Pooja
Bhatt,
who
started
her
filmmaking
career
with
films
like
Zakhm,
says
if
she
had
made
her
National
Award-winning
film
Tamanna
today,
it
would
have
proved
to
be
a
money-spinner
as
well.
Tamanna
was
awarded
the
National
Film
Award
for
Best
Film
on
Other
Social
Issues
in
1996.
Pooja
had
produced
it
while
Mahesh
Bhatt
had
directed
it.
"I
know
that
if
I
made
'
Tamanna'
today,
I
wouldn't
have
received
just
critical
acclaim,
but
it
would
have
also
been
a
money-spinner.
I
would
have
got
the
right
audience
and
it
is
a
very
relevant
film.
I
got
the
National
award
for
it," the
42-year-old
said
here
Sunday
at
the
closing
ceremony
of
the
fifth
Jagran
film
festival.
Pooja
added
that
it
was
tough
to
sustain
with
such
an
off-beat
film
in
those
days.
"Today's
time
is
an
exciting
time
for
filmmakers.
When
I
made
my
first
film
'Tamanna',
I
was
21
and
there
were
no
multiplexes
and
no
platforms
like
these
festivals.
I
had
to
release
the
film
in
the
Metro
cinema,
which
just
had
a
capacity
of
1500.
It
was
very
difficult
to
sustain
in
those
days," she
said.
Pooja
turned
director
with
Paap
in
2003
and
is
currently
working
on
her
next
film
Cabaret.