Pooja
Bhatt
To
Star
In
The
Movie
Adaptation
Of
Abheek
Barua's
debut
novel,
City
of
Death
Yes,
you
heard
it
right!
Pooja
will
be
making
a
comeback
on
the
big
screen
with
the
film
adaptation
of
Abheek
Barua's
debut
novel,
City
of
Death.
The
Actress
Will
Be
Playing
An
Alcoholic
Cop
In
The
Film
Pooja
confirmed
that
she
will
be
playing
the
female
lead-
that
of
a
disgraced
ex-crime
branch
investigator
now turned
into a
pill-popping
alcoholic
cop
in
Kolkata.
When
Pooja
Called
Up
Her
Dad
Mahesh
Bhatt
To
Make
A
Guilty
Confession
A
Mumbai
Mirror
report
quoted
Pooja
as
saying,
"My
friend
Kaustav
Narayan
Niyogi
(director
of
Cabaret),
recommended
the
book
and
even
as
I
was
reading
it,
I
wanted
to
get
back
on
the
set
to
play
this
character.
This
came
as
an
electric
shock
because
that
part
of
my
life
was
no
longer
a
priority.
I
called
my
dad
(Mahesh
Bhatt)
to
make
this
guilty
confession
and
he
assured
me
that
it
was
a
good
feeling,
as
did
my
producer-partner,
Sheel
Kumar."
Pooja
Gives
A
Sneak-Peek
Into
The
Film's
Story
She
was
further
quoted
as
saying,
"My
grandmother,
Betty
Bertha
Bright,
lived
in
the
Armenian
block
in
Kolkata.
After
36
Chowringhee
Lane,
we
haven't
seen
that
part
of
the
city
in
films.
It's
a
beautiful
but
decaying
city
and
its
crumbling
facade
serves
as
a
visual
metaphor
for
what
the
characters
are
going
through,
juxtaposing
the
moral
decay
against
the
physical
decay
to
expose
the
family
unit
as
the
biggest
enemy
through
an
overindulgent
father,
a
depressive
mother,
a
sex
addict
brother,
and
a
lover
with
a
past."
The
Irony
The
actress
joked,
"I'm
making
a
comeback
as
an
alcoholic
cop
after
I
have
decided
to
quit
alcohol."
A
Franchise
On
The
Cards?
Pooja
says
that
City
of
Death
has
the
potential
to
turn
into
a
franchise,
moving
to
a
different
city
and
new
characters
to
show
the
different
worlds
of
India
through
crimes
of
passion.
When
Acting
Took
A
Backseat
For
Pooja
Pooja
Bhatt
turned
director
in
the
year
2003
with
John
Abraham-
Udita
Goswami
starrer
Paap.
Her
acting
career
took
a
backseat
and
since
then
she
is
into
filmmaking
and
production.
But
now
she's
back
with
a
bang
to
showcase
her
acting
prowess.
Pooja
Bhatt's
Alcohol
Addiction
In
real
life,
Pooja
Bhatt
admitted
to being
a victim
of an
alcoholic
addiction.
After
being
in
love
with
her
bottle
for
over
decades,
the
actress
in
one
of
her
interviews
in
March
had
revealed
how
a text
message
from
her
dad
Mahesh
Bhatt
made
her
rethink
about
her
addiction
and
that
now she
has
been
sober
since
then.