Birthday Special: Pooja Bhatt's 90s Battling Alcohol Addiction & Bold Photoshoots

Today famous Bollywood actress Pooja Bhatt is celebrating her birthday. Pooja is one of the successful and most controversial Bollywood actresses of the 90s. Discussions about whose beauty were common in those days. Even today, looking at her beauty, no one can say that she has aged so much.

Everyone knows that Pooja Bhatt is the step-sister of actress Alia Bhatt and daughter of famous filmmakers Kiran Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt. Pooja Bhatt has made the audience crazy not only through acting but also through production and direction. Let us know some special stories of his life on his birthday.

Along with acting, he is also fond of filmmaking

Born on 24 February 1972 in Mumbai, Pooja started her career as an actress with the TV film Daddy directed by her father Mahesh Bhatt. At that time she was only 17 years old. Anupam Kher played the role of Pooja's father in this film. Through her very first film, Pooja proved her acting prowess among the audience. The film 'Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi', released in the year 1991, proved to be another superhit film in Pooja's career. This film was also directed by his father Mahesh Bhatt. Aamir Khan was opposite Pooja in this film.

In the same year 1991, Pooja's other superhit film 'Sadak' was released. Which was directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Pooja's pairing with Sanjay Dutt was much liked in this film. In the year 1992, Pooja worked in hit films like 'Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi' and 'Sir'.

Between 1992 and 1996, Pooja Bhatt acted in films like Tadipar, Chor Aur Chand, Naraz, Gunehgaar, Angrakshak, Chahat, and Hum Doon but her films did not do much at the box office. However, in the year 1997, Pooja Bhatt entered the field of film production and also produced the film Tamanna. Pooja also acted in this film. Through this film, he presented the life of a 'Hijra' who takes care of an orphan girl despite all the opposition from society. Although this film was not very successful at the box office, critics believe that this film is one of the excellent films produced by Pooja Bhatt.

Pooja Bhatt brought Sunny Leone to Bollywood

Even though her film did not do well at the box office, in the year 1998, Pooja produced superhit films like 'Zakhm' and 'Dushman'. Through 'Jakhm', Pooja had presented on the silver screen the tragedy of a family during the riots in Mumbai after the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. In this film, Pooja mesmerized the audience with her serious character. Pooja Bhatt also entered the field of direction through the film 'Paap' released in 2003. In the year 2012, Pooja launched Sunny Leone in Bollywood through the film 'Jism 2'. Even today Pooja is producing films and is also doing radio shows with her father. This was her film journey. Now let us talk about some controversial things related to her life which only people of the 90s would know, not you.

There was a lot of controversy in those days

Pooja Bhatt was as successful a heroine of her time as she was bold. In those days, Pooja Bhatt and her father Mahesh Bhatt had done a very bold photoshoot for the cover of a magazine which made a lot of headlines. Both were seen kissing each other lip to lip in the cover of this magazine. There was a lot of uproar after the release of this photo, because the people of that time considered it quite obscene according to their civilization for a father and a young daughter to kiss in this way. Mahesh Bhatt had said in an interview that if Pooja Bhatt was not his daughter, he would have married her. This statement shocked people and people started raising questions on the father-daughter relationship. Not only this, Pooja Bhatt got her entire body painted for a photoshoot. Pooja Bhatt went topless and got body painting done for a magazine. Due to which she was embroiled in controversies.

Was an alcoholic since the age of 16, quit drinking due to father's advice

Pooja Bhatt started drinking at the age of 16. Being an Anglo-Indian family, drinking wine and beer was a common thing in the family, due to which she became addicted to alcohol and even started smoking cigarettes at the age of 23. But his father helped him to get out of this addiction. He said to Pooja “I love you son, if you love me then you love yourself because I live inside you” After this message from father Mahesh Bhatt Pooja did not even touch alcohol. Now she is also going to write a book to help people who are addicted to alcohol to get out of alcohol addiction.

Always been in discussion about love life

Pooja Bhatt's love life has always been in the news. According to old reports, there was an affair between Pooja Bhatt and Aashiqui actor Rahul Roy but both of them never accepted the relationship in front of the media. According to reports, Pooja Bhatt also had an affair with actor Ranveer Shorey. Both of them lived together but later broke up. Pooja later married Mahesh Makhija but they got divorced after 11 years.

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