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 Ex-inmate of last season's BIG BOSS, Payal Rohatgi, has explored the
root cause behind her initial stint with Bollywood being not as
successful as she had envisaged. She confesses that the biggest goof up
of her career was to indulge into skin shows in movies that were not
male dominated.
"My biggest goof up earlier on was to expose in women oriented films.
This turned out to be a huge drawback for me as I didn't know the
nuances of film making at that time. I didn't know from where did the
projects come from, what would they depict of me and how would they be
eventually marketed", says Payal who came from a middle class
background and decided to take Bollywood by storm all on her own.
"Look at Yash Raj productions. In their films too you find skin show on
a regular basis. However, what works in their favour is the fact that
a) these scenes are aesthetically done and b) they know how to market
their films and project their heroines", she sighs.
"Today more successful actresses are happily stripping into lingerie,
are seen on magazine covers and are participating in bold photo shoots.
Even in movies, it's a holds-no-bar approach for so many of them.
However, what really works for them is the fact that they are doing so
in films where their male co-stars are pretty established", says Payal
who has vowed during last three years that quality will take precedence
over quantity in the choices that she would make.
Since 2006, Payal, who has also studied Computer Engineering, has been
seen only in big films like Abbas-Mustan's '36 China Town', Madhur
Bhandarkar's 'Corporate', Priyadarshan's 'Dhol' and Irrfan Khan starrer
'Dil Kabaddi'.
Any regrets over the years gone by?
"Not at all! I don't regret my initial years as these were my learning
steps. For a middle class girl who didn't come from a metro, I have
done well and managed to establish myself to a good extent. I have
realised over a period of time that my earlier decisions were not good
and I don't think there is a big deal in admitting that", she is quick
to respond.
She is not against skin show though and agrees that an actor should be comfortable with her skin.
"Come on, let's be realistic. At the end of the day every actress wants
to be hot", she smiles, "Everyone dies to have a great body, be fit and
look glamorous. If someone says she doesn't believe in this then I
won't be quite sure whether she is stating truth".
She ends the conversation with a positive tone in her voice, "It
requires a lot of guts to figure out what was going wrong in your life
and find a new way of living. There are so many out there who just die
with their ego intact because they never even attempted figuring out
what went wrong. At least I can proudly say that I am much better
placed than them."
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