Bipasha Basu wants to go back in time
Bipasha
Basu
may be
the
epitome
of
today’s
woman
but in
her heart
she wants
to
transport
into
another
era and
work in a
costume
drama.
And her newest
project – Raj Kumar
Santoshi’s ‘Ashok’ –
may be her chance to
do so.
“I’m really excited
about doing the
costume drama. To
go back in time and
recreate an era and
character are
challenging. And the
character of
Tishayraksha is
certainly not uni-
dimensional. I’m in
the entire film. The
narrative is so
captivating,” Bipasha
said.
And she is also ga-ga
over her latest
director. “I think Raj
Santoshi is a great
visionary. Look at the
performances he gets
out of his actors! And
to cast someone like
me who otherwise
has such a
contemporary image
in the Mauryan era
requires guts,” says
the sultry actress.
Five years ago,
Bipasha was actually
supposed to start her
career with a Mughal
costume drama, J.P.
Dutta’s ‘Aakhri
Mughal’, opposite
Abhishek Bachchan.
The project never
took off.
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