Poonam Pandey Debut Movie Nasha: The Bold Step to Bollywood
Poonam Pandey is an Indian model and actress known for her bold roles, She entered Bollywood with her debut film “Nasha” in 2013. Born in Kanpur, she gained recognition as one of the top contestants in the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest.
Pandey attracted media attention through her daring posts on social media platforms, particularly Twitter, where she shared semi-nude photos. She gained widespread recognition when she promised to strip for the Indian cricket team if it won the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Despite India’s victory, she did not fulfill her promise due to public disapproval and alleged denial of permission by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Her Nasha controversial actions, including posing nude after Kolkata Knight Riders’ IPL 5 win and releasing a sex tape on Instagram, stirred further attention. Despite facing bans on her mobile app and controversial videos, Pandey ventured into Bollywood with the film “Nasha” in 2013.
In her personal life, Pandey married Sam Bombay in September 2020, but their relationship faced turmoil with allegations of molestation and assault. Following legal proceedings and controversies, including her arrest for filming Nasha a nude video in Goa, Pandey found herself embroiled in the major porn Nasha film racketing controversy scandal in 2022.
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Plot
The Nasha film is set in Panchgani, a hill station in India, and follows a boy named Saahil (Shivam Patil) and his friends who pull pranks on the students at their school by taking off their pants and exposing nudes to make girls surprised in front of them. The students are punished later that day. Saahil has a girlfriend called Tia. During the summer break, he and his friends are introduced to Anita (Poonam Pandey), who is the new drama teacher. She decides to make them perform a play. All the boys in the group fall for her beauty and persona. But it’s Saahil who gets the most intrigued by her. Slowly, he realises he cannot think of anything but her. As rehearsals of the play go on, he innocently starts to fantasise about having fun with her.
One day while rehearsing for the play, Anita’s boyfriend Samuel turns up at home and surprises her. Anita and Sam are a happy couple, which makes Saahil envious and unhappy. Later one night, while returning from a movie, seeing Sam and Anita cuddle in the car makes him uncomfortable, and he tells Sam to stop the car and walks back home. Sam seeing Saahil’s emotions tells Anita that Saahil loves her, which Anita laughs over.
Over the next few days, Sam, to prove his point, starts teasing Saahil, which makes Saahil angry, and one day, while having a race, Sam purposefully pushes Saahil, who gets hurt. Anita scolds Sam for behaving like a child. Saahil’s friends, now realising that Saahil has feelings for Anita, start teasing him by passing comments about Anita and Sam. Saahil gets offended when he hears them say that Sam and Anita are having sex every night Nasha and gets into a brawl with his friend. Angry and suspicious, he goes to Anita’s home in night and enters the house through the window. He’s shocked to see Anita and Sam having sex. Heartbroken, he is about to leave when he accidentally pushes a table, which makes a noise. Anita comes out to check and is shocked seeing Saahil. The next morning, Saahil comes to Anita’s house for the rehearsal. But Anita, extremely furious with him for what he did last night, scolds him and tells him to get out of the play. Because of this incident, Tia also has a very emotional breakup with Saahil.
A few days later, Anita gets a phone call from the police station. There she learns that Sam had taken one of her students (who is also Saahil’s friend) to a rave party. Police had conducted a raid where she was caught, and Sam somehow escaped. On arriving back home, Anita confronts Sam, in which they end up having a fight, and Sam, being drunk, slaps Anita and leaves her. Saahil learns about the fight and goes to meet her the next morning. Both reconcile. In the evening, he takes some homemade biryani to Anita’s place to make her feel better, only to find Sam there, talking to Anita. He is again hurt and leaves. Anita sees him going. The next day, Anita goes to Saahil’s place and meets his uncle and father. Upon seeing Saahil as he comes out to check who has come, she apologizes to him and takes him out for a cup of coffee. Here, she tells him that things are finally over between her and Samuel, which turns Saahil’s mood around.
A few days later, Anita and Saahil’s friends come to his house to celebrate Saahil’s birthday. After the party, he goes to her house with a wine bottle. They celebrate together, drink, and happen to kiss. But Anita realising her mistake, stops him and asks him to leave. Anita now knows that she has begun to love Saahil, who is heartbroken upon being literally thrown out of the house. Later, Saahil’s uncle and father meet Anita to ask her what the matter with Saahil is, and Anita simply assures them that things will be back to normal in a few days. Anita then resigns from her job at school and informs Saahil. Saahil reaches her house in a desperate attempt to stop her, where a highly emotional showdown takes place between them, and they finally make love. She also confesses her love for him.
Later, after Anita leaves Panchgani, Saahil reads her letter to him stating that they have to part ways as what happened between them is not right. And in the future, if they’re meant to meet again, they would meet in another time and place, as different individuals. She tells him to forget her. Saahil breaks down with a sense of finality as he finishes reading the letter. Later, he goes to meet his friends, where he reconciles with all of them, including Tia, as he looks back at this entire experience of his with a new, mature perspective.
Conclusion
Poonam Pandey’s debut in Bollywood, Nasha, was definitely bold and stayed on people’s minds. Be it its controversy or the controversy over Poonam Pandey, the movie Nasha has stood through the storm of negative comments.
Whether loved or criticized, Nasha remains a vital landmark in Poonam Pandey’s career. The movie Nasha keeps exploring obsession and human emotions among its audience. Thus, this movie will become one of the memorable chapters in Bollywood’s history.