Bipasha Basu, currently starring in the riveting Pankh, accepts that she’s not just a pretty face. “I think if I was not smart and intelligent I wouldn’t have been here today on the cover of Marie Claire and here as Bipasha Basu,” she says, “It’s very important to be smart and have a personality.” In the fascinating movie Pankh, Bipasha takes her own advice and dons nine different personalities, each one intended to be a projection of Maradona Rebello’s mood at the time.
Looking stunning in black satin on the cover of Marie Claire this month, Bipasha is campaigning hard against those who are still proclaiming the size zero ethos for women. “The size zero propaganda is very disturbing and on my part, I will only stress on the word fit than thin,” she explains, “Size zero only works for petite women. Skinny is pass