Dino Morea calls Bipasha Basu his favourite co-star, says Raaz was one of the most iconic films of 2000s

Dino Morea opened up about the start of his career and why he took a break.

New Delhi | Updated: December 29, 2023 04:27 PM IST

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Dino Morea and Bipasha Basu in Raaz.

Dino Morea was one of the most famous models in the 1990s and when he made his debut in Hindi movies in the late 1990s with Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, the audience saw him as a part of the generation of actors who had something new to offer. Soon after, Dino appeared in the 2002 film Raaz with Bipasha Basu, which is possibly the most popular movie of his career. In a recent chat with Bollywood Bubble, Dino spoke about his debut film and called Bipasha his most favourite co-star.

Back in the day, Bipasha and Dino also dated each other and were not shy about discussing their relationship. When asked about his favourite co-star from the early 2000s, Dino said, “Bipasha, she was in most of my movies. She has to be my favourite co-star.” And when he was asked about the most iconic film of the early 2000s, Dino named his own film Raaz and said, “It was one of the biggest successes of 2002. That movie did hugely well even though we didn’t win a single award, which is very weird.”

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Speaking about his debut film Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, Dino Morea recalled that “it was a lot of fun”. He said, “We were going city to city promoting our film. The songs were already a hit.” The actor added, “I come out of the theatre, people were pulling my jacket. It was just fantastic.”

Dino shared that he took a break from the movies around 2011 because he wasn’t getting the kind of offers that would have helped him advance his career. “When films don’t work one after the other, you keep wondering what’s going on and that’s when I made the conscious decision to say no to any work that was really not good. And I made that decision in 2011-2012. Every offer that came to me after that was just terrible and I just said no. You just have to have faith in yourself.” But five years later, things picked up again as Dino was offered The Empire, Tandav, Mentalhood and Hostages.

Dino Morea was last seen in the Telugu film Agent.

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