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Known for speaking his mind on cinema, the film industry, and his personal life, Mahesh Bhatt recently shared a traumatic incident from his childhood during an appearance on The Pooja Bhatt Show, hosted by his daughter Pooja Bhatt. The filmmaker revealed how four young men assaulted him while verbally attacking his mother, leaving a lasting scar on his psyche.

When Mahesh Bhatt fell in love with actor Soni Razdan in the 1980s, he was already married to Kiran Bhatt and a father to two children, Pooja and Rahul. It was a turbulent time, yet Pooja’s maturity and compassion at a very young age stood out. On her podcast, The Pooja Bhatt Show, the filmmaker recently broke down as he revisited that chapter and recalled how his daughter handled the truth about his second marriage.