Actress Bipasha Basu
has laughed off reports of her engagement to boyfriend Harman Baweja,
saying she is in no rush to get married and would rather focus on her
acting career.
“I respect marriage as an institution. But there is time for it. I
will do it ‘aaram se’. I have films to do, besides acting I want to do a
lot of other things which I can’t talk about now,” she told PTI in an
interview.
For now, Bipasha is keeping her fingers crossed for the success of her latest release Creature 3D.
Her last two films ? Aatma and Humshakals did not
do too well at the box office. Bipasha does feel bad about the failure
of ‘Aatma’ while she kept herself away from the promotions of
‘Humshakals’.
“I was hurt when Aatma did not do well. I think the film was
not promoted properly. The feedback that I got from the people is that
they were not ready to see me in the role of a mother but I don’t regret
doing that movie.
“Humshakals was a regret right from the go. I don’t have
anything against the film. I was not aware about the story idea… didn’t
know what I was playing and how it will turn out. So when I don’t know
about the film and my role why should I promote it?,” she added.
Bipasha, 35, started her career in 2001 with Ajnabee and went on to star in films like Jism, Raaz, Corporate, Apharan, Dhoom 2, Lamhaa, Aakrosh and Race.
When asked whether she feels threatened by the new crop of youngsters
in Bollywood, Bipasha says she has already made a place for herself.
“I think newcomers are in a different spot today. They have to prove
to people and make their place. I have worked opposite a lot of
newcomers like John Abraham, Dino Morea, Ranbir Kapoor, Karan Grover and
others,” Bipasha said.
“I don’t see newcomers as threat. I have worked very hard to reach
where I am today in my career. I have seen ups and downs and I am still
here. Nobody can become Bipasha Basu,” she said.
Earlier, Bipasha used to get very attached to a film and for days used to think about failure but that has changed now.
“Friday is very important in an actor’s life. But it is also
important to move on,” she said, adding she would do films that make her
happy.
“There is a hunger to do good roles. I don’t want to do work just for
the heck of it or do work just to be seen. I want to have a good
experience and feel happy when I go for a film shoot.”
On work front, Bipasha will reteam with Vikram Bhatt for Alone where she stars opposite TV actor Karan Singh Grover.
