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Bipasha
Basu, who is going to represent India and its luminous relic the Taj
Mahal at the New Seven Wonders of The World event in Portugal, is
nervous as hell. "I'm
in London, just hours away from the Seven Wonders event in Lisbon and
I'm so nervous I'm gorging on muffins, scones and whatever I can lay my
hands on," Bipasha told IANS.
"You know I've never anchored any
event before, let alone one with an audience of 60,000 people live and
millions at home. Like they say, it's always good to start at the top,"
she added.
She is also concerned about her contact lenses.
"I'm
wearing contact lenses for the first time just so that I can read the
teleprompter. Now I'll be able to see those 60,000 people in Lisbon far
more clearly. My eyes are watering, and it isn't because I've become
emotional."
Bipasha had still not met her co-host Ben Kingsley
in London. She hoped to get comfortable with him on the flight from
London to Lisbon.
"Come on, we don't have to get that
comfortable with each other! It's just for an event, not a film... But
seriously, I can suddenly see everyone far more clearly now. Not nice.
Everyone looked much cleaner before," she joked.
Sobering down, Bipasha informs that the contact lenses are only for the Lisbon event.
"They don't suit me. I'll be taking 10 days off soon to get laser surgery done."
Meanwhile, she has her designer Rocky S accompanying her to Lisbon.
"Rocky
has done a simmering pink sari for me. My gown was supposed to be done
by Armani. But I decided at the last minute to let two very young and
talented designers Gauri and Nanika from Delhi do my gown. I thought it
was better to let Indian designers do my clothes since I'm representing
my country on at an international forum."
Finally, the rumours
back home. It's being whispered that Saif Ali Khan has abandoned his
own gym to join Bipasha at her gym every day.
"So Saif now
accompanies me to my gym, is it? As far as I know he goes to
'Barbarian' and I go to 'Gold'. And that has remained unchanged until
the time I left Mumbai for London.
"Now while I'm away the status quo might change. And Saif may start going to my gym.
"I'm dying to know what-all I've done with Saif in Mumbai while I'm away in Lisbon."
Indo-Asian News Service
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