Bipasha Basu plays a complicated character in 'Race'

After playing a Pakistani girl in the flop Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal , the sexy Bipasha Basu returns to the celluloid in a completely new avatar in Race .

Bipasha will be seen in an action role and sporting a new hair cut in Abbas-Mastan 's 'Race' that releases on March 21 and also stars Anil Kapoor , Saif Ali Khan , Akshaye Khanna , Katrina Kaif and Sameera Reddy .

Commenting on her role in 'Race', Bipasha told a news agency, "I am playing a complicated character. In fact, each character is complicated in the film because it is a thriller genre. A lot is driven by each one's motive, so the plot is very interesting. They start off looking as predictable as characters, but as the story goes on, each character has all kinds of shades."

"For me, it was an interesting character, the story interested me and I love Abbas-Mastan, my first directors. Also, I was working with new kinds of actors, so there is a new chemistry - all in all it has turned out better than what I expected."

Bipasha said that technically this is her third film with the director duo. Her first film with them was Ajnabee .

"In the middle we started doing another film, 'Mr. Fraud'. We did about 70 percent of the film. It got stuck in the making. But it is always a pleasure to work with them - they are very nice people, haven't changed."

"They understand the needs of a thriller. They are very tech savvy and use the best cameras and technical team. They are fantastic editors, so our film is very crisp."

'Race' is two hours and 15 minutes long. Bipasha said today's audience doesn't have the patience to sit through a long film.

"People don't have patience. They want to condemn anything that is lengthy even though for us it's a creative process. But we totally understand that it is very difficult to keep the attention of the people because the stress level is so high that everybody wants to see something relaxing and uncomplicated."