Rumor Has it

Last week you might have seen Pooja Kumar alongside Kal Penn in Law & Order, SVU. Well, we couldn't enough of Pooja and decided to pick her brain for Desi You's Rumor Has It, Q & A "Tell Me This"...

Rumor Has It: The name of DY"s blog is "Rumor Has it"..what's the wackiest/most fun rumor you've heard about yourself? Any that you wish were true?
Pooja: I have not heard any rumors about me, so please share with me anything that you have heard.

Rumor Has It: What are three words you would NEVER use to describe your self?
Pooja: Three words that I would never use to describe myself are Negative, Selfish, and Lazy.

Rumor Has It: You were on Law & Order, SVU last week..any chance you might be extending you stay on NBC with a stint on Heroes? How fun would that be to play opposite Sendhil Rammamurthy! ( I've got a teensy crush on him)
Pooja: I would love to extend my stay with NBC. Can you please recommend my name to them? Sendhil is a very talented actor and I it would be an honor to work opposite him

Rumor Has It: Award season is in full swing...would you ever gain weight, put on a prosethic nose, or shave your head role ala Renee Zellwegger, Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman for a chance at Oscar?
Pooja: As an actor your job is to transform the words from paper into a form that the audience will identify with. That is why we love our job. We get to invent so many amazing characters. If the audience will believe the character with a prosthetic nose, a bald head, or with additional weight on the body, I would gladly accept the challenge.

Rumor Has It: This past week, bollywood actresses ruled the spotlight..Aishwarya Rai's engagement to Abhishek Bachan and Shilpa Shetty and the Big Brother episode, any predictions for next week as to who might grab international headlines?
Pooja: The next headline that might appear next week is that Shah Rukh Khan is doing a movie with Hally Barry!

Rumor Has It: What projects are you most looking forward to this year?
Pooja: The projects that I am looking forward to this year are "Hiding Divya", with Madhur Jaffrey which is a generational story having to do with mental illness, a short film that I co-produced called "1001 Auditions" and a feature lenth film that I will be producing.