Fierce Bipasha Basu, who started her journey in Bollywood at the age of 15, had her share of struggle in the industry. As she completes 20 years in the industry, she opened up about body-shaming she faced and as well as how a top producer harassed her through text messages.
In an interview with Pinkvilla, she said, “I was a young girl and I was staying alone. I always had this image of mine which was fierce and of someone who won’t tolerate ant bulls**t. So a lot of people were scared of me anyway. But there was this one time, I remember when I signed a film with a top producer. I had come back home and I got a text message from him saying ‘Missing your smile’. I was too young and I felt a little weird. But I ignored it. After a few days, he again sent me the same text.”
She further added how the problem was solved when she send a text messaged containing strong language. She later on asked her secretary to cancel the contract. She said, ” “But it worked and there were no texts anymore. I told my secretary to take the signing amount and return it to him because I didn’t want to work with him anymore.” She later on bumped to the same producer in an event, where he walked away quietly. “It was funny watching that happen,” she said.
In her journey to be one of the top actress, she faced a lot body shaming due to the being diagnosed unexpected disease- osteoarthritis. She told the portal, “That was the only time I felt powerless in my entire life. There was an entire tabloid article that said Bipasha gets FAT in bold. That really upset me. But it was also a good wake up call. I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis where the doctor told me that you can’t keep standing for too often, you can’t dance, we might have to do knee replacement.”
On the work end, Bipasha made her debut in OTT platform after 5 years gap with Dangerous alongside husband Karan Singh Grover.
