Pooja Bhatt
Born	February 24, 1972 (1972-02-24) (age 37) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress, Producer & Director
Spouse(s)	Manish Makhija

Pooja Bhatt (Hindi: पूजा भट) (born on February 24, 1972), is a retired Indian film actress, currently devoting time to film production and direction. She is the daughter of Indian film director Mahesh Bhatt.^[1]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Awards and nominations 4.1 Awards won 4.2 Awards nominated 5 Filmography 5.1 Producer 5.2 Director 5.3 Production designer 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Early life

Bhatt was born to Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt (aka Loraine Bright). She is of Gujarati Brahmin and Muslim descent on her father's side. She has Scottish, Armenian and Burmese ancestry on her mother's side. She is the step daughter of Soni Razdan, an actress. She has a brother, Rahul Bhatt and step sisters Shaheen and Alia. Her cousin Mohit Suri is a film screenwriter-director. Emraan Hashmi is another famous cousin who is a Bollywood actor.^[2]

She acted in many films which were produced and directed by her father.

[edit] 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 hit and her big screen debut came with a musical hit, Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (1991) opposite Aamir Khan 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 (1991), Junoon (1992), Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991), Tamanna (1996), a super-hit and multi-starrer Border(1997) and Zakhm (1998). Her most notable film though in the 1990s was Chaahat (1996) where she starred along side Shahrukh Khan, Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher.

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 two more directorial ventures, Holiday (2006) and Dhokha (2007).

[edit] Personal life

On 24 August 2003, she married her long-time boyfriend and a former popular VJ of Indian music channel, Channel V, Munish Makhija aka Udham Singh. He now owns a restaurant-bar in Goa.

[edit] Awards and nominations

[edit] Awards won

• 1991 - Filmfare Award for Lux Face of the Year

[edit] Awards nominated

• 2005 - Popular Award for Best debuting Director for Paap (2003)

[edit] 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
1993	Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee	Pooja
	Sir	Pooja
	Chor aur Chand	Reema D. Seth
	Pehla Nasha	Monica
	Tadipaar	Mohinidevi/Namkeen
1994	Kranti Kshetra	Pooja
1994	Kalluri Vasal (Tamil)	Pooja
	Naaraaz
1995	Gunehgar	Pooja Thakur
	Hum Dono	Priyanka Surendra Gupta/Priya
	Angrakshak	Priyanka Choudhary/Priya
1996	Chaahat	Pooja
1997	Tamanna	Tamanna Ali Sayed
	Border	Kanu
1998	Yeh Aashiqui Meri	Anju
	Kabhi Na Kabhi	Tina
	Angaaray	Pooja
	Zakhm	Mrs. Desai
2000	Yeh Pyar Hi To Hai
2001	Everybody Says I'm Fine!	Tanya

[edit] Producer

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

[edit] Director

• Paap (2003)
• Holiday (2006)
• Dhokha (2007)
• Kajraare (2009)

[edit] Production designer

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Pooja Bhatt at the Internet Movie Database