Pooja Bhatt has broken her silence over her controversial magazine cover with her father, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, in 1990. The front cover in question continues to make headlines even today. In the viral cover, Pooja was seen kissing her father.
During a recent interview, Pooja opened up about her viral kissing picture with Mahesh Bhatt and whether she regreted doing it. “No, because I see it very simple, and I think that unfortunately jo hota hai, a frozen moment can be represented and misrepresented in anyway. Aur mujhe yaad hai Shah Rukh ne mujhe yeh kaha tha when you have daughters, jab hi aapke bacche chote hai, how often child just say, ‘Mummy papa give me a kiss’. And they go this way. Mai ab bhi is umer mein bhi wahi 10 pound ki bacchi hoon for my father. Vo jindagi bher wahi rahege for me," Pooja told Siddharth Kannan.
The actress, who was last seen in Bigg Boss OTT 2, continued, “So it was a moment that was absolutely innocent which was captured. Aur uske conotation jo hai, jinko padhna hai vo padhge, jinko dekhna hai vo dekhege. Aur mai is cheej ko defend karne nahi baithi. Agr log baap aur beti ke rishte ko alag najariye se dekh sakte hai toh vo kuch bhi kar skte hai. Fir hum baat karte hai family values ki. Bahut kamal ka joke hai."
Interestingly, Mahesh Bhatt had addressed a press conference regarding the viral photoshoot at the time and had expressed that he would have “married" Pooja if she weren’t his daughter.
It is worth mentioning here that Pooja is Mahesh Bhatt’s eldest daughter from his first marriage with Kiran Bhatt. They also have a son Rahul Bhatt. He then married Soni Razdan, after he separated from his first wife. They have two daughters Shaheen Bhatt and Alia Bhatt.
