'It Was An Innocent Moment...': Pooja Bhatt Finally Addresses Her Viral Lip-Kiss Photo With Father Mahesh Bhatt

Pooja Bhatt addressed the controversy around the kissing photo of her with her father Mahesh Bhatt.

New Delhi: Pooja Bhatt made her OTT debut with 'Bigg Boss OTT 2', after successful careers in Bollywood as an actor and a director. The actor-director has a reputation for being unflinchingly open about her personal and professional life. Pooja Bhatt's kiss with her father Mahesh Bhatt on the cover of a magazine caused a lot of controversy. Pooja finally spoke up about her infamous 1990 magazine cover photo with her father, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. In a recent interview, Pooja discussed whether or not she had any regrets about appearing on the cover in the famous kissing photo.

Pooja Bhatt appeared on Siddharth Kanan’s talk show. Siddharth questioned the actress if she was sorry to be part of the controversial 1990s kissing shot with her father. Pooja responded by saying that the exchange was an "innocent moment" between a child and their parent.

Pooja Bhatt clarified that she had no regrets about it. She said, “I see it very simply, and I think that unfortunately jo hota hai, a frozen moment can be represented and misrepresented in anyway. Aur mujhe yaad hai Shah Rukh ne mujhe yeh kaha tha when you have daughters, jab hi aapke bacche chote hai, how often child just say, ‘Mummy papa give me a kiss’. And they go this way. Mai ab bhi is umer mein bhi wahi 10-pound ki bacchi hoon for my father. Vo jindagi bher wahi rahege for me.”

She added, “So it was a moment that was absolutely innocent which was captured. Aur uske conotation jo hai, jinko padhna hai vo padhge, jinko dekhna hai vo dekhege. Aur mai is cheej ko defend karne nahi baithi. Agr log baap aur beti ke rishte ko alag najariye se dekh sakte hai toh vo kuch bhi kar skte hai. Fir hum baat karte hai family values ki. Bahut kamal ka joke hai. (And there is no need to defend this thing. If people can see the relationship between father and daughter from a different perspective then they can do anything. Then, we talk about family values. This is a very amazing joke)."

Pooja Bhatt is Mahesh Bhatt's oldest daughter from his first marriage to Kiran Bhatt. They have a son named Rahul Bhatt.