Beauty Lies In Simplicity & Happiness

Actress and model Bidita Bag talks about her professional journey, and hair and beauty obsessions.

- Rachna Virdi

Versatile actress and model Bidita Bag has a diverse portfolio when it comes to print advertisements, commercials and films. A trained classical singer who loves painting, she is also known for her inclination toward socio-political films.

Coming from a Bengali Hindu family in West Bengal, Bidita graduated in Economics from Kolkata. While in college, Bidita pursued a career in modeling and was spotted by Jeena Mitra Banik and ace make-up artist Late Prabeer Kumar Dey. She came into limelight in Kolkata after working for designers such as Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Kiran Uttam Ghosh. After graduation, she shifted her base to Mumbai and did advertisement campaigns for various beauty and FMCG brands before getting into films. During an interaction with HAIR, the actress lets us in on her hair and beauty regime.

Q You started your career with modelling and then came into limelight with fashion shows and commercials. How did acting happen?

A Acting was a gradual progression. I started my career with fashion modelling then slowly graduated to television commercials. While doing advertisement films and commercials, I started learning the basic nuances of acting. For me, that was a training ground to finally realising my ambition of becoming an actress.

Q Tell us about your professional journey? Was it easy for you to make a foray into Bollywood?