‘Special Hindi heroine’ Bipasha Basu says that Jism saw Bollywood women
Actor Bipasha Basu recalled how she was seen as a ‘specific Hindi film heroine’ until the ‘body’ was not there, and changed the notion of Bollywood.
In short
- Bipasha Basu has called ‘Jism’ her biggest Bollywood gambling
- The film showed him in a negative role
- He said that he took a risk at the peak of his career despite protests
Actor Bipasha Basu talked about playing the biggest gambling of his life in Bollywood, in an interview. He said that the film said that women introduced a ‘path-breaking’ change in Bollywood with the specialty of women in negative roles. The 2003 film acted with John Abraham with him, and established both of them as artists who preferred to swim against the tide.
Now talking to Zoom, Basu said that she took a calculation risk on the ‘peak’ of her career as she really wanted to do so. The 46-year-old shared that she was in love with the story of ‘Jism’, and the idea of playing the role of a woman in a negative character that was missing in Bollywood until then.
“Jisis was the time when I was at the peak (of my career), and everyone told me that you can’t do adult content movies. You are like the specific Hindi heroine that is now installed in the hearts of the people. And I said, I said, I just like the story. I just like the story. I said I said that I will stop it. My manager thought that I was mad.”
Basu said that his role in ‘Jism’ also became part of pop-culture. He referred to women wearing a ‘bronze look’ after being inspired by his character. “But it worked for me and then things changed. Women were suddenly tongue to their hair. She wore a bronze. There was no conservative (thing) that the woman could not play a negative character. It all changed after that. So it is a path-breaking for me. It is a very important film for me.” She said.
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‘Jism’, directed by Amit Saxena, was written by Mahesh Bhatt. The erotic thriller started Abraham in the film industry, while it set a new benchmark in Basu’s career. The film was declared a clean hit at the box office, and mixed reviews.
