Bipasha Basu has no qualms being tagged as the supernatural queen of Bollywood. Back with a horror thriller called Alone directed by Bhushan Patel. Bipasha started with her promotions from Bengaluru and was seen along with co-actor Karan Singh Grover. Talking about her upcoming film, she says, “Though it is a faithful remake of a Thai film, the subject has been adapted to the Indian context and the love story angle is much stronger in our film.”
Alone revolves around the story of conjoined twins and Bipasha is aware that a similar film was made in Kannada called Charulatha with Priyamani playing the lead, “The South industry is quite forward in their thinking. They make a lot of interesting films, and in turn we make a lot of their remakes. I have also done one Telugu film. It is just the language barrier that does not allow me to do many films in South and they are quite tough for me to understand and speak,” she explains.
Bipasha also states that she is not going to break from horror genre any time soon. “I don’t think I would want a break from scaring people. I just want to do films that keep entertaining the audience and give me scope to do interesting things. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a horror film,” says Bipasha. “I keep experimenting with roles for all those people who have watched me on screen for 14 years and don’t like to see me in weak roles. In a way I have to find roles that give some kind of energy to the character and some kind of strength to idealise. However my next film is Niya which is a family drama and quite different from Alone.”
In general, her definition of the word ‘Alone’ is beautiful and has little to do with being lonely. “Alone is not a negative word. According to me, it is something that everyone should be familiar with and it is about being happy and content with their own self. A little alone time is really important to know the real you, and the direction you want take in your life,” she says.
On the personal front, Bipasha is often plagued by questions about her relationship status. “Being in the business for so many years, you kind of understand the fact that people are interested in knowing what you do. However I have a thick skin and I don’t let people affect me much and it doesn’t change the way I live,” she signs off.