Actress Bipasha Basu is busy shooting for Raaz 3 as we catch up with her for a quick chat. Excited about reuniting with the Bhatts, she reveals that it was long overdue. “Yes, they were upset when I had turned down their films in the past, but they knew the reason why I’d turned them down. I wanted a role worth me and now that they have it, we are working together again,” she says. But while the film’s keeping her busy professionally, personally she’s been battling rumours of link-ups with actor Rana Daggubati.
“To be honest, I’m pakaoed with these link-up rumours. Guys, give me a break. I’m very much single. I’m a free spirit and I do enjoy male attention like any girl would, but I’m not at all frivolous about my friendships or relationships. So, it cheeses me off to see my equations being put under scanner all the time. I value the people in my life as I’m a keeper of equations and it pains me to see people trivialising it. Why is it so difficult for people to accept that a single woman can be only friends too with good-looking men?” she quips. Point taken, After Hrs gets the Bolly hottie to spill the beans on her real equation with men who matter or well, mattered…
‘No issues with Emraan Hashmi’ I never had any issues with Emraan to begin with. I never turned down any film because I didn’t want to star with him. I refused films only because the role I was offered was not up to what I expected. And now, that we are working together, there’s no awkwardness at all. I think our chemistry is dynamic. It’s like bringing two dynamites together and fireworks are but expected (laughs).
‘Looking forward to meeting Josh Hartnett again’ Josh will always be a very dear co-star, and I’m looking forward to meeting him again soon. I will be flying out to the UK to finish a two-day patch work on Singularity, so it will be good to connect with him and Joffe (director Roland Joffe) again.
‘Rana’s still a good friend’ There was never ever anything, but friendship with him to begin with. Rana is still a good friend, and we catch up when he comes here or when I fly down to Hyderabad, but no we don’t plan trips to meet each other. I’m exhausted with these rumours and I wish people would just let us be friends. I was someone’s girlfriend when they started, and it affected me back then, but even though I’m single now, it’s still hurting and irritating to being linked just because you have dinner with that friend.
‘Happy John has moved on!’ Despite buzz of the actor reuniting with her ex boyfriend, actor John Abraham for an item number in a film starring him, an insider reveals that the two will not be sharing screen space. However, Bipasha reveals that she won’t have any qualms in working with him. “I’m happy that he’s moved on. As for working with him, there are no issues at my end. If there’s a good script, I don’t see why working together will be a problem,” she says.
