Mumbai: Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt is associated with a number of hit movies and the launch of many new faces in the industry. These days he is busy with his upcoming film Sadak 2 which stars his daughter Alia Bhatt. Mahesh Bhatt’s trademark was bold films with a lot of exposure, something which clicked with the audience.
Mahesh Bhatt celebrates his birthday September 20. He turns 71, Life has been a roller-coaster ride for the veteran director/producer. Let’s find some interesting facts about Mahesh Bhatt’s life.
Mahesh’s mother was Gujarati Muslim while his father was a Brahmin. Mahesh however, was separated from his father since childhood.
When Mahesh was in college, he fell in love with Lorraine Bright and got married to her when he was only 20. Bright became Kiran Bhatt after marriage. The couple has two children, daughter Pooja, a former actress, now a producer, and son Rahul.
Mahesh while making a film then had an affair with the now deceased Parveen Babi which led to the breakup of his marriage. However, Mahesh and Kiran did not officially divorce. The Babi-Bhatt affair did not last long… it fizzled out quickly.
Then Soni Razdan came in Mahesh’s life. He married Soni, but did not divorce Kiran; instead he converted to Islam which allowed him to have two wives. The two have daughters Alia and Shaheen.
But that doesn’t end Mahesh Bhatt’s flirtations with controversy. He once said that he would have married Pooja Bhatt if she had not been his daughter. Then came the next storm, when Mahesh did a photoshoot on kissing with Pooja.
For all his acts, Mahesh faced harsh criticism from all quarters, but did not pay heed. “I can see my mother, my best friend in my daughter, so I did no wrong,” he had then said defending his acts.
PNN/Agencies