Once an actor, always an actor, they say. Pooja Bhatt is looking forward to the silver screen in a big way. Pooja, who made her Bollywood debut with ‘Daddy’ in 1989, reveals that her next venture is also something similar. She says, “I am going to be acting in a film that my father (Mahesh Bhatt) has written for me. It is a very special film. It is actually ‘Daddy’ reversed, talking about a singer who is an alcoholic, who goes back to form ties with a child she abandoned when she was 21.”
At the age of 43, Pooja Bhatt is set to relive her acting aspirations, “I feel, in this country, we don’t see women of a certain age on the screen enough and we don’t talk about things like alcoholism with women as much as it is required. It is always a man who is portrayed dealing with such issues.”
Apart from acting, Pooja Bhatt has her hands full with direction as well, “I am directing ‘Jism 3’, which I am starting in September this year.” Touted to be the boldest film ever, speculations are rife as to who will star in this third part of the popular franchise. The first part had Bipasha Basu playing the leading lady after which Sunny Leone took the baton ahead and made her Bollywood debut with ‘Jism 2’.
Pooja Bhatt is also producing ‘Cabaret’. The film stars Richa Chadda. ‘Cabaret’ is all set to hit the screens in May this year. It talks about the journey of a girl from a small town to stardom.
