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28 March 2024

Move over Halle Berry, Bipasha is new beach babe

Bipasha Basu (GETTY/GALLO)

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By Shivani Joshi/Sanskriti Media and Entertainment

Bipasha Basu is in the news yet again. This time around it's not for her relationships off-screen rather her looks! A self-confessed beach bum, she flaunts her well-toned body in a two-piece in her upcoming film 'Players'.

The Bong beauty is the hot topic of Bollywood these days, thanks to her steamy, sexy look in 'Players'. The bikini avtar will ensure she wraps up this year on a high note, indeed.

Now if you thought looking sexy in a barely-there two-piece is easy, then you are mistaken. “Just shedding your clothes does not make you look sexy. If you have a good body, then you will look sexy no matter what you wear, be it a bikini or jeans. But if you don’t have the body to carry then even the sexiest of things will look drab," explains Bips. 

She quickly adds: "While the look fits a stylish thriller such as 'Players', one should not wear a bikini just to look sexy onscreen. I think it is very important that you don’t wear it forcefully. If a person has not worn a bikini in real life then it will be stupid to wear it on screen. I am a complete beach bum, and I love wearing bikinis when I go on holidays, so I am not shy of showing it on screen either.”

Further defending her bikini shots, Bipasha says: “I think I am my fittest self at this point of time. I have been into fitness for the last six to seven years. 

I believe that if we can say a wow to a Hale Berry in a James Bond film, then why not for our desi films. If you are confident, look good and if it looks right in your film then why not?”

With Bips it’s about ‘sexy knows what sexy does’. The 'Race' actor has donned the bikini before. “I wore it in ‘Dhoom 2’ and we were in Rio at that time. It is really different then because at that time I was really unhealthy. I was living off oranges. And I was trying to be thin and struggling. But this time around, I’ve followed a scientific routine, did lots of beach body workout and had a protein-rich diet. It was a proper six weeks regimen. In the film, when I wore it, I think I looked hot.”

She does her own stunts, too 

Meanwhile, Abbas-Mustan's action thriller 'Players' is a remake of ‘The Italian Job’. Bipasha plays the character of Riya - a part-time automobile expert and a con artist.

Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Omi Vaidya and Sikander Kher form the rest of the cast.

Bipasha started off her career with the same director duo in ‘Ajnabee’ which was another thriller. “Abbas-Mustan are the reason why am I an actor today...We understand one another  totally and they use my qualities as an actor immensely well in every film that I have done with them,” she says.

“'Mr Fraud' got shelved midway...but even in that they had used my acting ability really well. They are fantastic entertainers who make really wholesome entertaining films,” says the actor.

Meanwhile, Bips has also done some her own stunts. She adds, “I have definitely reached a stage where I can do a lot of stunts. And for this particular film you will have to wait and watch all of it as it unfolds bit by bit.”

Sonam Kapoor, too, will be seen in a glamorous role in the film.