Pooja Bhatt reflects on viral kissing photo with father Mahesh Bhatt

Bollywood actress Pooja Bhatt recently made headlines for her stint in television reality show. Well this is not the first time the actress was all over the news. One such instance dates back to 1994 when Pooja Bhatt, and Mahesh Bhatt, graced the cover of a magazine in a manner that sent shockwaves through the industry and beyond. The photograph in question depicted a seemingly affectionate kiss exchanged between Pooja and her father.

Recently, Pooja opened up about this iconic magazine cover during an interview with Siddharth Kannan. The conversation veered toward the viral photograph, and Pooja was asked whether she regretted the intimate moment it captured. In her candid style, she responded, "No, because I see it very simply, and I think that unfortunately, what happens is that a frozen moment can be both represented and misrepresented in countless ways."

Pooja went on to recall a valuable piece of advice she once received from Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. "I remember Shah Rukh once told me that when you have kids, often the child asks the parents to give them a kiss. And they go this way. Even at this age, I'm still the same 10-pound kid for my father. He will always remain the same for me," she shared.

Undoubtedly, the viral magazine cover was an innocent moment, according to Pooja Bhatt. She expressed her viewpoint by saying, "It was an innocent moment captured which has been connoted in so many ways. People will perceive it in various manners, and I'm not going to sit here and defend it. If someone can question a father-daughter bond like this, they are capable of thinking the worst."

For the unversed Pooja Bhatt is the eldest daughter of Mahesh Bhatt from his first marriage with Kiran Bhatt. Together, they also have a son named Rahul Bhatt. Later on, Mahesh Bhatt tied the knot with Soni Razdan in 1986.