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 POOJA BHATT is twenty-six today, very with it, and yet, as she begins opening up, you sense a lost little child somewhere there, hidden behind the woman-of-the-world façade. Always reliable headline material, be it here frank views, boyfriends bodypainting, producerni, and now, in her new avataar – Star Of The Idiot Box. Mainly, Pooja is Pooja – compassionate, whacky, sensible, a laugh riot….the quintessential woman, wouldn’t you say??
Q. What’s with the television bit anyway?
Answer : Hey, I started off with television as a medium, as far as ‘Daddy’ was concerned. I always wanted to do it, but Mukesh wasn’t too ready. I think you can do a lot of experimenting with TV.
Q. Are you and Vikram the newest team on the block now?
Answer : (emphatic) Vikram – he’s a very good director to work with. But no, we’re definitely not a team – we’re not even related.
Q. Why choose a remake of ‘Wuthering Heights’ for your TV debut?
Answer : I think it’s a dramatic story; the Heathcliff character is very identifiable. It’s classic, and simple to shoot, logistically.
Q. Has Pooja Bhatt as we knew her, sobered down?
Answer : (laughs) I don’t know how it happened, my sobering down. I’m still extremely impulsive though. I’ve tried to do things on other people’s terms, but it didn’t work for me. I think I’m more practical – calmer, I would say – than I was at eighteen.
Q. You keep making these digs at ‘molds’ and ‘slots’ Are you in a way hitting out at your contemporaries?
Answer : (chuckles) No, no, in fact, I admire someone like Madhuri or Karisma who can do the same thing over and over again, with fresh energy each time! Its just that its not my scene. I don’t look down upon the film industry. I enjoy acting, but I hate the bullshit that comes before going in front of the camera.
Q. Looking back, any regrets?
Answer : No, I don’t regret anything. I’ve partied, had a normal life. My mum is so normal. My life hasn’t been all business you know. What would I have gained hanging out in college anyway. This way, from the age of fifteen I’ve been modeling; whenever I’d go out, I wasn’t asking my mum or dad for money. If I decide to blow it on something ridiculous, well, its my money. So no – no regrets.
Q. What makes you tick?
Answer : What makes me tick? I don’t know. Maybe, just being the first one out there. I’m really not interested in shaking people up. There is life beyond being the hit flavor of the month. I’m an optimist – I actually like difficult situations.
Q. So what’s Pooja Bhatt all about, really?
Answer : I’m an average girl who’s looking for her man, and wants to settle down. I just want to meet somebody who can come skydiving with me and not think I’m crazy. I’m a hopeless romantic – the Last of the Romantics. What else …. I’m not a morning person, but I’m not very moody. And I’m a spendthrift. And oh yes, I’m a solitaire girl!
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