Mahesh Bhatt Biography: Age, Family, Career, Awards, Controversy & More

Mahesh Bhatt Biography: In this article, we are providing the full information of Mahesh Bhatt biography such as age, family, his career, controversies, etc.

Mahesh Bhatt was born on 20th September 1948, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Bhatt’s occupation is Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter.

Mahesh Bhatt

Name: Mahesh Bhatt

Date of Birth: 20th September 1948

Age: 72 years

Home Town: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Religion: Islam (Converted)

Nationality: Indian

Net Worth: $3 million approx

Mahesh Bhatt Family

Parents: Nanabhai Bhatt, Shirin Mohammad Ali

Sister: N/A

Brother: Mukesh Bhatt

Marital Status/Marriage: Married

Wife: Soni Razdan

Son: Rahul Bhatt

Daughters: Pooja Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt, and Alia Bhatt

Educational Qualifications

Mahesh Bhatt did his schooling at Don Bosco High School, Matunga, Mumbai. In the year 1970, he dropped out of college education and started filmmaking. Read the complete article, to know more about Mahesh Bhatt Biography.

Physical Stats

Mahesh Bhatt Career

Mahesh Bhatt started his career by making advertisements. Then, he was introduced to director Raj Khosla through his friends. Finally, in the year 1974, Bhatt made his debut with “Mazilein Aur Bhi Hain”, as a movie director. In 1984, he got his first commercial success with the “Naam” movie, starring Sanjay Dutt in the main lead. After this, he directed a number of movies such as Sangharsh, Aashiqui, Dil Hai Ki Manta, Janam, Nahin, Sadak.

Later that, he decided to start screenwriting, and in 1982, with “Arth” he made his debut as a screenwriter. For several movies like Raaz, Murder, Dushman, etc, he has written screenplays. Not only Director and Screenwriter, but also he is a producer and under his banner “Vishesh Films”, he produces the films. Bhatt’s have launched so many talents like Emraan Hashmi, Ashutosh Rana, Kangana Ranaut, etc.

He also made his acting debut with the movie titled “The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City”

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Awards

Filmfare Awards

1999: Best Story for Zakhm

Mahesh Bhatt Controversies

Mahesh Bhatt had been involved in a number of controversies. Here are some instances:

• After a shot for a magazine cover with his daughter, Pooja Bhatt in which they were seen kissing on the lips of each other, Bhatt became the talk of the town. People slammed him for this. Later, Mahesh Bhatt fueled it by saying, “If Pooja was not my daughter, I had love to marry her”.
• In the Koffee with Karan Show, Mahesh was asked to rank actors based on their acting skills. Then, he ranked Aamir Khan in the last position. He further said that Kajol and Sanjay Leela Bhansali are overrated. Their fans trolled Mahesh Bhatt on social media, for his words.
• We must have remembered the AIB roast controversy. After this, Bhatt told a private channel that why no FIR was filed against Sonakshi Sinha alluding to the fact that she is BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter. Sonakshi informed him that even her name was also in some FIRs where Alia’s name was not in them.
• When Mahesh Bhatt’s name is popped up in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case, Bhatt was trolled for his relationship with Sushant’s girlfriend, Rhea Chakraborty. Back in 2018 also, Bhatt and Rhea’s photos became viral, in those, they were seen in each other’s arms hugging. Then in the year 2020, Some pieces of WhatsApp chats had gone public which made people think more about their relationship and Mahesh Bhatt’s interference in the relationship of Sushant and Rhea.
• Another controversy is with actress Kangana Ranaut. In an interview, Kangana said that only because of Mahesh Bhatt’s movie offer rejection, he threw a chappal at her in the preview of Woh Lamhe movie.
• A clip of Mahesh Bhatt with Jiah Khan went viral. In this video, we can see his arms draped around Jiah and their hands intertwined.

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