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“Six years ago, a daily paper called me ‘fat’ on their front page,” she pouted, “and that really hurt. I asked John if I was fat. Since he loves me, he wasn’t complaining. But I realised that John, my family and friends were being polite. I was fat.’’
So Bips decided that if she had to make her presence felt in showbiz, she needed to get herself an hourglass figure. “The paper actually did me a favour by insulting me,’’ she said, “it served as a wake-up call.’’
In a hurry to shed the ungainly weight, Bipasha did a lot of wrong things. She ran for hours on the treadmill, almost getting her knees to collapse. “After that, I learnt that the first step to getting fit was to get healthy,” the actress acknowledged. And with some professional help, she got an ideal routine of strength training, pilates, yoga and cardio workouts. She got herself a good, enriched diet. “The holistic approach helped. Within months, I dropped the extra weight… and also found my curves,’’ she smiled.
Now she’s ready to launch a series of fitness DVDs, and a fitness and fashion clothing line like Hollywood superstar Jennifer Lopez. Bipasha believes that she must share her fitness mantra with the world. And that’s what she has been doing over the last eight months while the world thought Bips was twiddling her thumbs – secretly working on herself.
“For an hour every day even John can’t reach me,’’ she revealed. “That hour is dedicated to my workout. I don’t say that I have the best body in the business. But yes, I have a fit body.’’ Not to mention a sexy one, eh, John?

Bollywood babes Bipasa Basu and Celina Jately set stage on fire on new year eve. Bollywood star Bipasha Basu enthralled the audience with her dance performance at the Sahara Star hotel here on New Year’s Eve.

She took the stage twice, grooving to a vibrant mix of foot tapping numbers. During her first appearance she made the audience jig to title songs of her films Race and Bachna Ae Haseeno.

Celina reportedly charged over Rs 60 lakh to shake a leg on New Year’s eve.

Wh e n Bipasha Basu, a true-blue Bengali, decided to take part in the on-going Durga Puja festivities with boyfriend John Abraham, the last thing she expected was to be groped by a sickminded stranger. The actress had a horrifying time when she was at a North Bombay Puja pandal. Bipasha was furious when John took her away from the scene. Incidentally, this Durga Puja pandal is now being managed by Rani Mukerji’s family.
A source present at the event said, “Bipasha and John came together for the Durga Puja in the evening. Just after the darshan, she was near the stage when some pervert groped her breasts. Bipasha flew into a fit of rage. John was present there and he whisked her away to calm her down. She even wanted to lodge a police complaint. However, she had second thoughts. As for the sick man, he quietly and promptly ran away, taking advantage of the commotion.”

The suspense is now over. Bipasha Basu has been signed on to play Mandodari, who was Ravana’s favourite wife, in Mani Ratnam’s Raavana. A source from the industry says, “Bipasha immediately said yes to the role. She’d agreed to do it a month ago but Mani had given her strict instructions to not talk about i t . ” B i p a s h a starts shooting for Raavana from mid-September.