Mumbai, July 28 : Pooja Bhatt wants "
Jism 2" to be a game changer for her, just as the 1982 "
Arth" was for her father
Mahesh Bhatt.
"I hope '
Jism 2' will be my '
Arth'," Pooja, 40, told IANS.
Pooja
has directed four films -- "Paap", "Holiday", "Dhokha" and "Kajraare"
-- none of which worked any magic at the box office. With the erotic
thriller "
Jism 2", she is hoping for success, fame and acclaim.
"It's
a coincidence that even I am at the same stage (as my father). Even he
had made around four movies (before '
Arth') and none of them did well.
He was at a point in his career where nothing was moving," she said.
Pooja also finds a common thread between "
Arth" and "
Jism 2".
"Somewhere
what's the specialty of '
Arth' is that a lady makes a choice not to be
with her husband and neither with her lover. In '
Jism 2', Isna, who is a
porn star, makes a conscious choice for her life too.
"We are
talking about choices and that's the similarity between the two. 'Jism
2' is contemporary, it's a world view film. It's a game changer in more
ways than one," said Pooja, who has roped in Indo-Canadian porn star
Sunny Leone to play the lead in the film.
"
Jism 2" is an erotic thriller and has received an 'A' rating from the Central Board of Film Certification (
CBFC).
While
many filmmakers reshoot bold scenes in a subtle way to telecast it on
the small screen, Pooja says she didn't want to get into that zone. She
says it's not possible to tone down an adult film and so she'd rather
show her movie post the 11 p.m. slot on TV.
"I have made an adult
film; you can't really sell alcohol on a children's channel! So if one
is making a film with the adult title, how can I water down and release
it in prime time in the afternoon?" she asked.
"I am very clear I
want the 11 p.m. slot or I am open with the home video market. I have
to look at new ways to look at the market for my product," added the
director, who played smart by releasing promotional videos of only those
songs on TV that had no sexual content.
The rest were marketed online, "a more than worthy competitor of TV", according to the director.
"
Jism 2", releasing Aug 3, also features
Randeep Hooda and
Arunoday Singh alongside Sunny.
© IANS 
