Bollywood film director-producer Mahesh Bhatt is known for making controversial statements, be it calling Sanjay Leela Bhansali an overrated director or Barfi an overrated film. As much as Bhatt loves to be outspoken on several issues, he is apologetically transparent about a few. The veteran film director exclusively locked lips with his daughter Pooja Bhatt for the cover page picture of a reputed film magazine.
Among many bizarre statements he has made, there is one which remained in the headlines for quite some time. This statement was made by Bhatt during the cover shoot of the magazine in the 90’s.
He went on and said that, “If Pooja wasn’t my daughter, I’d have loved to marry her.” The statement had taken the entire nation by storm.
However, he is known for his outlandish behaviour and borderline — creepy attitude, this was kind of expected from the director who has given Bollywood some of its biggest hits like – Sadak, Aashiqui, Zakhm, Arth, Saransh etc.
When he was young and at the prime of his career, he married Lorraine Bright with whom he had two children — Pooja Bhatt and Rahul Bhatt.
Bhatt’s super hit film, Aashiqui, is said to have been inspired by his love story with Lorraine.
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