For all the wrong reasons Dhokha was delayed and marred. Now the news that Dhokha has been exempted from tax in Maharashtra and Delhi comes as a welcome breather for director Pooja Bhatt. Needless to say, she is on the seventh heaven now. It is indeed a big thing for her, considering the fact that the other two films that came out with Dhokha are already in the past tense.
When IndiaFM spoke to her about this, a beaming Pooja said, “It’s indeed a great feeling. It is a very big thing for us as the ticket prices getting slashed to almost half will make the film accessible to the masses who need to see and learn from a film like this. We released Dhokha only in the multiplexes, since we could not get single screens. Aag demanded and commanded more respect from the exhibitors and they gave them a kind of a much better peg, as it had the whole of the industry in it and was also the remake of Sholay.”
She added that Dhokha was not as controversial as Jism, which had a lot more to offer on the surface than Dhokha. Dhokha is more of a story’s film. She considers the ‘Tax-Free’ status as a great validation for the entire unit since they feel that their hard work has finally paid off.
Looking at the trend of ‘sequels’ mushrooming in the market, when quizzed if she plans to do a sequel to Dhokha, Pooja laughed it off, stating she is too busy enjoying the moment and is not in a mood to think of anything else. On a lighter note, she added that if ever she was to make a Dhokha Part 2, she will follow the idiot box way and change the face of the actor! If that doesn’t work, then she will take a cue from her grandfather, who was into the mythological films, and who would ‘transform’ into animals the actors who used to throw tantrums!
Courtesy: IndiaFM
