Everything is clear to me now: Bips

Bipasha can suddenly see the world much better.

"All these years I've avoided hosting any show or any event for the simple reason that I can't read the tele-prompter. I'm short-sighted. But now history beckons me. And if I don't correct my vision now history and my conscience would never forgive me."

Having been given the singular honour of hosting the official -declaration ceremony for the New 7 Wonders Of The World in Lisbon on July 7, Bipasha has finally taken the plunge.

"I've got myself contact lenses this week--at the age of 28, if you please! All these years I stubbornly avoided it and risked losing friends after looking through them in public. But now when I was given the great privilege of hosting the event at Lisbon along with the likes of Ben Kingsley and Hillary Swank.

Jennifer Lopez will be performing…wow! I'd be foolish to not correct my eyesight. I can see everything so much clearly now…"

Including the fact that hosting the 7 Wonders declaration -ceremony is a historic honour for her, Bollywood and the country?

"That, it is!" Bipasha exclaims. "I don't know what made them choose me, maybe it was my appearance at Cannes last month. But I suddenly got a call from them. I'm deeply honoured and flattered. This is the first time since 200 BC that the 7 Wonders are being reconsidered. To be part of this is to be part of history. And I wouldn't have missed it for anything in world, certainly not for being stubbornly short-sighted."

Bipasha feels born-anew when she finally tried on her contact lenses. "I hope that doesn't mean my birthday will be celebrated thrice a year. My birthday is on Jan 7. But many websites have given the date wrongly as sometime in May. So I receive gifts and calls twice a year. Now with my new vision of life I may also receive birthday greetings on June 20 every year."

Hearty laughter and a promise to be dressed up for the occasion by her favourite designers, follows. "It would be my dear friend Rocky S for the Indian outfit, and that's a saree. Armani will do my western outfit, and destiny will take care of the rest," Bipasha shoots off before starting preparations for an event that promises to change the world, including Bipasha's.

She certainly looks gorgeous enough to be the 8th wonder of the world. "Ha, don't compliment me for my changing looks so soon. I'm a Capricorn and change is my only constant. It's said woman metamorphose and reach a peak of their beauty till 30. I still have two years to go."

Bipasha to join John in Pondicherry to scotch rumours

Mumbai, June 23: To make it amply clear that their relationship is as strong as ever, Bollywood screen scorcher Bipasha Basu is flying to Pondicherry June 27 to join her boyfriend John Abraham.

The actress says that at one level she is sick and tired of rubbishing frequent rumours of their break up but adds that the speculation has taken a really nasty turn this time.

'It's so foolish and self-defeating to keep reacting to these periodic talks of links and breaks-ups. Today we're being linked with particular people,' Bipasha told IANS.

'Tomorrow it'll be someone else. We can't let these things affect us. And we don't. But this time the rumours got really mean. I can take it and even answer back. But John isn't comfortable being attacked. And for what?'


Bipasha will join John in Pondicherry, where he's shooting for Nagesh Kukunoor's film Aashaayen, on June 27.

'Neither of us is going to be unprofessional, leave our work and go running to one another just because people are spreading these strange rumours.

'Poor John, he's shooting a very difficult author-backed role. If he suggests he's taking off to meet me, Nagesh will probably have a fit. I too have my professional commitments. I can't just tell Abbas and Mustan to give me a day off from the shooting of Race though they're too sweet to say no.

'And that isn't meant to stop wagging tongues. We don't have to prove anything to anybody. Let them say what they want. I love John and no one else.'

Bipasha says she was shooting outside Mumbai when she heard about the rumours of her break-up with John.

'It was so peaceful and nourishing to breathe in unpolluted air... I told my best friend Susie, I'd rather not come back. But there's no point in pretending that the ugly talk isn't there.

'John spoke on behalf of both of us yesterday. I'm hoping it would stop this crazy chaos of idle gossip. I'm really tired of all this. It doesn't effect either of us, or our relationship. But I'm tired of being scrutinised all the time.'

Earlier, a close friend of John dismissed media reports about their supposed split by insisting that all was fine between John and Bipasha.

Source -Indo Asian News Service

Who after John?

Even though the split between Bipasha Basu and John Abraham is not yet official, rumour mills are having a field day talking about who is going to replace John in Bipasha's life. It seems that Saif Ali Khan and Dino Morea are both vying for the actress's attention and are looking to take John's place in her life. The actress got very close to Saif during the shoot of Abbas-Mustan's Race. The actor is very keen to date her. As for Dino, the actress was spotted making an appearance with him at a fashion store recently.

Bipasha is apparently waiting for John to return from Hyderabad, where he is shooting for a film. She has already given an ultimatum asking him to behave himself. Bipasha is leaving no stone unturned in trying to make her relationship with John work and has given herself a certain period of time to work things out. If they don't, she will move on. But not into any relationship for sure. She wants to take her time and not rush into anything.

The International Indian Film Academy Awards in Sheffield, England

Bollywood star Bipusha Basha arrives at the Hallam FM Arena for the International Indian Film Academy awards in Sheffield, England, Saturday June 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)