‘Cabaret not a step down for me’

Pooja Bhatt, whose Cabaret is release Pooja Bhatt, whose Cabaret is releasing on a digital platform, says the  medium is not a step down for her as a producer. Pooja interacted with the media here to promote Cabaret on Monday.Cabaret was to release in 2016. It was delayed due to differences between the producers Pooja, T-Series and Wave Cinemas.Now, Pooja has decided to release it on digital platform ZEE5.Asked if she feels sad that Cabaret will not have a big screen release, she said: “Not at all. At the beginning of my career, I did a small film called Daddy which was produced by Doordarshan. During that time, people asked Mahesh Bhatt why are you launching your own daughter with a television film? Bhatt (Mahesh Bhatt) saab asked me ‘You want to be recognised as an actor or a star)’, so I told him that ‘I want to be recognised as an actor.”Pooja said that in future, she would like to produce more films on digital platforms. (IANS)