Cherlyne Martins: “I thank God I didn’t shoot with Kundra’s producers for HotShots”

Mumbai: Goan model Cherlyne Martins speaking to IndyaTv.in over phone from Oman said that she thanks God that she did not shoot for Raj Kundra’s HotShots app last year.

In a candid conversation, she narrates her ordeal of living in Mumbai during the lock down when there was no work and no money for models like her who were not ready to shoot porn or “compromise” with sleazy middlemen.

She said: “The temptation to shoot for HotShots was too great to resist. They were offering good money, going by the fact that it was lock down time and there was no work and no money. For models from out of town, living in Mumbai on their own, it was next to impossible to even pay rent. June to December was particularly very bad. My roommate and I at times had no food to eat. We come from a decently wealthy family, but my parents were dead against me working as a model in Mumbai. I changed my name and identity and still continued to work here, in spite of the family objection. So I could not ask my family for money, even though I would go hungry on certain days. For nearly a month, we survived on just two packets of biscuits and few cups of tea. There was nothing else. Food was available but we had no money,” she explains.

“Our meager savings went on paying our rent. In this scenario, many models succumbed to the temptation of making money and shot either nude or semi porn clips for apps like Nuefliks, Hotshots, Hothits etc. My roommate and I had decided we would starve to death, but we would not shoot nude or porn, and we wouldn’t go to our families to beg for money. Finally, in December 2020, my roommate decided to go back to her hometown in UP and very hesitatingly I called my father and told him I wanted to come home. My dad works in Oman. But I have relatives in Goa. Dad immediately sent me some money and told me to go to my Uncles place at Benaulim in South Goa. He said he would arrange a visa for me to travel to Oman, where the rest of my family is based. That’s how I landed in Oman. I am glad, I stuck to my values and did not shoot porn for apps like HotShots,” she told IndyaTv.in.