Yantra Tattooing and Other Magical Tattoos in Thailand

Visitors to Thailand may have noticed men displaying Yantra tattooing. What they may not have realized is that they likely met many more people who had invisible tattoos. Magical tattoos in Thailand have a very long history. Many cultures around the world have used tattoos as part of their traditions. These can be a way to signify status positions within the group or in many instances they are believed to offer supernatural protection. Magical tattoos in Thailand are popular among young men who believe that having these designs can make them invincible or even irresistible to women.
What is Yantra Tattooing?
Yantra tattooing is also referred to as Sak Yant and they are associated with the animist beliefs that were popular in Thailand before the arrival of Buddhism. These magical tattoos are usually created by Maw Pii or spirit doctors, but some Buddhist monks are also willing to apply them. Sak Yant dates back to ancient times and the art is greatly influenced by Khmer culture; in fact the blessings are written in a Khmer script called Khom.
Yantra tattoos are believed to protect those who have them from all physical dangers, illness, and mischief from ghosts. The tattoos will only remain powerful so long as those who wear them follow certain rules; the tattoo will also need to be activated for it to be any use. In the past the ink used in the tattoos would contain such things as chin fat from dead human bodies. Sak Yant/ Yantra tattoos are very popular among Muay Thai fighters and military people.
Invisible Tattoos in Thailand
These are another form of Yantra tattoo only this time they are created by invisible oils so they can't be seen by the human eye. The power of the tattoos is in the blessing itself so actually seeing the design is not the important thing. This has meant magical tattoos in Thailand can be worn by almost anybody.
As well as being well respected for their power there are also those who fear visible tattoos. In recent times they have become associated with bad elements in Thai society such as gang members. This is why the invisible tattoos have become more popular. They promise the wearer all the benefits of protection without any need for social stigma. Anybody can wear an invisible Yantra tattoo without other people ever needing to suspect a thing; business men and politicians can have tattoos without any fear of it hurting their reputations. The popularity of the invisible tattoo has meant that even some of those who believe in the power of tattoos see the visible designs as a bit vulgar and exhibitionist.
Westerners Getting Yantra Tattoos
Many tourists feel the urge to experiment with magical tattoos in Thailand. Like all tattoos these pose health risks if not applied correctly; there is a very high rate of Hepatitis B in the region. Anyone choosing to get Yantra Tattoos should ensure that they are applied hygienically using sterilized needles. It is also worth while bringing along somebody knowledgeable about Thai tattoos to ensure that you are getting what you are paying for. Remember as well that magical tattoos in Thailand don't come with any guarantees.

Katrina Kaif's Biography

First Name: Katrina
Last Name: Kaif
Birthdate: July 16, 1984
Eye Colour: Light Brown
Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Nick Name: Kat

Katrina Kaif is a model turned actress and has a voluptuous figure which makes her very popular amongst the bollywood fans. She was born on 16 July, 1984. She made her debut in the movie "Boom" in which she was hardly given any clothes to be worn, which in turn helped to push her career in the industry. She has been dating Salman Khan and can be seen having Coffee at Coffee Café Day - Bandar (Bandstand) a place very popular amongst the love birds.
Katrina is a cross breed - Half Indian / Half English. Her father is and NRI and her mother is English, which makes her poor at Hindi. She has already done few movies down south and seems to be a popular face already. Not many have gained the fans and popularity as a new entrant as Katrina has done. Katrina promises a lot to her fans and has lots left to be proven.

Deepika Padukone

 
Name: Deepika Padukone
Birthdate: January 5, 1986
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Deepika Padukone, born 5 January 1986 in Mangalore, Karnataka, is an Indian model & Actress. She is the daughter of former badminton Champion Prakash Padukone. Her mother tongue is Tulu.

She has been modeling appearances in print and television advertising campaigns for Liril, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, receiving many prestigious modeling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewelery exhibition. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international cover-girl face.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly after wards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006, thus cementing her reputation as a supermodel. She also bagged two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year.

