Lesbian
pairing
of
Tanushree
Dutta
and
Neetu
Chandra.
Darr
meeting
Girlfriend.
Sex
element.
Cat
fight
amongst
the
leading
ladies.
Tiff
between
Tanushree
and
Rohit
Roy.
These
are
some
of
the
many
rumours
that
have
been
floating
around
for
last
8-10
months
ever
since
the
shooting
of
Apartment
kick
started.
Though
Neetu
plays
the
role
of
a
schizophrenic
in
Apartment
and
Tanushree
is
a
victim,
the
promotional
focus
(whether
designed
or
by
chance)
has
stayed
on
the
aforementioned
elements
rather
than
the
thriller
quotient
of
Apartment.
Naturally,
Tanushree
is
upset.
In
a
free
wheeling
conversation
with
Joginder
Tuteja,
Tanushree
Dutta
talks
about
Apartment
being
anything
but
the
aforementioned
angles,
why
she
chose
the
role
of
a
victim
over
the
tormentor
and
her
general
unhappiness
over
the
way
rumours
have
floated
around
the
film.
In
the
middle
of
last
year,
when
the
shooting
of
Apartment
had
started,
there
were
speculations
around
the
film
being
a
story
of
two
lesbians.
In
fact
it
was
safely
assumed
that
at
least
one
of
the
two
leading
ladies
would
be
having
sexual
orientation
towards
females.
Is
that
the
case
here?
Please
don't
expect
anything
of
that
nature
at
all.
These
things
have
been
plugged
by
sources
who
want
the
film
to
look
tantalising.
Just
because
two
females
are
sharing
an
apartment
here,
it
doesn't
mean
that
they
are
lesbians.
There
are
so
many
guys
who
share
an
apartment
too
in
real
life.
That
doesn't
make
them
gays.
Titbits
around
the
lesbian
angle
have
just
been
plugged
into
media.
All
of
this
is
entirely
fictional.
This
is
just
overactive
PR
machinery
in
motion
here.
Didn't
you
have
a
conversation
with
the
producers
around
this?
See,
I
am
not
here
to
do
the
blame
game.
Also
I
am
not
saying
that
the
producers
are
spreading
these
rumours.
Perhaps
even
they
don't
know
who
is
doing
that.
May
be
there
are
forces
which
do
not
want
Apartment
to
work.
They
want
to
malign
our
reputation.
So
let's
talk
about
something
which
is
there
in
the
film.
In
Apartment,
are
we
looking
at
a
hard
hitting
dramatic
thriller?
Yes,
absolutely.
It
is
an
absolutely
hard
hitting
psychological
thriller.
There
is
a
lot
of
grit
element
in
it
and
it
is
very
fast
paced,
edge
of
the
seat
thriller.
As
for
my
character
in
the
film,
it
is
not
very
complicated.
In
fact
for
that
matter,
both
Neetu
and
I
are
fairly
simple
characters.
She
is
playing
a
negative
villainous
role
while
I
am
playing
a
victim.
Simple.
Also,
when
I
get
victimised
then
there
is
this
trauma
and
pain
also
that
come
in.
Talking
about
trauma
and
pain,
one
is
reminded
of
your
last
release
Rokkk
where
your
character
got
possessed.
Tanushree,
since
you
were
pining
a
lot
of
hope
on
Rokkk,
weren't
you
overtly
disappointed
with
it's
non-performance
at
the
box
office?
On
the
contrary
I
was
quite
happy
with
the
way
Rokkk
performed
at
the
box
office.
Collections
prove
that
it
did
a
lot
better
than
some
other
films
that
had
come
during
that
time.
My
producers
were
very
happy
and
they
laughed
all
the
way
to
the
bank.
The
film
was
made
on
a
shoestring
budget
and
it
recovered
more
than
what
was
expected.
The
DVD
is
also
out
now
while
there
would
be
a
satellite
premier
soon.
For
the
kind
of
budget
it
was
made
in,
we
had
many
avenues
from
which
we
got
quick
recovery.
I
guess
it
is
all
about
the
perception
factor
in
that
case.
That's
true.
The
producers
didn't
do
aggressive
promotion
after
the
film's
release
due
to
which
not
many
know
that
the
film
actually
made
a
lot
of
money
in
the
B
and
C
centres.
Also,
I
was
looking
forward
to
some
good
appreciation
coming
my
way
and
in
that
aspect,
the
film
really
worked
for
me.
I
don't
have
any
complains
around
the
promotion
strategy
though
because
I
truly
believe
that
when
a
film
is
good,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
promoted
aggressively;
especially
in
a
negative
way.
It
can
just
be
done
in
such
a
clean
manner;
something
that
makes
me
very
happy
with
Rokkk.
There
were
no
controversies
whatsoever.
No
wonder,
you
sound
dissatisfied
with
the
promotion
of
Apartment.
(Sighs)
Apartment
is
a
very
good
film.
Now
if
it
was
bad
then
I
wouldn't
have
cared
about
the
promotion
since
I
believed
in
the
film
right
from
the
time
it
was
narrated
to
me.
I
still
believe
in
the
makers.
Also,
I
believe
in
the
film
till
date
because
I
have
seen
it.
With
the
kind
of
budget
assigned
to
it,
it
looks
like
it
has
been
made
on
a
much
larger
scale.
Whether
it
is
cinematography,
clothes,
locations,
casting
-
everything
is
so
appropriate.
This
is
where
Jag's
expertise
as
a
filmmaker
with
international
experience
comes
in.
The
entire
team
was
so
carefully
put
together
and
resultantly,
Apartment
looks
so
sleek.
This
is
why
it
breaks
my
heart
to
see
all
kind
of
stories
floated
around
in
the
market.
I
don't
see
why
this
is
happening.
Story first published: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 14:22 [IST]