Bollywood’s famous actress Pooja Bhatt was born on 24 February 1972 in the house of famous producer-director Mahesh Bhatt. She is the daughter of Mahesh Bhatt’s first wife Kiran Bhatt. Due to the atmosphere of films in the house, Pooja Bhatt was interested in acting since childhood. For this reason, he had stepped into Bollywood at the age of just 17. Pooja Bhatt made her acting debut in 1989 with the film Daddy, directed by father Mahesh Bhatt. The film got a lot of love from the audience. After this, Pooja Bhatt worked as an actress in many great films like Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi, Sadak, Sir, Hum Dono and Chahat. All these films of his got a lot of love from the audience. Pooja Bhatt became a well-known actress of the 90s.
After acting for a long time, Pooja Bhatt also tried her hand in films as a director. He made his Bollywood debut as a director in the year 2004 with the film Pap. After this Pooja Bhatt directed films like Holiday, Dhoka, Kajrare and Jism 2. Apart from films, Pooja Bhatt also remains in the headlines for her personal life. There was a time when she did not like her stepmother Soni Razdan at all. This was disclosed by Pooja Bhatt herself in one of her interviews. Talking about the day she learned about father Mahesh Bhatt’s relationship with Soni Razdan, Pooja had told magazine Stardust, “He (Mahesh Bhatt) never did anything from me. Once when I was in deep sleep and around 1:30 in the morning he woke me up and told me that Pooja, I am having an affair with a woman and I want you to know first. This was before my mother left. So it shows how open and honest he is with me.
Pooja Bhatt had said that she used to be angry with Mahesh Bhatt for leaving her mother and ‘hated Soni for snatching’ her father. She had said, ‘There was a time when I used to get angry when I heard his name.’ Pooja had also made it clear that she does not hate Mahesh Bhatt as she did not leave him after falling in love with Soni. The actress said, ‘It’s just that my parents parted ways because they felt that they could not live together. He is still best friend. My father still visits our house and supports us financially as well.