Pooja Bhatt is an Indian film actress, voice actress, model and film maker.
Background
Pooja Bhatt was born on 24 February 1972 to Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt (born Loraine Bright). On her father"s side, Bhatt is of predominately Gujarati descent and on her mother"s side, she is of English, Scottish, Armenian, and Burmese ancestry. She is the step-daughter of Soni Razdan.
Career
She is the eldest child of Indian film director, Mahesh Bhatt. Her cousins are Hitarth Bhat and Emraan Hashmi. Bhatt made her acting debut at age 17, in 1989 with Daddy, a television film directed by her father Mahesh Bhatt.
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 lieutenant Happened One Night.
Her most well-known films in the 1990s included, Sadak opposite Sanjay Dutt (1991), Junoon opposite Rahul Roy, 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:,, and 1991 – Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year for Daddy.