Online Report 8 Oct 2025 , 3:58 PM Print Edition
Veteran Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt, who is always known for his
outspokenness, often makes comments that move ordinary people.
Now, on his daughter Pooja Bhatt’s podcast, he shared a dark chapter in his life.
He has described the traumatic experience of being abused by an older boy as a child and the subsequent transformation of his relationship with his mother.
The director said that as a child, some older boys bullied him and publicly abused his mother.