When Pooja Bhatt Called Viral Kiss With Father Mahesh Bhatt An `Innocent Moment`
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SEPTEMBER 20,2024
Despite staying away from the big screen, Pooja Bhatt ensures to always headline the Bollywood gossip column. Be it her unapologetic stints in Bigg Boss OTT 2 or her controversial kiss with father Mahesh Bhatt, the actress has never shied away from being herself.
Speaking of controversies, the filmmaker turns a year older. On the occasion, here's a throwback to when Pooja opened up about the cover photo where she was seen kissing her dad.
The 1994 magazine cover photo featuring Mahesh Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt caused havoc and frenzy across the country. It invited several negative comments and backlash as the father-daughter duo were seen lip-locking in the picture.
In an old interview, the actress finally broke her silence about the viral kissing photo.
Pooja Bhatt kissing her father, Mahesh Bhatt
In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, the Bigg Boss contestant was asked if she regretted the viral kissing picture and the controversy that followed. Opening up on the same, Pooja Bhatt recalled what Shah Rukh Khan had once told her.'No, because I see it very simply, and I think that unfortunately, jo hota hai, a frozen moment can be represented and misrepresented in any way. Aur mujhe yaad hai Shah Rukh ne mujhe yeh kaha tha, when you have daughters, jab hi aapke bacche chote hai, how often do children just say, Mummy, papa, give me a kiss? (I remember Shah Rukh once telling me that when you have kids, often the child asks the parents to give them a kiss.) And they go this way. Mai ab bhi is umar mein bhi wahi 10-pound ki bacchi hoon for my father. Vo zindagi bhar wahi rahege for me (Even at this age, I'm still the same 10-pound kid as my father). He will always remain the same for me.')
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She further added, 'It was an innocent moment captured, which has been connoted in so many ways. Jisko jo karna hai, woh karenge (people will do what they want to). I am not going to sit here and defend it. If someone can question a father-daughter bond like this, they are capable of thinking the worst.'
Pooja Bhatt-Mahesh Bhatt relationship
For the uninformed, Pooja is Mahesh Bhatt's first daughter from his first wife, Kiran Bhatt. The filmmaker then went on to marry actress Soni Razdan in 1986.The couple shares two daughters, Alia Bhatt and Shaheen Bhatt.
Pooja Bhatt was last seen on Bigg Boss OTT 2 as a contestant. She was the first finalist to be evicted from the show. The actress made her glorious comeback in her OTT debut, Bombay Begums.