Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Geeta Basra

Geeta Basra is an Indian actress who originally hails from London, but now resides in Mumbai.She was born to emigrant Punjabi parents in London, UK.
Even before she began to walk, Geeta Basra learnt to use the videocassette recorder and put a video in to watch films. She had done her first performance on stage when she was only two years old.

She is an ardent fan of Madhuri Dixit for many years now and performed on Madhuri numbers many times.Since her childhood, she used to watch Madhuri Starrer films. and tried to mimic her.Madhuri Dixit influenced Geeta Basra’s talent as an actress and dancer.

When Main ‘Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon’ was being made Geeta Basra was dying to play that role but could not make her dream come true since she was still at Portsmouth, UK.The lead role in the movie was played by the stunning beauty Antara Mali.


Bollywood is Geeta Basra’s dream ever since she started to dream. She always dreamt of becoming a glittering star like Madhuri Dixit in the skies of Bollywood.Geeta Basra moved to

Mumbai when she was seventeen and joined the acting school as any other Bollywood aspirant.

She joined Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting school, where the likes of Priyanka Chopra and Hrithik Roshan were trained. Upon completion of the training she hired a manager for herself and left for London, UK.
She has done two known bollywood movies both with Emran Hashmi.

If you dare to dream, you've the capability to win it." The new Bollywood damsel Geeta Basra believes in this statement. She is the most attractive face that has appeared in Bollywood silver screen in the year 2006. Within a short span of eight months this neophyte has appeared in the lead roles in two major movies and about to sign contracts with many other multistarrer projects.

Born as the daughter of the emigrant Punjabi parents in London, Geeta Basra always dreamt of Bollywood stardom. She learnt to use the videocassette recorder and put a video in to watch films even before she began to walk. She first performed on stage, when she was only two years old. She is an ardent fan of Madhuri Dixit for many years and performing Madhuri numbers. Madhuri Dixit influenced Geeta Basra's talent as an actress and dancer. Geeta Basra used to watch Madhuri's movies from childhood and tried to imitate them. When Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hun was being made Geeta Basra was dying to play that role but; could not make her dream come true since she was still at Portsmouth, UK. Even then she used to be in her own world and imagine being an actress.

Aditya Datt's Dil Diya Hai is a multistarrer movie casting Mithun Chakraborty, Emraan Hashmi, and Ashmit Patel. Geeta Basra had high dreams while acting in the role of expatriate Neha in this movie. She was realizing her dreams to come into Madhuri's shoes while started acting for the movie. However the movie got rejected on the day one of its release. Although the film initially appeared to have a different story line, it ended up being as repetitive as any of Emraan's old films. But; Geeta Basra did not have to end up there with her dreams. She has already signed a contract with Shyam Bajaj's The Train, again with Emraan Hashmi.She still dreams that she cannot be Madhuri Dixit with one film and there is a long way to go before she accomplish her dream.

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