Dos and don’ts for wearing peplums

Peplums have been seen on floor-kissing red carpet gowns, on sharp blazers and highlighted on a monokini in a beach editorial. So how do you decide what’s better for your body and personal style?
Firstly, it must be cleared that peplums have the capability to look rather unflattering on the body, if not worn properly. So you have to be mindful of what silhouette suits you, the colours that look good on you and the cuts favourable to your body. That said, they can also be highly flattering if worn right.
The unique aspect about a peplum is that it merely sharpens the already existing shape of the body. It’s not done with additional padding or layering of fabrics, but it’s the frill or flounce that comes down the waist and sits just above the hips, that directs the silhouette.
We gave a broad run-down of the flattering potential of the style in our peplum trend report – now here’s a more specific look at some dos and don’ts surrounding peplums.

Above: peplums & pants; colour blocking to minimise hips; on-trend printed peplums.

Do:

• Wear peplum with trousers, skinny or wide-legged pants, all depending on how long your legs are.
• Style the colours according to the proportion of your body. For example: wear a darker tone peplum at the top to minimise broad shoulders and larger busts and team it with a lighter shade at the bottom. On the other hand a dark colour on the bottom with a light peplumed top visually slims the bottom half.
• Allow peplums to make friends with other key trend pieces in your wardrobe. Don’t be afraid to style prints, lace or mesh detailing with the peplum.

Above: go for peplums & pumps rather than ankle straps.

Don’t:

• Wear ankle strap shoes or Mary Janes. Since the horizontal line of the peplum is already breaking the natural long lines of the body, avoid another distraction. Wear court shoes or ankle booties.
• Choose fabrics that cling to you body, especially if you’re conscious. The peplum dress can be nasty in exemplifying every curve of your body. Pick from knits, chiffon and light cotton.
• Mindlessly shop without giving your body a preview of the peplum. Do go to the shops and try on a few peplum pieces to test drive their fit on your body before making a purchase.

Tips for choosing a signature perfume

Holding the power to flash memories from the past, ignite feelings you were hoping to forget and poking nostalgia through the mere sense of smell, a whiff from a perfume strip is mightier than anticipated.
A spritz on the wrist was traditionally done to camouflage bad smell from the body, but over time, it’s become a symbol of status and personality.
We wear perfume to complement our own odour, rather than to mask the natural essence of our skin. But what is the smell that we want to leave behind? Do we want perfume to add character to our existing self or are we looking to recreate a new individual? Almost, like an alter ego.

History of perfumes

Egyptians get a big chink of credit for making perfumes part of their lifestyle around the 6th century. They used real flower petals, food spices and cooking oil to create various scents that were applied by both men and women on their body, pre and post bath.
Then Cleopatra came into the picture and gave perfumes an equation of pure luxury and class, by laying in the bathtub and soaking herself in aromatic essential oils.
This craze for a splash of liquid spread to Syria, Lebanon, Italy, England and, of course, France where Marie Antoinette took serious notes on what she wanted her signature scent to be.
About 200 years ago, inspired by the flower garden of Palace of Versailles, Marie Antoinette got Parisian perfume-house Lubin to put together a custom-made scent for her and keep it a top-secret (now back on the market as Black Jade).
But in the world of fashion, it all commercially started in the 1920s, when Ernest Beaux created Chanel No.5 for Coco Chanel. Coco was famously quoted saying that a woman should wear perfume whenever she hoped to be kissed.
Truly so, perfumes are a tool of allurement; a scent ignites the fire of sex and sensuality – both in men and women. A perfume should entail a scent that makes you feel sexy and wanted. Its initial inhalation needs to levitate to a cloud of pleasure and contentment, a place where the mental metaphors go wild. A perfume should make you want to daydream two seasons ahead, the crispness of spring needs to come alive on your skin, while you should also be embraced by the dead warmth of autumn.

