Mumbai, Sept 29: After a series of screen scorching roles, sultry siren Bipasha Basu is dabbling in action flicks and comedy and says she quite enjoys the experience. In this interview, the actress spoke of her new release Zameen, forthcoming films, her desire to get married and her affair with model John Abraham. Excerpts:

Will you prove lucky for Abhishek in Zameen?

That puts a lot of pressure on me! Abhishek doesn't need me to get lucky. He's a fabulous actor. I don't know why he hasn't succeeded so far. But I don't like it when people expect me to be lucky for him.

But Zameen has terrific actors like Ajay Devgan and Abhishek. It's an action film. It's a boys' film and they take centre stage. I'm not there throughout. But I'm important. I play an airhostess. But it isn't a stupid character. The director Rohit Shetty really knows his job. And the songs are cute. They are what I like to listen to. I don't like anything over-the-top. I can't digest over-acting. What other assignments do you have?


Aitbaar with Mr Bachchan, Jaane Hoga Kya and Ishq Hai Tumse with Dino Morea are ready for release. I'll have six releases this year. But since two of them, Footpath and Zameen, didn't require too much of me, it isn't really that much of me this year. But my new assignment No Entry has me in a central role. It's a situational comedy. That's why I wanted to do it.

There're three heroes in the film?


Yes but I'm not opposite anyone. No Entry isn't the usual kind of comedy. I've done a comedy Chor Machaye Shor earlier. But I had nothing to do in it. No Entry has me in a far more important role. The rest of the cast shot in Cape Town recently. But I couldn't join them. I had warned Boney Kapoor I couldn't rush into it. I had no dates. I had told him to get someone else. But he insisted he wanted only me. He's a very decent man. He's organising another outdoor stint in South Africa only for me.
Another film that revolves around you is Mahesh Manjrekar's Rakht.

Yes I start shooting on October 5 and we plan to finish it by end of December. I better deliver a performance. Any film depends on the director. You can't pull off a film alone. It depends on the team.

Rakht is again a different film. Every character, big or small, is played by a proper actor. Cinema is no longer about hero, heroine and songs. Thank god, things are changing. Today all the new girls are into unconventional roles. It isn't just Bipasha. I can't be doing all the unusual films.

But how unusual are the unusual films?

I think a lot of them start being different and then develop cold feet as they progress. That's why I loved Jism. My character and the film were consistent till the end. Fine, it was a Hollywood takeoff.

But 75 per cent of the audience hadn't seen the original. In the interiors they may watch sexy Hollywood films. But not the others. I agree it's wrong to copy. But a good copy is better than bad original. How much originality can we put in the theatres every Friday? Everything worth making is already made. Are you completely consumed by the idea of acting?

Not really. There are many other things I want to do. I'm here just for a few years. I want to do what I'm comfortable with. Then I want to put an end to the celebrity tag. Just be myself, get married, have at least two babies. But I'm not the kind of girl who can sit at home. I'll continue to do something even I'm not acting. I'm interested in interior designing. I'm a big foodie. I may open a restaurant.

What was your reaction to the newspaper reports that you were getting married to John Abraham in November?

I laughed. I'm laughing now because it's happened so many times before. This time, because I'm taking a holiday in December everyone decided I'm preparing for my honeymoon. All this is so funny. Because marriage is something I'd never want to hide. People are so strange. They plan your marriage, even set dates. Sometimes I feel when I actually set a date for a wedding people will think it's just a rumour.