I see you - Bipasha article

Bipasha is as 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," she says.

The actress is about to board the flight to represent our country and its pride, the Taj Mahal, at the New Seven Wonders Of The World event. "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 at Lisbon far more clearly. My eyes are watering, and it isn't because I've become emotional," she explains. "Contact lenses need getting used to."

Bipasha still has not met her co-host Ben Kingsley in London. But she does hope 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 jokes.

Sobering down, Bipasha says that the contact lenses are only for the Lisbon occasion. "They don't suit me. I'll be taking 10 days off soon to get laser surgery done," she says.

Her designer Rocky S is 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," say Bipasha.


• Lenses don't suit me. I'll be taking 10 days off soon to get laser surgery done
– A source