Donal Bisht (of 'Ek Deewana Tha' fame) is in a mood to talk about several things. In her explosive chat with ETimes TV in this time's TellyStarsTalk, the young and talented actress who was evicted from 'Bigg Boss 15' tells us: Would she talk to Karan Kundrra if she bumps into him at a party? What does she think of Tejasswi Prakash?
More questions: Why has she been trolled for her bikini pictures? Why has she said 'no' to a lot of web shows? See the video below, wherein she bravely takes each of them on her chin.
Excerpts from the conversation:
Are you watching 'Bigg Boss 15' after your exit?
I am not watching every episode. I catch up on it whatever I can from Instagram. Sometimes, I watch. Somehow I cannot see it for 1 hour.
Why? Are you saying that the contestants currently inside the house are not interesting? Or is it that your anger, which you had at the time of eviction, hasn't subsided?
Mera gussa thanda ho chuka hai. The whole world saw that whatever happened to me in the show was unfair. But the amount of love that people outside have offered me has really touched me. I feel I have won the game.
Then, why can't you see the show for 1 hour?
Well, you are not leaving that question are you? (laughs). Look, mujhe pata hai woh log kaise hain. Mujhe pata hai abhi kya hone wala hai. Whatever I said about the other contestants when I had come out from the house is right, and today, every other contestant is realising that.
If you know what's going to happen in 'Bigg Boss 15', please tell us who is going to win it?
(Laughs). I think everyone knows who's going to win. I shouldn't be saying it. Let the entire journey get over.
You very clearly said, maybe not exactly in these words, that Karan Kundrra is doing a lot of dadagiri in the 'Bigg Boss' house...
Unhone mere exit ke time par kaha tha mujhe that bahar nikalke milunga tumse. Right now, I don't know. He is a big manipulator- something that I had understood almost from the word 'Go'.
What's your opinion about Tejasswi Prakash?
She is fake.
About Vishal Kotian?
He is toxic.
If you were to decide the 'Bigg Boss 15' winner, who would it be?
Afsana Khan/ Prateek Sehajpal/ Nishant Bhat. Afsana is my first choice.
How exactly did you feel when Karan said aapki 'kamar nahin dikhti'?
I said it there and then that 'main aapko dikhane ke liye, kapde nahin pehenti'.
Yes you said it, but what exactly did you feel when he made that comment?
It's just how girls are objectified. I was adamant on my perspectives when I was playing and he knew I cannot be manipulated.
I couldn't fathom what game Karan was playing. He is weird.
You have been trolled at times when you have put out bikini pictures on your social media handle...
I don't think clothes define one's personality. Neither I have ever posted some wierd picture. Plus, those pictures have no relation to my exit from 'Bigg Boss' house.
Definitely not. I'm only trying to ask if you are a soft target for trolls...
I never said immediately after coming out of 'Bigg Boss 15' that I have been targeted. It was only when I read that the public felt that way, did I start feeling the same. As for being targeted by trolls, I am a human and I'm a girl. If I go to the beach, is there anything wrong about it? Those who troll me on that need to understand that nobody is perfect, including me.
Moving on to your career. How satisfied are you at this point?
I have done 4 years of TV, back-to-back. Right now, I am doing South films.
Are you saying that you are done with TV?
I am not saying that I have moved on per se. TV requires long hours of long commitment. If and when I am free, I will do it.
Web shows have a lot of bold, intimate scenes. What's your take on that?
I am definitely not comfortable with nudity. Intimate scenes, hmmm.... I would prefer a clean show. I don't think that objectification of a woman is necessary in the name of content. Don't objectify women.
So, you must have refused many web shows on grounds of of bold content...
Yes, I have.
Has your name 'Donal' come in the way of obstructing your selection in Hindi projects as some maker might have felt you don't know Hindi...
(Nods her head). When I entered the industry, people advised me to change my name, but I won't. I am proud of my name, which means 'Master of the Universe'.
