Bipasha Basu: 'Bollywood is a very hero-centric industry

© PA Images has said there are few great opportunities for women in
the Indian film industry.
Speaking to the Hindustan Times , the star said that despite the
success of films such as The Dirty Picture , the industry is still
very hero-centric with limited opportunities for women.
"In Bollywood, the opportunities for female actresses is very minimum.
There'snot much choice for usexcept to be safe and look pretty and do
some nice dance numbers .
"One Dirty Picture hasn't changed anything much. It's just that you're
lucky sometimes to get a Dirty Picture or for mysake, get a Raaz ,
Jism or Corporate .
"As one off, you will get a film, which will be talked about in
thecontext that, 'Oh! Women are getting into trend now! It's going to
be such a great time for female actresses'. The thing it is never.
"We all are going through it, including my contemporaries. Asmuch as
we say that the film industry is changing, it is a very hero-centric
businessand it will always remain that."
However, the former model, who first came to public attention in films
such as Jism and Ajnabee , went on to say there has been some
improvement in the status of women since she began her career in films
ten years ago.
"There are now some intelligent filmmakers, who are making films which
are thankfully not about being feminist but about making an
entertaining film with the heroine having to do something," she said.
"And as an actress, you have to really hunt for these films! These are
not very easy to find and they are not on higher budgets. It's rare
thata Raaz 3 comes your way and that's when you jump at the
opportunity."
The 33-year-old actress makes her Hollywood debut in Singularity with
Josh Hartnett, in which she plays a Maratha warrior, and has a cameo
in the sequel tothe 2008 film Race .
Basu, having recentlystarred in the horror thriller Raaz 3 , has
previously said she wants to be the Queenof the horror genre