H'wood project gave me fresh perspective: Bipasha

Bengali beauty Bipasha Basu has completed a decade in the Hindi film industry and donned numerous roles, but her forthcoming international venture Singularity , she says, gave her a fresh perspective towards acting.

"Singularity has been a fantastic experience because I have been in the film industry for a long time now. But this film gave me a completely fresh take towards acting," the 32-year-old actress told in an interview.

"It just introduced me to a new kind of acting, new kind of cinema, which for an artist is great," she added.

Bipasha stars as a Maratha warrior in the period film that is being helmed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Roland Joffe. It also stars Hollywood star Josh Hartnett.

"My role is that of a Maratha warrior and the backdrop of the film is the Anglo-Maratha war in 18th-century colonial India. It's basically the love story between a British soldier and this Maratha queen that is played by me," she revealed.

The actress, who has worked in films like Ajnabee, Apaharan, Corporate, Race and Bachna Ae Haseeno, among others, said Singularity just fell into her lap.

"Any actor would give an arm to work with Joffe and for me it happened so easily. I kind of bumped into him and he just loved my voice and cast me in the lead role," Bipasha said.

"I was in Los Angeles and I just happened to say hello to him because a friend of mine knew him and I was there for a meeting. So for me this role just fell into my lap," she added.

Bipasha has always been known for fitness and her perfect 10 body. Because of her fitness levels, the actress was itching to do an action role and her dream came true with Singularity and another forthcoming film Players.

"Yes, I was looking forward to doing action roles and I'm so glad that I got an opportunity to do that in not one but two of my films. I'm looking forward to both," said the ex-model.

Bipasha will be seen in many much-awaited films this year. So would she call 2011 a very exciting and productive year for her?

"Every year has been very exciting for me. There has been a little bit of re-invention that I do as an artist every time because our business is very harsh," the actress said.

"There are a number of fears. If the screen presence of female actors is longer, people tend to get a little harsh on you but thankfully with me people have been very appreciable," she added.

"Every year, I project myself and re-invent myself as an artist. I don't let any staleness creep into me and even as an artist, I think that's exciting for me," she added.

Along with Singularity and Players, Bipasha will also be seen in Dum Maaro Dum, which will be her first release for the year.

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Is Ameesha Patel the new girl in Yuvraj’s life?

The lads of Indian cricket team have always scored high among the beauties of Bollywood. And the latest World Cup win only make these young guns all the more desirous. Buzz has it that dainty Ameesha Patel is head over heels on India’s hot and favorite cricketer Yuvraj Singh.

If reports are to be believed, Ameesha Patel was the cricketer`s special guest at the World Cup final. Sources confirm that Yuvraj gave Ameesha Patel special tickets to the World Cup finals between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede stadium.

Well, this might come as a real pain for several hearts, but it appears that Ameesha is the new girl in Yuvi’s life!

Making it quite apparent, Ameesha said, "Yuvi is a good friend and he invited me."

And if there was any doubt about her special dosti with the cricketer, the words of gushing praise makes it all obvious.

Ecstatic Ameesha while watching the match was all - “Yuvi bowled, fielded and batted superbly on Saturday. When he almost got run out I screamed the loudest! Saif (Ali Khan) and Ranbir (Kapoor), who were in the same box, looked at me as if I was mad because I was making them so nervous."

The actress sat in the especially reserved ICC Hospitality Box near the pavilion says, "People kept asking me to quiet down as I was the most boisterous. I kept shouting for Yuvi to play stably."

She wanted to meet Yuvraj after the end of play, but the crowds were hysterical by then. "It took me three hours to get home," she said.

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Poonam Pandey`s bare not for all, only Team India

She may or may not get to strip for the Men in Blue, but young model Poonam Pandey has sure got a lot of media attention as well as lucrative offers from international magazines that want her to pose naked.

The aspiring actress, who has grabbed headlines for stating that she will bare all if Team India wins the World Cup, has been flooded with offers from foreign glossies. But she has rejected them saying she will strip only for the Indian team.

"So far she is flooded with many offers from India and world wide. Right from Indian reality shows to international magazines. More than that, she got a huge half million dollar offer from an international magazine to pose nude for their cover, but she rejected it as the act to go nude was only meant for team India to get home the World Cup and not to make fame and money. She is on cloud nine as India won the cup," said Poonam`s manager Vipin M.

The 19-year-old was one of the top eight contestants of Gladrags` model hunt contest last year.

According to Vipin, the model has been getting threatening calls from moral police and she is avoiding taking calls or talking to anybody in person unless she gets an approval from BCCI.

Poonam made her controversial offer on Twitter just before the semifinal in Mohali.

