Pooja Bhatt

Pooja Bhatt (Hindi: पूजा भट्ट; born 24 February 1972) is an Indian film actress, voice actress, model and film maker. She is the eldest child of Indian film director, Mahesh Bhatt.^[1]

Early life

Pooja Bhatt was born to Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt (aka Loraine Bright). She is the step daughter of Soni Razdan. She has a brother, Rahul Bhatt and half sisters Shaheen and Alia Bhatt. Her cousins are Mohit Suri and Emraan Hashmi.^[2]

She acted in many films which were produced and directed by her father. In most of her films, she used her real name Pooja.

Career

Bhatt made her acting debut at age 17, in 1989 with Daddy, a TV film directed by her father Mahesh Bhatt. In the film she portrayed a soul-searching teenage girl in an estranged relationship with her alcoholic father, played by actor Anupam Kher.

Her biggest solo hit and her big screen debut came with a musical hit, Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (1991), which was a remake of the Oscar-winning Hollywood classic It Happened One Night. Pooja received the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for the film.

Her most well-known films in the 1990s included, Sadak opposite Sanjay Dutt (1991), Junoon, Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin opposite Aamir Khan (1991), Sir (1993), Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee (1993), "Tadipaar" (1993), Ghuneghar (1994), Naaraaz (1994) opposite Mithun Chakraborty, Hum Dono, Angrakshak opposite Sunny Deol (1995), Chaahat opposite Shahrukh Khan (1996), Tamanna (1997), super-hit and multi-starrer Border (1997) and Zakhm (1998). Pooja Bhatt has also acted in some popular hit regional Indian films.

Her last film appearance was in Everybody Says I'm Fine! in 2001. She has since focused on producing and directing. She made her directorial debut with Paap in 2004, starring John Abraham and Udita Goswami. Since then, she has made four more directorial ventures: Holiday (2006), Dhokha (2007), Kajraare (2010) and Jism 2.

Awards and nominations

Winner

• 1991 – Filmfare Face of the Year for Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin
• 1997 – National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues for Tamanna
• 1999 – Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration for Zakhm

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1989	Daddy	Pooja
1991	Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin	Pooja Dharamchand
	Sadak	Pooja
1992	Prem Deewane	Radha
	Jaanam	Anjali
	Saatwan Aasman	Pooja Malhotra
	Junoon	Dr. Nita V. Chauhan
	Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee	Pooja
	Sir	Pooja
	Chor Aur Chand	Reema D. Seth
	Pehla Nasha	Monica
	Tadipaar	Mohinidevi/Namkeen
1994	Kranti Kshetra	Pooja
	Kalloori Vaasal (Tamil film)	Pooja
	Naaraaz
1995	Gunehgar	Pooja Thakur
	Hum Dono	Priyanka Surendra Gupta
	Angrakshak	Priyanka Choudhary/Priya
1996	Chaahat	Pooja
	Khilona
1997	Tamanna	Tamanna Ali Sayed
	Border	Kammo
1998	Yeh Aashiqui Meri	Anju
	Kabhi Na Kabhi	Tina
	Angaaray	Pooja
	Zakhm	Mrs. Desai
2000	Yeh Pyar Hi To Hai
	Sanam Teri Kasam	Seema Khanna
2001	Everybody Says I'm Fine!	Tanya

Producer

• Tamanna (1997)
• Dushman (1998)
• Zakhm (1998)
• Sur: The Melody of Life (2002)
• Jism (2003)
• Paap (2003)
• Rog (2005)
• Holiday (2006)
• Jism 2 (2012)

Director

• Paap (2003)
• Holiday (2006)
• Dhokha (2007)
• Kajraare (2010)
• Jism 2 (2012)

Production designer

• Jism (2003)
• Paap (2003)
• Rog (2005)