POOJA BHATT BREAKS DOWN

When Mahesh Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt were invited to the 49thanniversary celebrations of the Alcoholics Anonymous, they were surprised. But the audiences were more surprised when the other guest...

By N. Anandhi (Contributor)

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Published: Wed 10 May 2006, 3:15 PM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 4:47 PM

Johnny Lever started talking about his days as a booze seller and then becoming a mimicry artiste and later getting into alcoholism after becoming a celebrity.

Then Mahesh Bhatt spoke about his experiences and how he quit alcohol 16 years ago.

But the best speech of the day came from Pooja Bhatt when she talked at length about how difficult it was to open the door to an alcoholic father and how happy she was that he had quit alcohol. Then she broke down while talking about the days when she with her mother Kiran drifted away from her father.

Pooja received a thunderous response and Mahesh Bhatt gained a lot of respect for his daughter after her candid confession. "I learnt so much about what she though, because she was the one who opened the door tome when I was drunk," says Mahesh Bhatt.


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