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Bipasha Basu

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Also known as Bipasha Basu Singh Grover

Indian actress and model

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Bipasha Basu is an Indian individual who began her professional work period in 2001. She is identified as a person associated with the country of India. Her physical height is listed as 173.

Basu has accumulated 6,648,952 social media followers. On the Last.fm platform, she has 59 listeners and a total playcount of 669. Crossref records indicate she has five works. Her date of birth is recorded as both 1979-01-07 and 1979-05-05.

Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Encyclopedic overview

Bipasha Basu ( Bengali pronunciation: [bipaʃa boʃu]; born 7 January 1979) is an Indian former actress. Primarily known for her work in Hindi films, she has received a Filmfare Award. One of the leading faces in the 2000s and early 2010s, she is known for her work in the thriller and horror genres and for several item numbers and is frequently cited in the media as a sex symbol and a scream queen of her times.

Born in Delhi and raised in Kolkata, Basu pursued a successful career as a fashion model. She then began receiving offers for film roles and made her acting debut with the thriller Ajnabee (2001), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Basu's first leading role was in the horror film Raaz(2002), for which she earned a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Her career progressed with a leading role in the erotic thriller Jism (2003) and in two consecutive annual top-grossing films, No Entry (2005) and Dhoom 2 (2006).

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