Actress
Pooja
Chopra,
who
is
making
her
Bollywood
debut
with
Commando
opposite
Vidyut
Jamwal,
says
her
character
is
equally
important
as
the
hero
and
it's
central
to
the
story.
"In
the
film,
there
is
a
fight
between
the
girl
and
the
villain.
The
girl
is
the
central
character.
Commando
is
the
girl's
story.
It
never
came
to
me
that
I
am
getting
a
lesser
role," Pooja
told
IANS
in
an
interview.
She
regards
the
film
as
her
first
movie
and
says
earlier
work
helped
her
decide
whether
she
want
to
be
an
actress
or
not.
"For
me,
that
was
a
grand
rehearsal.
I
wanted
to
see
if
I
am
cut
out
for
acting
or
not?
I
wanted
to
see
if
I
enjoy
it
or
not," she
said.
A
former
Miss
India,
Pooja
wanted
to
be
a
restaurateur,
but
her
mom
wanted
her
to
pursue
acting.
"It
was
not
a
plan,
neither
did
I
get
offers
when
I
was
modelling.
After
Miss
India,
I
wanted
to
open
a
restaurant
for
my
mother.
But
she
wanted
me
to
be
an
actor.
And
that's
how
it
happened," she
said.
Working
in
Vipul
Amrutlal
Shah's
production
venture
Commando
was
"a
lot
of
fun
and
learning" for
her.
"Commando
was
an
experience
milestone
in
my
career.
I
discovered
myself
in
a
lot
of
ways
and
learned
so
much
of
acting.
I
have
done
acting
courses,
but
my
lessons
came
from
what
Vipul
Shah
taught
me
on
the
set,"
she
said.
Directed
by
Dilip
Ghosh,
Commando
will
release
April
12.
Having
played
a
multi-layered
character
in
the
film,
she
does
not
want
to
stick
to
any
one
genre
in
the
future.
"In
Commando,
I
play
a
fun
loving
Punjabi
girl,"
she
said
and
added
that
her
character
is
"brave
and
romantic
I
have
tried
five
different
shades
of
acting,
I
enjoyed
all
of
them
a
lot."
"So
right
now
there
is
no
particular
genre
which
I
am
looking
forward
to.
It
depends
on
the
script
and
the
director,"
she
added.
Her
next
film
will
be
announced
soon
and
Pooja
added
it
is
with
the
same
production
house.