By:
Priyaranjan
Trivedy
Wednesday,
July
11,
2007
Bipasha
Basu,
the
dusky,
sexy
siren
of
Bollywood,
had
a
date
with
her
favourite
footballer
Cristiano
Ronaldo
in
Lisbon
recently,
which
was
a
dream
come
true
for
her.
Her
initial
disappointment
turned
into
jubilation
when
she
finally
got
the
chance.
Their
brief
encounter
seems
to
have
gelled
into
a
good
friendship.
Bipasha
became
an
avid
watcher
of
Cristiano
playing
soccer
ever
since
she
met
John
.
Little
did
she
ever
realise
that
the
paparazzi
would
frame
her
being
smooched
by
the
ace
footballer
himself!
In
private
life,
Cristiano
is
dating
former
Hollyoaks
star
actress
Gemma
Atkinson
for
months.
An
onlooker
described
rather
graphically
that
Cristiano
and
Bipasha
were
all
over
each
other
and
kept
kissing.
Cristiano
was
being
very
tender,
cupping
her
face
and
staring
into
her
eyes.
Bipasha
later
confirmed
that
it
was
indeed
her
in
that
now
infamous
picture,
although
she
denounced
the
intent
of
the
photographer.
Bipasha
danced
and
partied
with
The
Manchester
United
footballer
until
her
sole
was
bruised.She
felt
elated
by
his
compliments
and
they
partied
all
night
long.
She
pitied
the
envious
onlookers,
and
says
proudly
that
he
wants
to
e-mail
her
regularly.
She
is
incidentally
his
first
Indian
friend.
During
dinner,
Cristiano,
to
the
utter
disbelief
of
Bipasha,
told
her
that
he
is
a
big
fan
of
Bollywood.
To
prove
his
point,
he
called
his
mother
and
talking
in
Portuguese,
she
said
she
loved
Bollywood
films
for
their
emotional
content.
Cristiano
even
fished
out
his
cellphone
and
made
her
hear
the
Masoom
title
track.
Bipasha
laughs
at
those
memorable
moments
hours
after
landing
in
Mumbai.
She
reportedly
told
him
she
is
his
fan
when
he's
on
field,
and
off-field,
they
would
remain
just
friends.
She
also
invited
him
to
visit
India
some
day.