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| Controversies | • Mahesh Bhatt's Son Rahul Bhatt has always sour relations with father. He even went on to say that had Mahesh not treated him like a bastard child, he would probably never had become friends with David Headley, the accused in the Mumbai terror attacks. • He criticized many Bollywood actors in a show coffee with Karan, he called Sanjay Leela Bhansali an overrated director and called Barfi an overrated film. But what left Karan at a loss for words was when he called Kajol the most over-rated actress in Bollywood. In the same show, he said some nasty words for Amir Khan. • In the 1980s, He smooched his daughter Puja Bhatt for a Magazine cover page and said if Pooja were not my daughter, I would love to marry her. • Amid the nepotism row, following the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, Mahesh Bhatt was criticized for allegedly terming him a mentally disturbed person. According to Suhrita Sengupta' article, which was published in the National Herald, Bhatt had called Sushant a schizophrenic and said, "It is Parveen Babi all over again.” Suhrita Sengupta is a writer and close associate of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. She further wrote that Sushant's rumoured girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty had left Sushant on the advise of Mahesh Bhatt. She wrote - "She had no choice. Bhatt Saab told her there was nothing she could do. If she stayed on she would lose her sanity too. Rhea waited for Sushant’s sister to come to Mumbai and take charge. Sushant’s sisters tried their best to support and comfort him. But he was beyond listening to anyone. He wouldn’t take his medication.” |
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Physical Stats & More
| Height | 170 cm (5’ 7”) |
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| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| Hair Color | Salt & Pepper, Semi Bald |
Educational Qualification(s)
| School | Don Bosco High School, Matunga, Mumbai |
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Personal Life
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
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| Religion | Islam (Converted) |
| Hometown | Mumbai, India |
Family
| Father | Nanabhai Bhatt |
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| Mother | Shirin Mohammad Ali |
| Brother | Mukesh Bhatt |
| Sister | N/A |
| Spouse | Soni Razdan |
| Children | Son: Rahul Bhatt, Daughters: Pooja Bhatt, Alia Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt |
Career
| Directorial Journey | • At the Age of 26, he made his debut as a director with the film Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain in 1974. • He directed film Lahu Ke Do Rang, starring Shabana Azmi and Vinod Khanna in lead roles, won two Filmfare Awards in 1980. • His Directed movie Aashiqui in 1990 was Bhatt's one of his biggest releases and it was highly commercially successful movie due to a hugely popular soundtrack by Nadeem-Shravan in that time. • Pooja Bhatt, his daughter was launched by him in 1991 as a lead actress opposite to Aamir Khan in Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin. • From 1990 until 1999, he directed many movies and TV series like Sir(1993), A Mouthful of Sky(TV Serial, written by Ashok Banker), Swabhimaan(TV serial, scripted by writer Shobha De), Dastak(1996), Tamanna (1997), Zakhm (1998). • In 1999, he directed his last Movie 'Kartoos' and thereafter he took up screenwriting and screenplays for over twenty films, many of which were box-office successes, like Dushman, Raaz, Murder (2004), Gangster (2006), Woh Lamhe (2006). |
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| Awards & Nominations | Awards won in 1984 Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue for Earth Movie Awards won in 1994 National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke Awards won in 1997 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi for Gudia National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues for Tamanna National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Urdu for Sardari Begum Awards won in 1999 Filmfare Award for Best Story for Zakhma Awards won in 2000 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration for Zakhma Awards won in 2003 IIFA Award for Best Screenplay for Raaz Zee Cine Award for Best Screenplay for Raaz |
Favourites
| Actor | Jeffrey Tambor |
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| Sport | Cricket |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| Mahesh Bhatt comes from a lineage of filmmakers, with his father, Nanabhai Bhatt, also being a director in the industry for 40 years from 1942 to 1982. | |
| One of Bhatt's notable works, "Saaransh," was India's official submission for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1985. | |
| Bhatt is related to actor Emraan Hashmi and director Milan Luthria, as their grandmothers were sisters to his mother. | |
| He co-owns the film production company Vishesh Films with his brother Mukesh Bhatt, named after Mukesh's son, Vishesh, who is a film producer. | |
| An admirer of philosopher UG Krishnamurti, Bhatt wrote Krishnamurti's biography in 1992 and another book about him in 2009, being present at his passing and cremation in Italy. | |
| In 2015, Bhatt made his debut as a playback singer in the movie "Mr. X," singing the title song. | |
| Bhatt is known to support the Congress party as he is committed to secularism, actively campaigning for the party in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. | |
| He has criticized Narendra Modi and the Congress Party for their communal stances, especially in relation to the 1984 Sikh genocide sponsored during Rajiv Gandhi's leadership. |
