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<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Bipasha Basu</span>, Actress, On being nominated in the Best Actor in a Villainous Role category 49th Filmfare Awards.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">For an actress to be nominated in the Best Actor in a Villainous Role is quite a compliment.</span><br /><br />I took up Pooja Bhatt''s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Jism </span>because it was such a powerful role.It gave me a lot of scope to perform and also a lot of satisfaction as an actress while doing it. It wasn''t the usual kind of role where the actress is just a pretty face. I knew I was doing a villain''s role when I took it up, and portrayed it to the best of my ability.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Did it ever cross your mind while shooting that you would be nominated in this category?</span><br /><br />No, when I''m doing a film, I don''t think about awards. Obviously, I want the film to do well and I would like to be appreciated as an actress. For me, the <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Filmfare</span> nomination itself is a great reward, and believe me, I''m happy with it.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">If you were the judge and asked to select one from the remaining four nominees in your category whom would you chose the winner?</span><br /><br />I don''t know. Maybe I''d select Irrfan Khan and myself. I''d give both of us the trophy. My role was so different from the run-of-the-mill roles actresses do, and it has been well appreciated. And Irrfan Khan is a supreme actor. He''s done a great job in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Haasil. </span>I''m also working with him in two films and I think he is a wonderful person and knows his job very well.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Your performance has been most appreciated — if one goes by the box-office success of the film — now who do you expect should win?</span><br /><br />I don''t know whether I should answer that one! But I am certainly happy about the nomination. As for winning, I''ll leave that to the judges to decide.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">If you win, how do you plan to celebrate?</span><br /><br />That would be jumping the gun, wouldn''t it? I''d rather wait and see if I win the award. Then I''ll think of celebrating!</div> </div>