Bipasha Basu: I don’t want to work 24/7
Actress says she deliberately does fewer movies so she can enjoy life more
Indian actress Bipasha Basu says she has stopped doing multiple movies a year because she wants to enjoy life.
“My priorities in life are not like other actors. My priority is not to work 24/7, 365 days a year. It’s exhausting. I don’t like my calender managed more than one month. When one month is over, I want freedom and everyone to disappear and leave me alone.
“I like my work but everything in my life is, like, I want to decide when to do what. It’s not a do-or-die situation,” Basu said.
The 36-year-old actress, who made her debut in a supporting role in 2001 with Ajnabee, bagged her first leading role in Vikram Bhatt’s horror film Raaz in 2002.
Bipasha has been a part of horror films such as Raaz 3, Aatma and this year’s release Alone, and the actress says she has made a conscious decision to slow down.
“I [earlier] chose to do one film a year. I’ve been working since 2001. I want to now live my life [and use] the money I’ve earned. I want to enjoy my life, otherwise when will I do it? After getting old?” she asked.
The actress, however, is happy being called the Queen of Fear.
“I have a very deep connection with the horror genre. I’ve been crusading it since 2002. It was never planned. But the stories which have excited me in the last three years have been horror.
“It’s beautiful when people say you’ve got the tag of Queen of Fear. I love it as it is something which no one has ever achieved in the entire [history] of Hindi films. It’s my domain,” she added.
