Chameleon Bipasha sells out herself cheaply….

Bipasha Basu is outspoken and opinionated — no secret about that! In a recent tirade, Ms. Basu was up in arms about her voice being replaced by that of a seasoned Bengali-speaking artist by director Rituparno Ghosh…without her knowledge. The film in question? Bipasha’s maiden Bengali venture called ‘Shobh Charitra Kalponik’.

Ms. Basu even went on record to state that “all her aunties in Kolkatta missed her voice” and that “her trademark husky tone would undoubtedly be missed by her fans”.

But before her aunties and fans had a chance to absorb her rantings, our Bangla babe changed colours very quickly and was only too willing to broker peace, amending her statement to cleverly include how Rituparno Ghosh is always right, and how his ‘creative decision’ had actually “helped her deliver the best performance of her career”.

Not surprisingly, it turns out that Bipasha’s change of heart wasn’t brought on by her conscience or even an altruistic gesture towards the acclaimed Mr. Ghosh. In fact, her newly minted ‘cooperation and support’ was prompted by an offer to re-dub a special print of the film so that her performance would be eligible for the National Awards. Bipasha even went so far as to take some blame for the dubbing goof, attributing it to her scheduling problems.

No matter how loudly you talk about artistic integrity, you Bipasha, are actually no different from a desperate ‘publicity-at-any-price’ Bollywood wannabe. A few ego-rubs and cheap talk about ‘awards’ and ‘publicity’ will make you sell out your principles cheaply and without remorse. Don’t you feel ashamed of yourself ?