Bipasha Basu filmography

Bipasha Basu is an Indian actress who has featured in over 50 films, predominantly in Hindi language. After a successful career as a model,^[1] she made her film debut with a supporting role in Abbas–Mustan's thriller Ajnabee (2001), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.^[2][3] Basu followed this with a role in her first Telugu cinema—the action film Takkari Donga (2002). She had her first major success with the supernatural thriller Raaz (2002), which earned Basu her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination.^[4][5] The following year, she starred opposite John Abraham in the erotic thriller Jism, in which she played a seductive wife.^[6] She received a Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role nomination for the film.^[7][8] Her roles in these films established her as a sex symbol.^[9]

Basu followed this initial success with roles in a series of commercial failures, including the thrillers Aetbaar, Rudraksh, Rakht—all in 2004—and the romance Barsaat (2005).^[3][9] She later featured in Prakash Jha's crime drama Apaharan (2005) and the ensemble comedy No Entry (2005). The latter emerged as a financial success, grossing ₹750 million (US$8.8 million) at the box office, and Basu's role of an escort earned her a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress at the 51st Filmfare Awards.^[3] Basu had seven film releases in 2006. Her role as an executive at a conglomerate in Madhur Bhandarkar's drama Corporate earned her another nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.^[10] She then portrayed a character based on Bianca in Vishal Bhardwaj's Omkara, an adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy Othello.^[11] In Sanjay Gadhvi's action film Dhoom 2—her final release of the year—she played dual roles; it was the top-grossing Bollywood film of the year.^[12] In 2008, she collaborated with Abbas–Mustan for the second time for Race. Her performance as a troubled wife in Rituparno Ghosh's 2009 Bengali film Shob Charitro Kalponik was critically acclaimed.^[a][14][15] She then featured in the third installment of the Raaz series, entitled Raaz 3D (2012). Due to her frequent associations with horror films, she was labelled India's "horror queen" by the media.^[16][17]

In 2013, Basu made her Hollywood debut with the historical romance The Lovers, in which she played a Maratha warrior. The following year, she starred in the comedy Humshakals. The film received largely negative reviews, though it was a moderate commercial success.^[18] In 2015, she played conjoined twins—a first for an actress in Bollywood—in the horror film Alone.^[19][20] She followed it by featuring as the host of the television horror series Darr Sabko Lagta Hai that year.^[21]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001	Ajnabee	Neeta / (Fake) Sonia Bajaj [b]	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut	[3][23]
2002	Takkari Donga	Panasa	Telugu Film	[24]
	Raaz	Sanjana Dhanraj	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[3][25]
	Aankhen	Naina	Special appearance	[26]
	Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai	Ria Bhalla		[27]
	Chor Machaaye Shor	Inspector Ranjita		[28]
	Gunaah	Inspector Prabha Narayan		[29]
2003	Tujhe Meri Kasam	Girija	Special appearance	[30]
	Jism	Sonia Khanna	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Villain	[8][31]
	Footpath	Sanjana Srivastav		[26]
	Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula	Herself	Special appearance	[32]
	Zameen	Nandini Rai		[26]
2004	Ishq Hai Tumse	Khushbu Akhtar		[26]
	Aetbaar	Ria Malhotra		[33]
	Rudraksh	Dr Gayatri		[34]
	Rakht	Drishti Nair		[35]
	Madhoshi	Anupama Kaul		[36]
2005	Chehraa	Megha Joshi		[37]
	Sachein	Manju	Tamil film	[9][38]
	Viruddh... Family Comes First	—	Cameo appearance	[39]
	Barsaat	Anna Virvani		[40]
	No Entry	Bobby Saluja	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress	[3][41]
	Apaharan	Megha Basu		[42]
	Shikhar	Natasha		[43]
2006	Humko Deewana Kar Gaye	Sonia Berry		[44]
	Darna Zaroori Hai	Varsha	Story segment: Spirits Do Come	[45]
	Phir Hera Pheri	Anuradha "Anu" Munjal		[46]
	Alag	Herself	Special appearance in the song "Sabse Alag"	[47]
	Corporate	Nishigandha Dasgupta	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[10][48]
	Omkara	Billo Chamanbahar		[49]
	Jaane Hoga Kya	Aditi Chopra		[50]
	Dhoom 2	ACP Shonali Bose / Monali Bose	Dual role	[51]
2007	Nehlle Pe Dehlla	Pooja Sahni		[52]
	No Smoking	—	Special appearance in the song "Phoonk De"	[53]
	Om Shanti Om	Herself	Special appearance	[54]
	Goal	Rumana Ali Khan		[55]
2008	Race	Sonia Ranveer Singh		[56]
	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Radhika Kapoor / Shreya Rathore	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress	[8][57][58]
	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Sadhana Shivdasani	Special appearance in the song "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte"	[59]
2009	Aa Dekhen Zara	Simi Chatterjee		[60]
	All the Best: Fun Begins	Jhanvi Chopra / (Fake) Vidya / Gututo		[61]
	Shob Charitro Kalponik	Radhika Mitra	Bengali film	[14]
2010	Pankh	Nandini		[61]
	Lamhaa	Aziza Abbas Ansari		[62]
	Aakrosh	Geeta		[63]
2011	Dum Maaro Dum	Zoey Mendonza		[64]
2012	Players	Riya Thapar		[65]
	Jodi Breakers	Sonali Agnihotri		[66]
	Raaz 3	Shanaya Shekhar		[67]
2013	Race 2	Sonia Ranveer Singh	Cameo appearance	[68]
	Aatma	Maya Verma		[68]
	The Lovers	Tulaja Naik	Belgian film	[69]
2014	Humshakals	Mishti		[70]
	Creature 3D	Ahana Dutt		[71]
2015	Alone	Sanjana / Anjana[c]		[72]
2018	Welcome to New York	Herself	Cameo appearance	[73]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	The New 7 Wonders of The World	Host
2012–2014	CID	Herself	Episode: "Bhootiya Haveli" Episode: "Bipasha Par Hamla"
2012	Fear Files	Herself	(season 1, episode 20)
2013	Arjun	Maya	Episode 61
2015–2016	Darr Sabko Lagta Hai	Host		[21]
2016	Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai	Herself	Episode 2 (Shanivaar Special)
2020	Dangerous	Neha Singh	Web series	[74]
2013	Fit Test With Bipasha	Herself

Music videos

Year	Title	Album	Singer	Ref.
1998	"Tu"	Kismat	Sonu Nigam	[75]
1999	"Sauda Khara"	Hai Energy	Sukhbir
2000	"Tera Milna Pal Do Pal Ka"	Jaan	Sonu Nigam
2004	"Stolen"	Me Against Myself	Jay Sean
2005	"Mujhe Mere Yaar Se Matlab"	Mujhe Pyar Se Matlab	Rajiv Goswami
2011	"Mind Blowing"	Let's Party	Ganesh Hedge

Music song

• 2003: Appeared in Hum Ko To Hai Poora Yakeen made by MSN cricket and sports (MSN India) to support the Indian cricket team for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003

Notes

1. The film marked her debut in Bengali cinema.^[13]
2. She played a single character with two different names.^[22]
3. She played the dual role of conjoined twins.^[72]