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This is an archive article published on September 9, 2023
Pooja Bhatt on wearing body paint for ‘controversial’ magazine cover in ’90s: ‘Was inspired by Demi Moore’
Back in the 1990s, Pooja Bhatt posed topless for a magazine cover, wearing only body paint.
Pooja Bhatt has opened up about her controversial magazine cover where she was covered with body paint. (Express archive photo)
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Pooja Bhatt on wearing body paint for ‘controversial’ magazine cover in ’90s: ‘Was inspired by Demi Moore’
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Like her father Mahesh Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt has also been controversy’s favourite child. During the 1990s, when she was among the most sought-after Bollywood actors, Pooja posed nude for a magazine shoot, covered only in body paint. The photograph was inspired by a similar Vanity Fair cover featuring Demi Moore. In a new interview, Pooja spoke about her decision to do the shoot, and the controversy that followed.
Recalling meeting Anna Singh, who painted her body, and photographer Dinesh Raheja at Jagdish Mali’s studio, Pooja told Siddharth Kannan, “I saw the original photo of Demi Moore and I found it to be very aesthetic. I never thought I was doing anything controversial. It’s about neeyat. I thought it was aesthetic, and I just did it like that. It was not pre-planned that, ‘Oh this will go viral’. These words didn’t exist in those times. We did things organically. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. Sometimes it used to get controversial, so we had to keep our head low, and sometimes people really liked it.”
However, Pooja, who recently participated in Salman Khan-hosted reality show Bigg Boss OTT 2, said that youngsters today are barely ‘organic’ in their approach. She said, “That organic nature has been watered down in today’s times. Some of today’s youngsters are too cautious. When you start playing to the gallery constantly and start thinking, ‘If I will post this picture, these many views will come’, then it doesn’t work.”
Speaking of her bare-all attitude towards the media, Pooja Bhatt said that when her parents didn’t disapprove of her actions, she didn’t feel the need to hide anything. She said, “I had a simple funda in life that if my parents know who I am, and what I am doing, and they give me the seal of approval… Like, I had a boyfriend at 19 when I was doing Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin and they knew about it, then why should I hide it from the media.”
Watch | Pooja Bhatt talks about her journey on Bigg Boss OTT 2
On Bigg Boss OTT 2, Pooja managed to impress audiences with her mature take on the game. While she was tagged ‘dominating’ by a few contestants, she emerged as the ‘voice of reason’ for many, and Salman Khan even went on to declare that the season would be remembered for her.
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