Pooja Bhatt was a force to reckon with in the 90s. However, unlike her contemporaries, she did only fewer films, followed her heart and took up projects that she could live with.

Spilling the beans on the same, Pooja told PTI, “I’ve done a lot less work than my contemporaries at that time. I’ve done possibly about 23 films in my life when others might’ve done 80 or 90. But I chose to kind of follow my heart and do stuff that I could live with.”

Elaborating further, she added, “In the 1990s, I used to feel isolated and so lonely in huge parts because there were not very many people I could relate to.”

According to Bhatt, women have this pressure to deliver on the work front and are also expected to be great homemakers. Men, on the other hand, have the privilege of getting up and walking out, and someone else picks up after them.

“We are our own worst critics. If you’re not going to be kind to yourself, nobody’s going to be crying for us. So, I think empathy begins with yourself. Treat yourself right. Allow yourself to fail. And then the world will be a bit more accommodating,” she added.

She will next be seen in ‘Bombay Begums’ and it is set for a release on an OTT platform.