When Mahesh Bhatt fell in love with the actor Soni Razdan In the 1980s he was already married to Kiran Bhatt and a father of two children, Pooja and Rahul. It was a turbulent time, but Pooja’s maturity and compassion at a very young age stood out. On her podcast, The Pooja Bhatt Show, the filmmaker recently broke the chapter and recalled how his daughter handled the truth about his second marriage.
‘I thought you didn’t judge me’
Mahesh Bhatt remembered the difficult conversation with his daughter, when he told her he would not live at home anymore because there was another woman in his life. He assured her that it was not a rejection of her and promised that he would always take care of her mother and the household. He fights back tears and admitted that he could never forget how Pooja replied. “I can’t thank you enough for that expression,” he told her on the podcast. “Because you looked at me and I thought you didn’t judge me.” To which pooja simply said, “No, I didn’t judge you.”
Learning in front of his mother
Pooja revealed that she was the first to know about her father’s relationship with Soni Razdan. She remembered that he sat at the edge of his bed and told her about the woman he had met and his decision to marry her and move out. For her, to trust this information even before her mother felt like being treated as equal.
Cordial with Soni Razdan
Despite the upheaval, Pooja maintained his band with his father and held things heartfelt with Soni. Years later, she remembered, Soni admitted to her feelings of guilt. During a recce for the movie Love Affair, Soni had told her how guilty she felt at that time. Pooja assured her that it wasn’t her fault and said, “You couldn’t have taken him away.”Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan continued to get married and welcomed two daughters, Alia and Shaheen.
