"Going first for the elimination stunt was my hard luck" : Pooja Gor

Pretty and talented actress Pooja Gor, who gained immense popularity by playing the protagonist in Star Plus' popular show Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya was recently seen in Colors' stunt based reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi Darr ka Blockbuster but unfortunately, despite being a strongest contender on the show, she was evicted in the show's first elimination round. 

This lovely lady shares her experience, about her fears, performing stunts with creepy creatures and much more in a conversation with TellyBuzz.

It was genuinely the bestest experience I have ever had while doing a non-fiction show. The format of the show is very adventurous which lets you do the different kinds of stunts. 

My motive was to do these kinds of adventurous things. I am really happy that I could participate in this adventurous show. It was super fun. 

Were you scared of the reptiles and other creatures?

Even if you are not scared of any reptiles or creatures, there were moments when such creepy creatures were very much closer to your face; then you are tend to get scared. They were scary. There were 80 snakes but somehow I managed to keep calm and finish the stunts so I am pretty happy about it. 

The biggest challenge was defeating the boys. It depends on the stunts as well. If a stunt involves more of mental focus then there are a lot of chances that a girl can win. There were other stunts where your physical strength is needed and it was the toughest part of doing that stunt. In one of the stunts I was pitted against Salman Yusuf Khan and Salman is an athlete, a dancer and has a fit body. So, it was quite obvious that we would beat me in the stunt. 

I couldn't do any kind of preparations because I was shooting for Savdhaan India @ 11 constantly and we had only a month for the preparations. I had to wrap up all my work here before so I couldn't prepare myself physically but I constantly tried to keep myself mentally stronger and it worked for me. I knew that at least I can prepare myself mentally if not physically.  

I think luck didn't favor me because in some of the stunts, initiating those proves to be very disadvantageous. When you are performing first then you become the first one to experience the stunt and explore it how to perform the same. You will take time, you will make mistakes, etc. and all the mistakes made and the amount of time taken by the contestant in figuring out the stunt would be an advantage for the other contestants and seeing that, they can do faster and better. Going first was my hard luck! 

Any regrets about it?

I think that if I wasn't the first one to go for the elimination stunt then I wasn't the one going home. 

There was a crazy incident during my childhood days. As a child, I was quite fascinated about biology experiments operated on creatures which students do in 9^th and 10^th Std. So, at that time, I didn't reach to that level. I was in 6^th or 7^th std. and one day at myNani's place, I saw a dead rat. I got a knife from the kitchen, I flipped the rat to its opposite side and I dissected it and started exploring all the organs. I don't know why I did so but I was this kind of a crazy girl during my childhood that I just wanted to figure it out what it was. I think it would have led me to be a doctor (laughs).

Anwesha Kamal