Rise of celebrity perfumes

So, this brings us to how to choose a scent: your signature scent, so to speak.
Do you stick with classics from the rulebook or let a celebrity dictate your senses?
Elizabeth Taylor launched the celebrity-fragrance phenomenon in 1991 with White Diamonds, and ever since, it’s become a ritual to launch a perfume for every big screen star. They don’t even have to be a superstar to do so.
Till date, Jennifer Lopez has released 16 perfumes, Celine Dion is close at 15 releases and Paris Hilton has 11 perfume titles to her name (with three for men). These numbers provide evidence for celebrity perfumes not being an alien concept anymore, be it a boy band or a mega Hollywood star.
As a consumer of pop culture, are we inclined to buy a fragrance that is bottled with fame? Surely, the prolific perfumes are attached with an aura of entertainment. Obviously, we don’t expect a tall bottle to burst out in a song, but we do relate them to a music album or movie. It reinstates our faith in the said celebrity and the bottle on the dressing table gets an image.
How could you not trust Justin Bieber to launch a top-quality perfume?

Luxury brand perfumes

But in all seriousness, where does this leave mainstream luxurious brands? Fashion houses like Elizabeth Arden, Christian Dior, Tom Ford and Gucci, who’ve been the trendsetters in the fragrance industry, are now competing in a market inundated with Disney kid stars with anime-shaped perfume bottles. Their exquisitely styled and photographed campaign images with the season’s top model, might get the consumer roaring towards their individual counters, but it still gets down to solving the dilemma between Beyonce’s latest and Chloe’s top-seller.
Has the perfume industry lost its niche with an avalanche of options readily available at airport counters? Would swimming in a sea of Chanel No. 5 still be considered a novelty? Or would you rather pick an obviously chosen scent, so when next time you walk on the street, people recognise you as Rihanna’s doppelganger?

Build your own perfume personality

A fragrance really needs to be about what you want to smell like, as opposed to who. Be it freshly cut grass, a vanilla milkshake or your Grandparent’s ancestral home, the linger in the air needs to be about the top, middle and bottom notes in the fragrance, not the name on the bottle.
And while you’re choosing that signature scent, you need to acquaint it with your natural scent. Adding your own personality to the perfume is, somehow, more valuable than letting a luxurious label introduce itself to the crowd. When you’re stuck in an elevator, would you want people to say, “Oh, she’s wearing CK One,” or would you rather have them insinuate the fragrance in an embrace?
It honestly comes down to a personal choice of letting your aura decide who you want to be for the day. You could pick the most expensive bottle on the shelf, but it’s all about the scent honoring your style, personality and lifestyle.
You need to pick a scent, whose tantalizing whiff can be associated with you and your skin. Be it patchouli, rose, ylang ylang, vanilla, musk or spicy wood, you need to decide who you want to be that day and what you want to leave behind you.
Over the next few weeks, Fashionising.com will take you on a beautifully scented tour of perfumes. We’ll feature season’s top fragrances, do perfume reviews and help you find your personality via a simple spritz. Do come back for more.

Five tips to picking a scent

The Perfume Jargon: These are difficult to understand, without a doubt, so here’s your perfume counter cheat sheet. Ranked from strongest to lightest – Parfum, Eau de Parfum, Eau de Toilette, Eau de Cologne and perfume mist. Parfum is the richest, most authentic form of perfume with 15-20% of aromatic compounds, while Eau de Toilette is the most commonly worn type (5-15% of aromatic compounds).

Try it on your skin: As tempting as walking around a departmental store with 20 differently scented paper strips sounds, you need to try the perfume on your skin before heading to the checkout counter. Every person’s skin pH is unique; you won’t get its true flavours unless you let the fragrance seep through your skin.

