Pooja Bhatt backs in acting career after 18 years gap

Mumbai, Jan 12: Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter, Pooja Bhatt, who is returning to the silver screen after a gap of 18 years with Sadak 2, had said goodbye to acting but then it pulled her back. She believes women start blooming in their forties but somehow they are not represented correctly on the screen whereas men continue to play characters half their age.

 “I had said bye-bye to acting in a way but once an actor always an actor. Life has got other plans for me. Like I did not want to be an actor, I wanted to be an architect or astronaut and ‘Daddy’ happened and the rest is history”. she said.

Known for her films such as Daddy, Sadak and Zakhm, Pooja will reprise her role in the sequel of Sadak, that marks the return of her filmmaker father Mahesh Bhatt to direction.

Pooja, whose last film as an actor was “Everybody Says I’m Fine” in 2001, will also be seen in a web series based on Abheek Barua’s book called ‘A City of Death’. Set in Kolkata, the story revolves around an alcoholic female cop in her 40s, who is sent to investigate a crime of passion. Sadak 2, Sanjay Dutt and Pooja will be seen playing the older couple while Pooja’s younger sister Alia Bhatt and Aditya Roy Kapur are the young pair.