I have incurable cancer: Lisa Ray

Actress Lisa Ray, who played the beautiful but tragic widow Kalyani in Deepa Mehta's Oscar nominated film Water, has revealed through her blog that she is suffering from a rare and incurable form of cancer.

The 37-year-old actress who started blogging to give people an insight into her struggle with the disease, broke the news in a post on 7 September.

"I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma on June 23rd. Started my first cycle of treatment July 2nd. Not long ago," wrote the model-turned actress who first shot to fame in India with the racy Bombay Dyeing advertisement which saw her in a black swim suit.

Ray who was born to a Bengali father and a Polish mother in Canada has made clear her plans to continue working and fight back the disease.

"First the facts. Myeloma is incurable...I believe it can be cured. That's the Dirty Realist in  me," wrote the actress who made her Bollywood debut with Kasoor.

"But so far I've kept up a punishingly normal schedule even during treatments. I take meetings, write, sign contracts, read scripts, buy and barter furniture, teach yoga, buy a house, begin to renovate said house," said the actress who was featured in the Canadian edition of Hello magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People of the country.