Give it time: It takes at least five minutes to smell more than the top notes of the fragrance, and about 20 minutes to get to the bottom notes. Spray it on your skin and walk around the store (or airport), if needed. No rash purchases here.

Keep the Coffee Beans Close: Remember that perfume shopping can get overwhelming. Don’t be like a child in a toy store; slow down with testing perfumes on your arm. It’s also advisable to keep the container of coffee beans handy; it’s crucial to neutralise your senses every now and again. Smell the coffee beans.

Go outside: The aromatic oils in perfumes react to the heat on the skin and your surroundings. If you’re testing them in an air-conditioned room, you might not get the real sense of how the perfume reacts on your skin. If possible, head outside for a few minutes and get used to the scent on your skin. Even better, if you come back the next day to finalise your purchase.

Kelly Clarkson Talks About Her New Album Stronger, And Her Hit Single "Mr. Know It All"

Kelly Clarkson

In many of the interviews Kelly Clarkson gave in a run-up to the release of her fifth album Stronger, the pop icon was asked numerous questions related to American Idol—including “What do you think of J.Lo and Steven Tyler as judges?” and “Do you watch Simon Cowell’s X-Factor?” It’s testament to Clarkson’s hit-making history and the strength of her latest collection that RCA Records doesn’t get around to mentioning her being the first winner of American Idol in 2002 until the sixth paragraph of her official bio. Stronger’s lead single, the breakup-themed “Mr. Know It All,” became Clarkson’s second highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 (at #18) and her highest since “Never Again” in 2007.

To this day, Clarkson sees the experience of American Idol as surreal. “When I auditioned, my apartment in Los Angeles had recently burned down and I had a box of photographs to my name,” she says. “I figured I’d get to sing and make some money to pay the bills. Nobody thought that show was going to be what it is now.”

Since then, she’s sold over 20 million albums worldwide (including 10 million in the U.S.) and notched seven singles in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100: “Miss Independent,” “Breakaway,” “Since U Been Gone,” “Behind These Hazel Eyes,” “Because of You,” “Never Again” and (her first #1) “My Life Would Suck Without You.” While her 2003 debut album Thankful went double platinum, its follow-up Breakaway propelled her to superstardom, selling over 12 million units worldwide, spawning five Top Ten hits and staying on the charts for two years. Her discography also includes the platinum-selling My December (2007) and All I Ever Wanted (2009), which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200. Clarkson has also received two Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards and two MTV Music Awards.

The themes of strength, empowerment and overcoming obstacles—typified by the high energy dance-rocker “What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)”—drive the musically diverse new album, which the singer says was influenced by Tina Turner, Prince, Sheryl Crow and Radiohead. Clarkson co-wrote five tracks, a process she feels is therapeutic. “The whole message I hope to bring to my fans is that everyone has hurdles to overcome in their lives, and everyone needs to have songs that help them get through those challenges,” she says. “Music does that for me!”

Although she feels everyone can relate to being acquainted with or dating a “Mr. Know It All,” the track’s video finds Clarkson singing dramatically in front of a “wall of doubt,” full of newspaper clippings about her—some true, some based people’s and the media’s false assumptions. She breaks through the wall to find a beautiful, clear road at the end.

The singer’s personal favorite on Stronger is “You Love Me,” which she wrote following an incident that she thought would break her. The remainder of the songs were written by a host of A-list songsmiths, including Rodney Jerkins, Ester Dean, Bonnie McKee, and Toby Gad, whom Clarkson says really took the time to get to know her style. She also credits her producers Jerkins, Greg Kurstin, Josh Abraham, and Toby Gad among them, for what she says is the biggest difference between Stronger and her previous albums

“What separates this album are the vocals,” she says. “A lot of pop producers tend to want to compress the vocals but I was against it. I love how raw I sound on ‘Mr. Know It All,’ which is an atypical first single for me because it’s not so guitar-driven. Overall, my vocals sound richer and fuller. Over the years, fans have told me that I sound way better live than on the recordings. Capturing that organic strength was one of my main goals for this album. The producers I worked with just let me sing and be me. They didn't strip away the personality. And it was one of those things where if the people I’m working with have confidence in me, I have more confidence in myself and that changes everything.

