According insider sources, Bipasha Basu tells that she is more than happy with the fact that since the time that she had made her debut in Bollywood with Abbas-Mustan’s Ajnabee, she has made rapid strides as an actress in the last eight years and carved for herself a niche in the industry. Bipasha says “It has been a learning process for me from Ajnabee till my latest release - Bachna Ae Haseeno. I have learnt everything on the job slowly and steadily unlike then new comers today who come prepared even with their first film.”

Bipasha confesses that she liked working with Ranbir Kapoor in Bachna Ae Haseeno. She tells “I had a fabulous time playing the character of the Shiamak Davar dancer Radhika in Bachna Ae Haseeno”.

Bipasha is now getting opportunities to prove her mettle as an actress. Among the films that she has up her sleeves are Freeze directed by Jehangir Surti and Pankh directed by Sudipto Gupta. While Freeze in which she has been teamed opposite Neil Mukesh is a romantic thriller, Pankh is a psychological thriller, which deals with the psyche of a young boy who has to play a girl child because of his mum’s pressure. I play this interesting imaginary character of a woman who guides him through his turmoil.”

Bipasha does not mind accepting that love is her top priority in life even though she is a career woman. “What would you do in life if you are busy 24/7 with only your work and have no one to share your life? However, in case you want to know when I am planning top plunge into marriage with John, let me confess that as of now there are no marriage plans for us though we do not hide the fact that we are seeing each other and are in love. What I like the best about John and myself is that both of us do not carry the baggage of being stars. We are like-minded soul mates who do not like to hide behind sunglasses.”