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Karishma Tanna opens up on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa , casting couch & her fave Madhuri Dixit
She may be giving her competitors a run for their money with her killer moves on celebrity dance reality TV show , Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa , but Karishma Tanna is currently making waves for a number of other reasons . Apart from her statements on her breakup with actor Upen Patel , Karishma also opened up about how the strategies she uses to dodge the casting couch . In a recent interview with a leading daily , the Bigg Boss 8 contestant spoke about her work on Jhalak and about her struggle in Bollywood . Excerpts : On whether this is the toughest Jhalak season ever : " Imagine even the choreographers are saying this is the most diffi cult season . I feel I attract only all the diffi cult seasons of all the reality shows . Bigg Boss was a threeand-half month season it got pushed to four-and-half months , Nach Baliye was always a pure dance competition but when I participated they added the Bigg Boss angle to it . The third reality show where public voting is not there audience voting is there and to add to it all the contestants are good dancers . So , it is the most difficult season where all the contestants know how to dance ". On her favourite judge on the show : " I really miss Madhuri Maa ' m . I wanted her to judge me as she understands the expressions . I wanted Madhuri Dixit to judge me . I was offered Jhalak earlier as well , when Madhuri was the judge but I couldn ' t take it up as I was doing a fi lm then . I am sure Jacqueline is also good . She is little new to reality shows , but she may warm up during this season . I am happy that Karan Johar is a part of the show . He ' s my favourite judge because he talks sense . I take his advice seriously . For that matter , even ( choreographer ) Ganesh Hegde is a good judge , as he is technically sound . So , I get scared that I don ' t point my legs he will notice that . I think this kind of awareness and little nervousness should be there . It makes you eagerly look up to the comments ".
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On leaving her television career : " I was over exposed that time . They told me if you continue doing TV you won ' t get fi lms . So , I consciously made an effort to withdraw from television industry for two and half years and I stopped doing reality shows also . I wanted to completely get out and come in fi lms as a heroine but it didn ' t happen that way . During that time I missed out on really good work on television . I was out of sight and out of mind for good 2-3 years . But I took it as a challenge that I have to do fi lms . Then I realised if it had to happen it would have happened in 2.5 years with some career push ". On not being able to make it big in Bollywood : " I blame it on my destiny may be . I was not there at the right place , at the right time . I do feel bad but my mom always says that you see people who are below you then you will feel better . I did give auditions to big banner fi lms from Yash Raj to Dharma ; if I had to click , someone would have spotted me and taken me in their fi lms . If that has not happened that means I am meant to be on television . And I don ' t regret being on television but I just regret that I deserve being in fi lms and that didn ' t happen . I don ' t look down upon TV and today whatever I am is because of television . It ' s just that everybody wants to move a little forward in life that didn ' t happen in my life . If people call me for fi lms auditions I will never stop going , I will try till the end ". On casting couch : " I have not faced the proper casting couch like ' come sleep with me kind of thing '. If people have hinted also I have not given that hint back . May be things would have been different , if I would have . But I never believed in that , if I have the talent and face then the director will take me in the fi lm . Forget about the director even if you are speaking to someone , people fl irt and give hints and it ' s up to you how you want to take it forward . I never encouraged that kind of things probably that ' s why I am still here ".