According to Pooja Bhatt, she was anxious about playing a role in Mahesh Bhatt’s semi-autobiographical film Zakhm that was based on her real-life grandmother.
In Zakhm, Pooja Bhatt portrayed a single mother and Kunal Khemu portrayed her small son. In the movie, which also starred Nagarjuna and Sonali Bendre, Ajay Devgn played his older son.
“To be honest, I was apprehensive about taking on the duty of impersonating my grandma, and I tried my hardest to urge to my father that we replace her with another actress, but my Father didn’t give me an option,” Pooja said in an interview with ETimes. I am, he said. Pooja, I’m not asking. You are acting out this part, I’m telling you. The conversation ended there. What follows is history. fortunate to portray my grandma; the saree I wore during the song was actually hers.
I will always be appreciative to my father for it. My grandma Shireen also owned the “mangalsutra” that I wore in the movie. Also, the house set we had was an exact copy of the one where my father lived. being raised. the boy. Some of the most wonderful occasions in my life occurred while I was in front of the camera and in the space I shared with Kunal (Kemmu).”
In exposing the divide that religion-based politics causes to society and the unity that is possible among fellow citizens, Zakhm was praised by critics for fostering national integration.
Pooja Bhatt’s 2019 tweet.
Pooja remembered her grandmother a few years ago, and she revealed that she was a Muslim woman who used to accompany Pooja as a young child to the Siddhivinayak temple in Bombay every Tuesday. “On December 15th, 1998, our movie #Zakhm underwent censorship. The true essence of India can be seen in a movie in which I had the honour of portraying my grandmother Shirin Nanabhai Bhatt, a Muslim woman who used to accompany me to the Siddhivinayak Temple every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday “2019. She tweeted.