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Pooja Bhatt Age, Height, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography & More

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Father: Mahesh Bhatt

Marital Status: Divorced

Age: 53 Years

Bio/Wiki
Full Name Pooja Mahesh Bhatt check sources
IMDb
Nickname Bhoot Bhatt check sources
IMDb
Profession(s) Director, Actor, Filmmaker, and Former Model
Physical Stats & More
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IMDb
Height		 in centimeters**- 155 cm**
in meters**- 1.55 m**
in feet & inches**- 5’ 1”**
Eye Colour Brown
Hair Colour Brown
Career
Debut TV Advertisement (Child Model): Pears Soap


Film (Actor): Daddy (1989) as Pooja


Film (Producer): Tamanna (1997)


Film (Director): Paap (2003)
Awards, Honours, Achievements 1991: Filmfare Lux New Face of the Year Award for the Hindi film ‘Daddy’
1997: National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues for the Hindi film ‘Tamanna’
1999: Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration for the Hindi film ‘Zakhm’
Personal Life
Date of Birth 24 February 1972 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2025) 53 Years
Birthplace Mumbai
Zodiac sign Taurus
Signature/Autograph
Nationality Indian
Hometown Mumbai
School A F Petit Girls High School, Mumbai check sources
Ethnicity • From his father’s side - Half-Gujarati and Half-Muslim
• From his mother’s side - Scottish, Burmese, Armenian, and English check sources
The Times of India
Food Habit Non-Vegetarian check sources
Food NDTV
Address Pooja Bhatt, 601, Kyle More Apartments, Behind Mehboob Studios, Bandra (W) Mumbai 400050
Tattoo(s) • On her left forearm- An owl
• On her left shoulder- An eye, butterfly, and a compass
• On her left hand’s fingers- Zibu Symbols
• On her right forearm-‘Alles iat ein marchem’ i.e. Everything is a fairy tale
Controversies • In the '80s edition of Filmfare magazine, her photo while lip-kissing her father went viral for which Pooja Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt
received huge criticism from the media and public. Later, a statement made by Mahesh Bhatt, made the situation more controversial, he said,
"If Pooja wasn’t my daughter, I’d have loved to marry her.” check sources
The Indian Express



• At the age of 24, her photo on the cover of a fashion magazine went viral in which she posed naked with only paint on her body. check sources
IB Times
Relationships & More
Marital Status Divorced
Affairs/Boyfriends • Aamir Khan
(Rumoured; Actor) check sources
The Times of India

• Sohail Khan
(actor)
• Fardeen Khan
(Rumoured; Actor) check sources
The Times of India

• Bobby Deol
(Rumoured; Actor) check sources
The Times of India

• Suneel Darshan (Rumoured; Filmmaker) check sources
The Times of India

• Deepak Malhotra (Rumoured; Actor) check sources
The Times of India

• Aditya Pancholi
(Rumoured; Actor) check sources
The Times of India

• Ranvir Shorey
(Live-In Partner; Actor) check sources
The Times of India



• Munish Makhija (VJ)

Note: In an interview with the Stardust magazine in 1995, she revealed that she was in a relationship with Sohail Khan and was planning to get married to him. check sources
BollywoodShaadis.com
Marriage Date Year 2003 (Divorced in 2014)
Family
Husband/Spouse Manish Makhija
(ex-husband)
Children None
Parents Father- Mahesh Bhatt
(Director, Producer, and Screenwriter)
Mother- Kiran Bhatt (Changed from Loraine Bright post marriage)


Step-Mother- Soni Razdan
(Actor)
Siblings Brother- Rahul Bhatt
(Fitness Trainer)


Half-Sister(s)- 2
• Alia Bhatt
(Actor)
• Shaheen Bhatt
(Writer)
Cousin(s) • Emraan Hashmi
(Actor; Mahesh Bhatt
's cousin Anwar Hashmi’s son, and thus his nephew)


• Mohit Suri
(Film Director; Mohit Suri’s mother is Mahesh Bhatt’s real sister)
Family Tree
Favourites
Colour Black
Food Dhokla, Fafra
Style Quotient
Car Collection • Audi Q7
• Toyota Innova
• Toyota Fortuner check sources
Patrika

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pooja Bhatt

  • Does Pooja Bhatt smoke?: Reportedly, she started smoking at the age of 23, and in an Instagram post in 2018, she uploaded a post on quitting smoking. check sources Instagram

  • Does Pooja Bhatt drink alcohol?: At the age of 16, she started drinking alcohol, and soon, she became an alcoholic. In December 2017, she quit drinking after undergoing rehab. check sources Mumbai Mirror

  • Pooja Bhatt is an Indian actor, filmmaker, producer, and former model.

  • She is the eldest daughter of the popular Indian director Mahesh Bhatt .

    A collage of Pooja Bhatt’s old pictures

  • She wanted to become an astronaut while she was in school. check sources The Times of India

  • While she was a teenager, her uncle Mukesh Bhatt offered her a role in a film, she refused to work in films as her that time boyfriend did not want her to do so. During an interview, she said,

I had a boyfriend and I was in love with him since I was 12-year-old. When I was 16, I started dating him. At 17, I did ‘Daddy’ and at 18, I was offered ‘Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin’.”

  • She has been featured on the cover page of various renowned magazines.

    Pooja Bhatt featured on a magazine cover

  • She gained immense popularity with the Hindi film ‘Dil Hai Ke Maanta Nahin’ (1991) starring the famous Indian actor Aamir Khan .
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  • She has acted in many popular Hindi films like ‘Sadak’ (1991), ‘Sir’ (1993), ‘Kranti Kshetra’ (1994), ‘Chaahat’ (1996), and ‘Border’ (1997).

  • In 1993, she recorded an English rap song “Just For Today” for the Indian music director and singer Daboo Malik.

  • Pooja Bhatt has also hosted the Hindi TV show ‘Mere Saath Chal’ in 1996.

  • Earlier, she was in a live-in relationship with the Indian actor Ranvir Shorey . There were even rumours that the duo was engaged, but later, the couple parted ways. Talking about her relationship, Pooja said in an interview,

I was in a relationship with an alcoholic, who used to beat me up.” check sources The Times of India

  • While talking about her divorce with the Indian VJ and businessman Munish Makhija, in an interview, she said,

I choose to live life on MY terms & refuse to perform to the gallery. Certificates don’t make or break marriages & relationships! Life does! To all those who care & especially those that don’t my husband, Munna& Me have decided to part ways after 11 glorious years of marriage. Our split as some might call it is amicable & we hold each other in the highest esteem for now and forever. The reason I explain Is that we are both parts of the public domain. Our friends, well wishers& foes are free to now speculate.” check sources Deccan Chronicle

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