Mahesh Bhatt On His Father: Mahesh Bhatt recently appeared on Arbaaz Khan’s chat show, where he revealed many secrets related to his life. He said that he had a difficult childhood and was often teased as an “illegitimate child”. Please tell here that Mahesh Bhatt’s Muslim mother was a Muslim, he was named Shireen Mohammad Ali, while his father Nanabhai Bhatt was a Hindu.
Mahesh Bhatt told that because of living in a Hindu area, his mother had to hide her religion. Who hid his identity because he lived in a Hindu area. She said that all she wanted was to be accepted by Mahesh’s father, Nanabhai Bhatt, who was a Hindu man. But since he was already married and had a family of his own, he never gave his mother her due.
Vermilion was filled in demand of dead mother
Mahesh Bhatt recalled that when his mother died in 1998, her last wish was to be buried according to her faith. When his father Nanabhai Bhatt’s father came for the last rites, he applied vermilion on his maang for the first time. Mahesh Bhatt was surprised to see this. He said, “I remember when she died, and my father came with his wife, at that time he put sindoor on her forehead and I said too little too late. It broke me. He never accepted her publicly. Wanted a picture of him doing it.”
When Mahesh told his father about his mother’s last wish, he refused to accompany her to the Shia cemetery. He said, “I told her that she told me that she wanted to be buried where her mother is buried in the Shia cemetery. I looked at her face and her face turned white. And she said (with folded hands ) I’m sorry son, my religion doesn’t allow me to go there. It broke my heart.”
Told my father – I am a son.
The earth director said that he did not get angry at that time, and told his father, “I said ‘Main to beta hoon, mujhe to jaana padega jaise unke kaha hain. Woh right to uparwala bhi nahi nakar kar sakte me.'” Mahesh Bhatt concluded that his father was a “prisoner of his upbringing”, but the episode scarred him for life. I still have tears in my eyes. He emotionally shared. Bhatt’s 1998 film Zakhm The film was based on her childhood, with her daughter Pooja Bhatt playing a character based on her mother.
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