"I can’t wait to perform these songs on tour," she added. "I think that’s the best way to get to know an artist, and where you get to see actual personality, because we can't hide much onstage.”

Rising Artist Elle Varner Talks About Her Upcoming Debut RCA Album, Perfectly Imperfect

Elle Varner

Elle Varner may have chosen the title of her upcoming RCA debut album Perfectly Imperfect to take a little of the pressure off as she launches her recording career, but there’s no denying that the 23-year-old singer/songwriter is off to a perfect start. Her infectious lead single “Only Wanna Give It To You,” produced by Oak & Pop and featuring acclaimed rapper J. Cole, was released last summer and reached #20 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Last October, Varner appeared on BET to premiere the song’s video, which was shot in New York City and features the singer shopping for shoes, chasing her leading man and cruising with her girlfriends in a yellow Jeep Wrangler.

In addition to putting out a follow-up, “Refill,” the L.A. raised, Brooklyn-based performer recently created Conversational Lush, a 14-track mixtape collection blending hip-hop, jazz and soul. Throughout February, Varner is on the nationwide BET Music Matters “The All of Me Tour,” headlined by Estelle. Notable previous performances include the BET Awards in 2010, a spotlight at the legendary Apollo Theatre and opening for Keys at the Cayman Islands Jazz Festival.

Though Varner was originally signed to J Records, that label, along with Arista and Jive, was disbanded last fall by the RCA Music Group. Despite the changes, she has enjoyed the full support and promotion of RCA. “I have input into the process,” she says, “but ultimately, it’s good to be on a label with people with a strong understanding of how to develop and break an artist. If it had been up to me, I might have gone with ‘So Fly’ as my first single because it’s such a personal song and offers very intimate details about my life. But the label felt it would make more sense to offer a more mainstream tune with a familiar vibe like ‘Only Want To Give It To You’ to introduce me. Thanks to a great production and J. Cole’s rapping, that song has helped me establish a strong foundation to build from.”

A key track on Perfectly Imperfect, “So Fly” is an ode to loving and appreciating all the things that make Varner special, by her own definition. “There was a guy that I really liked,” she says, “but he put me in the ‘friend’ category from day one. The girl that he liked was skinny and had all of these material things, like Louis Vuitton bags – she was just, fly. One night, I was so pissed that I went to my room and just let it all out. I was initially going to write this depressing song, but then I realized that I could try to find something positive in that situation. I changed direction at the end and started the last verse with, ‘I’ve decided, I’m the definition of fly…’”

Another song, “Welcome Home,” is one that helped Varner score a co-publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music when she was already meeting with executives from J Records about a recording contract. While still a student in NYU’s prestigious Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music—which trains undergrads in the production, business and history of popular music, with a focus on entrepreneurship—Varner was working as a coat check girl at a Manhattan club when she met someone who introduced her to a contact at her management company, MBK Entertainment. Varner played some original songs on the guitar for the management team and they quickly signed her and got her a deal at J. “I had never played ‘Welcome Home’ for anyone because it sounded so mature,” she says. “My dad came into the picture and told me I should play it during my meeting at J Records. Everyone was flabbergasted at that song and I got my first publishing meeting out of that.”

Varner brings a colorful musical history to her burgeoning career. The daughter of published songwriters Jimmy Varner and Mikelyn Roderick, she spent most of her childhood sleeping on studio couches, running around green rooms and watching her parents struggle to make a name in the industry. Another track on the debut album is “Sound Proof Room,” a seductive, rock tinged ballad which features her mother’s background vocals blended into her own. “My mom sang back-up for Barry White for six years, so she really understands the art form of background vocals,” Elle says. “Having her there to help me achieve those intricate, layered vocals was an awesome experience.”

