What Exactly is So 'Fake' about Pooja?

I could not help but initiate a topic on this matter, after reading countless comments both around the forum and in the comments section of the TB article announcing Pooja's eviction. There seems to be an echo around IF, and perhaps even outside of IF (judging by the commentary given by the folks of Chandigarh) that Pooja is 'fake', 'manipulative' and an 'actress'.

Looking at this with a very neutral stance (I have no favorite jodis or people in the show), I have to ask, why? What is so 'fake' about Pooja?!?

I've heard many sentiments claiming that she's on this show for fame. Newsflash people, everyone is on this show for fame. Who in their RIGHT mind actually thinks someone is going to get married on this show? Or that this show is about a few singles, trying to find a suitable partner in life? Although the latter statement may be true to an extent, I feel that all the genuine folks who were truly in search for marriage, have already been evicted (i.e. Nandita).

I think the biggest famewhore on this show, by far, is Priyanka, yet she's voted as BOW time and time again. Again, as I said, I look at this show with a very neutral stance, with no favorites, but it's so blantantly clear as to how kniving, manipulative and cunning Priyanka is. Her every move, every word is properly planned, and she's been playing this game from day one. She changes sides like a chameleon (especially when it comes to Hitesh and his mother) and her shrewdness wreaks through her face. If India votes the most 'fake' person on PF as India's Perfect Bride, then hell will be unleashed. Yet, I haven't heard anyone call her fake or manipulative, just because India is too busy drooling over a pseudo love, which practically developed out of sympathy, or to propell their popularity and win the said title (which seems like it will happen after all). If people call this love, then I seriously have to question their IQ level.

As much as I liked Rumpa in the initial phase, I've lost all respect for her. She claimed, on national television, that she loved Gaurav. Quite a bold step, don't ya all think? Again, how can you love someone you barely know? It seems more like infatuation, but that's beside the point. The point is, she declared her love, claimed to marry him outside, yet, she's now engaged in a tete-a-tete with Hitesh? She knows that Hitesh is her golden key to the crown, and now she's utilizing that quite well. Moreover, she has NO self-respect or dignity. Gulabo plucked her out of the pot because Pooja was no longer interested. I mean, wouldn't anyone with self-respect put their foot down and think about how the mother in law was completely obsessed over another potential bride, and only approached her as a second choice because she's so ardent about having her son get married on national television? Fake.

I wouldn't call Gurpreet fake, but she's very clever and almost two-faced. Ghar main kuch aur, stage par kuch aur. Tut tut.

I honestly felt quite horrible for Pooja, when she was shown the clippings of the audience and her housemates bitching about her. I think a lot of animosity stems from the fact that she's quite beautiful, and many mothers on the show found her to be the epitome of a perfect bride. Gurpreet and Rumpa's words wreaked with sheer jealousy.

Had Pooja been 'fake', don't you think she would have stuck by Hitesh to win the title? She stepped on her own feet by dumping Hitesh, and she's not an idiot to not know that if she dumps Hitesh, she's out of the show. She knew the ramifications, and stuck by her decision. If anything, I think Pooja was probably the most genuine, in terms of feelings anyway, on the show. While most couples fell in love almost instantaneously (either to win the big title, or due to infatuation, as there is no such thing as first sight, but merely lust), Pooja took the time to analyze her feelings. Do you really think it's possible to fall in love this easily? Even if it is, how can you love someone you barely know? A few meetings here and there aren't sufficient enough to choose your life partner, yet, most couples on this show had already decided upon their life partners from week one or two. Yet Pooja, like any normal human being, took the time to get to know her potential partner, and didn't declare love at first sight. She was confused, like MOST of us are when choosing our life partner, whether or not the person in question is suitable for us, compatible, and whether or not we could see ourselves with them in the future. She contemplated on this reality, and finally concluded that she couldn't see herself with Hitesh. Isn't that what most normal people do, unless you're living in a psuedo fantasy world created by Bollywood?? I also think it's quite normal to second guess your decision, or feel left out, or perhaps even jealous, when the person you spent the most time with, completely neglects you.

I'm not a fan of Pooja, by no means, but I feel that she's being targetted for no apparent reason.

I would love to hear some reasons as to what makes her so fake.

I also wanted to add that I have greater respect for Pooja after her graceful exit from the show. IT would have been quite easy for Pooja to negate all the harsh comments directed towards her. Heck, if I was in her place, I would have told Gurpreet that's she's jealous of my beauty.

She maintained a dignified silence. Good for her.

great post Rox !! :)

Maybe all those people who call her fake can explain. When I call someone fake I know why I call them fake. To me, Pooja is not fake after I watched her closely for past 2-3 weeks!

Fake are those people

1) who said "I would walk out if his/her 'focus' walked out/eliminated from the show"--Those people are Yash, Vivek, Priyanka (who said they would walk out if Gurpreet, Nandita, Rajbeer (respectively) were eliminated

2) who said "I love you" to someone and later forgot those words as if they were never uttered..Thats Rumpa

3) who said "Aapke ghar ki bahu kaun ladki banna chahegee" and then later throwing herself on the same people and acting desperate --Thats Gurpreet

Pooja never said ILU to someone, never promised to stay/walk out of the show for anyone, and never insulted any lady or her family! So pooja at the moment appears saintly in comparison to those malicious people sitting on the podium with her!

Originally posted by: phoenixsilver

great post Rox !! :)

the thing is....this is always the case with people who maintain a dignified silence without indulging in excessive melodrama and hyperbolic expressions of their emotions ( ILU at the drop of a hat.....i know u better than neone....only i loved u u didnt understand me.....mere saath zulm ho raha hain...main yeh sab aur nahin seh sakti....blah blah)....its only when people yell at the top of their voices and be overtly ostentatious bout their feelings that they are considered 'true' and 'dil ka sachha' *rolls eyes*.....this is the reason Antony's speech worked....and Brutus' didnt....even tho A's speech had no logical substance in it....it appealed to the raw emotions.....opposed to the dry logic of B"s speech....mass ko melodrama hi samajh mein aati hain....kuchh kar nahin sakte...*sigh*

So very true, and I completely concur. People are going to hear the person shouting on the top of their lungs, not the person who quietly suffers the brunt.