Pooja Bhatt on her infamous kiss with father Mahesh Bhatt for magazine cover: ‘Shah Rukh told me…’

Bollywood actress Pooja Bhatt, who recently featured in Bigg Boss OTT season 2, opened up about her controversial lip kiss with her father Mahesh Bhatt for a magazine cover in 1990. The Chup actress said that she doesn’t have any regrets about that shoot as it was ‘innocently’ captured and she can’t roll along with how people perceive it. When asked whether she has any regrets of doing that photoshoot, Pooja told Siddharth Kannan, “No, because I see it very simple, and I think that unfortunately jo hota hai (what happens is), 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 (I remember Shah Rukh had told me that when you have daughters and when your child is small), how often a child just says, ‘Mummy papa give me a kiss’. And they go this way. Main ab bhi is umar mein bhi wahi 10 pound ki bacchi hoon for my father. Vo jindagi bher wahi rahege for me (At this age also I am still a 10 pound child for my father. He will always remain that way for me)."

She added, “So it was a moment that was absolutely innocent which was captured. Aur uske connotation jo hai, jinko padhna hai vo padhge, jinko dekhna hai vo dekhege. Aur main is cheej ko defend karne nahi baithi. Agar log baap aur beti ke rishte ko alag najariye se dekh sakte hai toh vo kuch bhi kar sakte hai. Fir hum baat karte hai family values ki. Bahut kamal ka joke hai (Whatever its connotations, people may read it as they want, they will see it as they wish I cannot defend it here. If you want to see the relation between a father and a daughter in a different way then you can do anything. And then we talk about family values. What an amazing joke).” While Pooja Bhatt garnered praises for her strong aura in Bigg Boss OTT season 2, she was impressed the audience for her performance in _Chup_ , which released last year.