Varner was singing as soon as she could speak and began playing the flute at age six and piano at nine. Her ear for harmony, melody and complex rhythm was developed at Amazing Grace Conservatory, and later, while attending The Hamilton Academy of Music, she was part of the school’s vocal jazz group. A standout student, Varner was chosen to be part of The Grammy in the Schools Mentoring Program—which included weekly trips to the Fox Studio, where she met with mentor Kelly Burgos and Fox Music President Robert Kraft. Though she only had a C average in high school, she was admitted into the second class of the Clive Davis program at NYU; upon graduating, she was designated as “most likely to get signed” and “most likely to win a Grammy.” Four years later, Varner is halfway to fulfilling those prophecies.

 “Growing up in the studio was absolutely normal for me, but looking back, I realize that it’s not a very common environment for a kid,” Varner says. “At an early age, I absorbed so much about music and learned how to create a song, from beginning to end.  My dad always asked for my opinion about what he was working on and I remember my mom would ask, ‘What word should I add here?’ They really empowered me. But I’m going to be honest. This is not an easy business. I read a quote from an artist I admire recently that said, ‘if you can do anything else, do that, because this and acting are the hardest industries to be in. No matter how much talent you have, it’s a tough market out there and the competition is fierce, with the same established artists dominating the scene. So you have to have mental and emotional stamina. But for me, I’m okay being blunt when I say that if I couldn’t do music, I would rather die. In so many ways, I just don’t have a choice. If you feel like I do, then you have to find a way to make it happen.”

Hit Artist Cassie Talks About Her New Single "King Of Hearts" And Her Upcoming Album

Cassie

After years of delays, false starts and rumors that she was being dropped from Diddy’s Bad Boy Label, R&B/pop singer Cassie is at last on track to release the long awaited follow-up to her self-titled 2006 hit debut, which spawned the hit “Me & U”—a  track that reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold more than a million digital downloads. The as yet untitled album, set for release in September, will feature “King of Hearts,” the Europo/Eurodance influenced dance/pop lead single that was released on Valentine’s Day. The song’s sultry video racked up over two million views on YouTube.

Gearing up to make the perfect sophomore collection, Cassie has been very prolific, claiming to have written or co-written over 100 songs with various producers. Several high profile collaboration singles that had been slated to be included on earlier attempts at a full recording were released along the way. “Official Girl” featuring Lil Wayne was released to radio in September 2008. “Must Be Love,” featuring Diddy was released digitally in April 2009 and peaked on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at #42. “Let’s Get Crazy” featuring Akon was released as a single in September 2009.  

While Cassie is working with prominent producers like Rico Love, Jean Baptiste and J2 (who helmed “King of Hearts”), she claims there are fewer big name features even as she dips into a wider array of influences than her previous music reflects. “I think overall it shows a tougher, in your face side of me as an artist,” she says. “There are so many elements, ska, hip-hop, pop, dance…something for everyone. We’re still working on some of the collaborations, and one I can reveal is Jeezy, who appears on a ballad. I chose to work with him because I’m always trying to think of someone who wouldn’t be the typical featured artist. On the other hand, I also didn’t want to overwhelm anyone with too many features. I’m a big fan of a lot of artists so that kind of restraint is hard sometimes. The key is offering a little sprinkle of many different flavors.”   

Although in general the tone of the album as a whole will feature what she calls “a tougher, louder, not shy Cassie,” the 25-year-old singer is excited about the reception thus far for “King of Hearts,” a tune which shows her “softer, sultry” side. She adds, “As soon as I heard the track, I thought this is the sound of right now. It’s sexy, club-oriented, young and I and feel it’s the kind of song that perfectly reflects this generation of listeners. The video is so cool, it’s felt like we were making a movie. We wanted to shoot it like it was an editorial for a fashion magazine, but one that’s moving all the time. It’s refreshing and exciting to finally have a song out there that people are really getting into!”   

