Aishwarya Rai

A Bollywood babe-off that like the Eastern epic tales of love, lust, betrayal and happy endings, may prove to be a good old fashioned fight for the title of india’s hottest film siren. Meet Aishwarya Rai’s newest competition: Bipasha Basu.

You may be in Detroit, Dublin or Dubai, but trust us, with the likes of George Clooney, one of the West’s most famous and handsome male leads seriously talking about producing and starring in a Bollywood extravaganzas, you just may be getting to know these female stars as easily as Julia Roberts or Kate Winslet.

in 2005, a Kolkata girl won the title of india’s Most Desirable Woman - Bipasha Basu. Her stats are a stately five feet eight inches tall, with dark brown eyes that won this her the title over Miss World and Queen o’ Bollywood Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Miss Universal Sushmita Sen and several other notable Bollywood actress.

Basu started her career as a model, but the brainy beauty that she was, she also wanted to study medicine or accounting.

Beauty won over brains and the film bug beckoned. Bipasha Basu bypassed modelling fashion gigs and went into acting, her debut film ‘Ajnabee’ (2001) was successful by “Bolly” standards.

Similar to “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria, Basu’s childhood was marred by thoughts that she was ugly because of her darker complected skin. Eva was often teased over the same issues.

Time will tell if Basu has the chops to go the distance with Bollywood bombshell Rai, and if she will garner the legions of fans that “Ash” has accumulated during her career.

in the recent release of “Dhoom 2,” Bipasha sang in the song “My name is Ali.” She co-starred with Hrithik and Aishwarya Rai for the first time.