Pooja Bhatt On NCPCR's Notice To Her Netflix Show Bombay Begums: It's Not At Any Point Glorifying Drug Usage
Pooja Bhatt recently made her acting comeback with the Netflix show Bombay Begums. The show recently was embroiled in a controversy after the NCPCR slapped a notice for inappropriate representation of children
Pooja
Bhatt
recently
made
her
acting
comeback
with
the
Netflix
show
Bombay
Begums.
The
show
recently
was
embroiled
in
a
controversy
after
the
National
Commission
for
Protection
of
Child
Rights
(NCPCR)
slapped
a
notice
against
the
show
recently,
for
depicting
children
inappropriately.
Pooja
Bhatt
has
now
opened
up
about
the
show
and
NCPCR's
notice
during
an
interview
with
India
Today
TV.
The
actress
who
returned
to
screen
after
two
decades
said,
"People
have
their
own
sets
of
biases,
their
own
understandings,
and
their
way
of
looking
at
the
world."
Bhatt
recalled
the
early
days
of
her
career
as
a
producer
and
said
her
first
film
in
1999
titled
Zakhm
was
refused
a
certificate
by
the
Censor
Board
but
it
went
on
to
win
National
Award
for
Best
Film
on
National
Integration
by
the
NDA
government.
She
added,
"I
think
eventually
your
intention
is
always
understood
by
people
in
power.
And
institutes
finally
comprise
people.
There
is
no
greater
thing
than
intention.
As
far
as
Bombay
Begums
is
concerned,
it's
a
work
of
fiction."
Talking
about
the
backlash
and
the
love
Bombay
Begums
has
received,
Pooja
shared
that
she
had
been
getting
positive
messages
from
Amritsar,
The
Netherlands,
Nairobi,
etc.
"Places
that
usually
never
consume
traditional
Indian
cinema
are
reacting
to
the
story.
So
my
response
was,
sit
down
with
the
Commission,
talk
to
them,
let
them
understand
that
Shai's
character
is
of
a
troubled
teenager
and
we
have
plenty
of
those
in
our
society
who
are
lost
within
their
own
homes."
Pooja
also
revealed
that
the
makers
were
extremely
careful
while
shooting
Shai's
scene
with
the
young
actress
Aadhya
Anand.
"If
you've
seen
her
taking
even
a
single
drag
of
a
cigarette.
It
was
never
nicotine
given
to
her,
at
no
point
on
the
show
is
she
shown
as
a
habitual
smoker.
We
are
showing
that
stage
of
her
life
where
they
are
prone
to
get
misled
and
that
is
the
arch
of
the
character,
who
actually
dies
because
of
drug
overdose."
"It's
a
very
clear
signal
to
people,
young
and
old
that
if
you
mess
with
drugs,
you'll
possibly
end
up
dead.
It's
not
at
any
point
glorifying
drug
usage.
We
as
individuals
are
responsible
for
these
things
and
we
not
going
to
put
out
something,
will
give
a
wrong
signal," Pooja
Bhatt
concluded.
Bombay
Begums
currently
streaming
on
Netflix,
follows
five
women
from
the
age
of
13
to
age
49,
all
coming
from
different
walks
of
life.