Born of Filipino, African-American and Mexican ancestry in New London, Connecticut, Cassandra Ventura trained early on as a singer and dancer and quickly segued into modeling, appearing in ads for Seventeen Magazine and the catalog for the teen line Delia’s by the time she was 16. Moving to New York City to pursue both modeling and singing, he signed on with Wilhelmina Models and One Model Management and launched a professional relationship with Ryan Leslie, founder of the media company NextSelection Lifestyle Group and a renowned producer of R&B, hip-hop, pop and gospel artists. Cassie and Leslie’s first collaboration “Kiss Me” earned her a management deal with Tommy Mottola. The singer signed with Leslie’s company and recorded Leslie’s “Me & U” in 2005. The song became a club hit in Germany and when Diddy heard it, he partnered with Leslie to release Cassie’s debut album under NextSelection/Bad Boy.

In the months leading up to the release of Cassie’s new album, the singer promises a lot of summer traveling, performing shows and making promotional appearances. “2012 is pretty much all about music and traveling for me,” she says. “I’ve been to a lot of cities in the past, but this time I’m going to make it a point to really see the places I’m going. Usually it’s always about just going to hotels, doing shows, hitting radio stations, then getting on the plane or train to the next city. I don’t want life to pass me by, so I’m taking days off between stops so I can take in the sights. I really want to make this fun.”

top hot Bipasha Basu's Biography - Profile

Name: Bipasha Basu (Bonny, Bips)
Birthdate: 7 January, 1979
Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Fate intervened when Bipasha recoiled and passed out when dissecting a rat. Thus ended her dream of being a medical professional. She was enrolled in the Science faculty until 12th standard, but switched to Commerce thereafter. After acquiring a degree in Commerce she planned to be a Chartered Accountant but ended up being the Ford Supermodel of the World when she was just 17 years old.

Bipasha was born on January 7th 1979 in New Delhi. subsequently the Basu family re-located to Calcutta. Bipasha is the second of three sisters, born and brought up in a Hindu Bengali family, she is fluent in Hindi, English, and Bengali. The names of her sisters are Bidisha and Bijoyeta. Unbelievable as it may sound, sexy Bipasha was considered 'ugly' in her younger years due to her dark complexion. Her name means 'Dark Deep Desire', and is also the name of a river.

After her triumph as the Ford Supermodel, she went on to be crowned Miss Vivacious sponsored by Tulips.

Bipasha made her foray into Bollywood with 'Ajnabee' in 2001, and subsequently acquired a place for herself in the tinsel world. She went to star in 'Raaz', 'Jism', 'No Entry', 'Phir Herapheri', 'Corporate' &'Dhoom 2'. All of these movies did fairly well at the box office, and escalated her position as not only a leading lady, but one who can dare to bare. 'Dhoom 2' also credits her as a playback singer.

She has also appeared in two music videos, and was one of the judges in the 2004 Femina Miss India beauty pageant.

Katrina Kaif's Biography

First Name: Katrina
Last Name: Kaif
Birthdate: July 16, 1984
Eye Colour: Light Brown
Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Nick Name: Kat

Katrina Kaif is a model turned actress and has a voluptuous figure which makes her very popular amongst the bollywood fans. She was born on 16 July, 1984. She made her debut in the movie "Boom" in which she was hardly given any clothes to be worn, which in turn helped to push her career in the industry. She has been dating Salman Khan and can be seen having Coffee at Coffee Café Day - Bandar (Bandstand) a place very popular amongst the love birds.
Katrina is a cross breed - Half Indian / Half English. Her father is and NRI and her mother is English, which makes her poor at Hindi. She has already done few movies down south and seems to be a popular face already. Not many have gained the fans and popularity as a new entrant as Katrina has done. Katrina promises a lot to her fans and has lots left to be proven.