Bipasha Basu says she was harassed by 'top producer'

Actor recalls getting unsolicited messages from a Bollywood bigwig early in her career

Bollywood actor Bipasha Basu recently made headlines when she announced that she will be starring with husband Karan Singh Grover in an upcoming project. But what caught the much-needed attention was when in an interview, the Raaz star recalled an unfortunate incident of being harassed by a “top producer” early in her career.

Basu said that she had already cultivated a no-nonsense image in the industry and put an end to the misbehaviour. “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 any bad things. So a lot of people were scared of me anyway,” she told Pinkvilla. “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.”

The actor said that the problem was solved almost by chance. An expletive-laden message about the experience, intended for a friend, was mistakenly sent to the producer by Basu. “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 said.
The Alone star said that she ran into the producer at an event later but the moment he saw her, he walked away quietly. “It was funny watching that happen,” she said.

Basu recently returned to acting in the streaming show Dangerous, which also features Grover. She told Hindustan Times, “As individual actors, we both liked our parts and the content which the show has to provide. That’s a wise decision for an actor when you like it and then you know your husband is playing your co-star, it’s a bonus.”

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