There's
a
very
thin
line
between
erotic
and
vulgar,
and
filmmaker
Pooja
Bhatt
is
quite
aware
of
it.
In
her
recent
tete-a-tete
with
BBC,
Bhatt
spoke
about
how
Bollywood
is
still
skeptical
about
hiring
an
intimacy
coordinator,
which
is
very
normal
in
Hollywood.
For
the
unversed,
an
intimacy
coordinator
is
a
person
who
choreographs
the
scenes
involving
erotic
or
intimate
scenes,
nudity
or
sexual
content.
Pooja
told
BBC
that
when
she
directed
Jism,
she
didn't
just
don
the
hat
of
director
but
also
an
intimacy
coordinator,
because
she
wanted
her
lead
actress
Bipasha
Basu
to
feel
comfortable.
She
said,
"For
intimate
scenes,
I
handpick
the
crew
who
won't
make
an
actress
feel
uncomfortable
on
the
set
because
it's
important
to
have
the
gaze
right.
In
2002,
when
I
was
making
Jism,
an
erotic
thriller,
I
told
Bipasha
Basu
that
as
a
woman
and
as
an
actor
I
won't
be
asking
you
to
do
anything
you're
not
comfortable
with."
Pooja
further
added
that
while
Jism
had
no
nudity,
there
was
un-held-back
sexuality,
as
Bipasha
had
to
seduce
John
Abraham.
"I
told
her
it
has
to
be
convincing,
you
can't
be
awkward
or
hesitant,
but
you
decide
how
far
you
want
to
go," added
the
Sadak
actress.
Pooja
also
recalled
shooting
an
intimate
scene
as
an
actor
for
the
recent
Netflix
series
Bombay
Begums
and
said
that
her
director
Alankrita
Shrivastava
made
her
feel
comfortable.
"Alankrita
and
I
discussed
in
great
detail
how
we
were
going
to
do
the
intimate
scenes.
We
trusted
each
other,
we
trusted
the
director
and
the
co-stars.
I
didn't
go
home
feeling
icky
or
soiled,"
shared
Pooja
while
speaking
to
BBC.