovely singh!." Salman who has flown to US for his treatment of facial nerve disorder will not be around as the movie releases on
August 31 on Eid.