But later she made a statement saying she would only do so if BCCI permits. On Friday she sent an official letter to the board, saying going naked for the team would have a "therapeutic" effect on Team India and help them win.

In the letter, she wrote: "..I want India to win the Cricket World Cup 2011 and am willing to go the extra mile to do anything so that India wins the World Cup. I am ready and willing at any place and time of the Indian teams choosing to go in the nude to boost their sporting spirit to perform better.

She also cited "many studies conducted by various universities abroad which confirms and infers that such performances/expectations boost and inspire people to perform better in any field, be it sports or otherwise. Even medical books on psychology and psychiatry confirms this".

The model made a "humble request" to be allowed to "perform in the privacy of the Indian cricket team`s dressing room or any other place of your choosing". She suggested "a foreign land like Paris in France, so that the Laws of India - if a hindrance, shall not apply".

It would act like a "private therapeutic performance with a psychologist`s presence" and "cannot be an offence under any law for the time being in force if the team members have no objection and the BCCI gives the go ahead".

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I cried when I saw Yuvi cry: Shilpa Shetty

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty found it hard to control her emotions after India won the cricket World Cup on Saturday. She broke down in tears when she saw Yuvraj cry.

"I can't control my emotions!! Yay India won. It's a wonderful feeling. It was an emotional moment. When I saw Yuvraj (Singh) cry, I also started crying because I have experienced this myself," Shilpa, who owns Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals, told a news channel.

"The way India played together with maturity was superb," said the 35-year-old actress.

She even recalled the day when India had won the World Cup title in 1983, saying her father had also cried at that time.

"We were very small when India won its first World Cup 28 years back, but I remember my father had also cried at that time. All those emotions came back one again

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My role in 'Game' is refreshing: Kangna

After the hit romantic comedy " Tanu Weds Manu", Kangana Ranaut plays a cop in just-released " Game". The actress, who says she makes an effort to do selective work, will be seen in light-hearted roles in three forthcoming films.

Kangana's three forthcoming releases are "Rascals", "Double Dhamaal" and "Happy New Year".

"I love comedy, but you cannot continue doing the same kind of roles. As an actor it's important to grow, for your own interest or for your audiences' interest. It gets monotonous. I prefer to do things like 'Tanu weds Manu'; at the same time I loved doing 'Fashion'. They are all very very different from each other," Kangana told us.

"I make an effort to do selective work," she added.

Asked whether she was offered the item song that Mallika Sherawat is doing in "Double Dhamaal", she said: "No, the song was not offered to me. I am generally not interested in doing item numbers."

"I don't think I have any reservations or limitation. I havn't come across any so far in my career. There wasn't anything that I have been incapable of doing or where I found my parameters very narrow. There hasn't been any incident like that," Kangana, whose recent release "Tanu Weds Manu" turned out to be a hit.

She jumped on the Bollywood bandwagon with critically acclaimed and commercially successful crime-based romantic saga "Gangster - A Love Story", which was directed by Anurag Basu.

After "Gangster", she mostly played tragic roles. Her next release was "Woh Lamhe" (2006), which was filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's final goodbye to former girlfriend Parveen Babi. In the film, Kangana brilliantly portrayed the late actress' madness and despair.

In "Life In A... Metro" (2007), a film about big city people coping with emotional and psychological trauma, Basu presented her as a call centre executive who is in a relationship with her married boss.

With Bhandarkar's "Fashion", a dark tale about the fashion industry, she hit bull's eye. Her performance as an ex-ramp queen won her a national award.

She moved to lighter roles with "Kites" and "Tanu Weds Manu".

"Game", she says, has given her ample chance to exploit her potential.

"I play a cop and it is a very intense performance in terms of body language, speech. It gave me ample amount of chance to exploit my potential. It's very refreshing and not something that you guys have seen before on Indian screen," said Kangana, 24.

The actress, who started working at the age of 17, has no regrets.

"Every life has its own charm, like my life has its own charm. My friends are doing post- graduation, a few are getting married. Their lives might seem charming to me at some point of time, but they find my life very charming. It's important to be happy in our place. I don't miss the fun element of college life," she said

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Aish: Team India is the BESSSTT

Overwhelmed after India won the World Cup after 28 years, actress Aishwarya Rai is proud of Team India and Sachin Tendulkar. "Delirious with joy…screamed hoarse…Love India and Love India Team…Full power and God Bless…and much love to Sachin…So So Happy…Team India is the BESSSTT," Aishwarya said in SMS released by her publicist.

India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the World Cup final at the Wankhede Stadium here to lift the World Cup for the second time since 1983

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