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Finally! Pooja Bhatt Breaks Silence On Reports Saying Alia Bhatt Is Her Daughter, Calls It ‘Absurd’ Checkout Here

By Shivani Ujjainwal

September 13, 2023

Finally, Pooja Bhatt addressed the unfounded claims that Alia Bhatt was her child. The sisters had a 21-year age difference, according to the uneducated. Pooja Bhatt, who was most recently seen in Bigg Boss OTT season 2, has been addressing the concerns around her and making some startling discoveries about her life. 

Pooja Bhatt breaks silence on reports claiming Alia Bhatt is her daughter

In a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Pooja Bhatt was asked to comment on these rumors, and she referred to them as absurd. She said, making fun of the rumor mongers, that since people usually discuss someone’s relationship with the other person, rumors about it have been a staple of Indian society for a very long time. Pooja stated:

“Ye toh humare desh mein bahut purani cheez hai. Start talking about somebody’s relationship with their daughter or with their bhabhi or with their sister or with their whatever. Now, how do you counteract that? Ke aap iss cheez ko dignity bhi de sakte hai respond kar ke? It is absurd.”

When Alia Bhatt talked about her relationship with Pooja Bhatt

Back in 2014, Alia Bhatt also discussed her relationship with her step-sister, Pooja Bhatt, and said that since they are all related as a family, it doesn’t concern her that the latter isn’t really her sister. She continued by saying that the Bhatt family is so genuine that they enjoy being together without putting on a show. She was reported to have said:

“Actually recently it’s become much better. We have gotten close as a family. People would always say that you have a step-sister, stepmother, and all that but it never bothered me. Because our family is so real and honest with each other. There is no façade or fakeness. So when we spend time with each other, we genuinely like to spend time with each other.”

When Pooja Bhatt heaped praises on her step-sister, Alia Bhatt

Pooja Bhatt, Alia Bhatt’s step sister, and she have a close relationship and frequently coo over one another. In a previous interview with ETimes, Pooja praised her sister Alia as one of the best Bollywood actresses and claimed that her career couldn’t be condensed into a few paragraphs. Pooja lavished Alia with compliments and said:

“Well, this will require a whole different discussion because I can’t sum up Alia Bhatt’s career in two sentences. I have to be fair to my younger sister, who is the better version of me. I can’t speak about her work in films in a few lines.”

Pooja Bhatt’s acting career

Mahesh Bhatt, a director, and his first wife, Kiran Bhatt, have an older daughter named Pooja. However, Alia Bhatt is Pooja’s step-sister and the child of Mahesh Bhatt and his second wife, Soni Razdan. The 51-year-old diva made her acting debut in 1989 with her father’s TV program Daddy at the age of 17. She later went on to appear as the lead in other Bollywood films, such as Dil Hai Ki Maanta Nahi, Chaahat, Zakhm, and many others. 

On the professional front, Pooja Bhatt was last seen in the show, Bigg Boss OTT Season 2.