It is being considered a duel of sorts. Both Karisma Kapoor and Bipasha Basu are vying for audience attention this week with the simultaneous release of their films Shakti and Gunaah.
As both the films are heroine-oriented, the comparisons between Lolo and Bipasha has become unavoidable.
Shaktihas Karisma playing a foreign-bred young girl who comes to India with her husband (Sanjay Kapoor). In India she has to contend with her despotic father-in-law (played by Nana Patekar) who wants to wean her son away from her.
On the other hand Gunaah casts Bipasha as a toughened cop who falls in love with criminal Aditya (Dino Morea) and tries to reform him.
Despite the fact that Karisma is portraying the role of a vulnerable, subjugated woman, she scores over sultry Bipasha with her power-packed performance.
On the other hand, Bipasha looks odd and somewhat pallid playing a lady cop.