Pooja Bhatt says Soni Razdan felt guilty about breaking Mahesh Bhatt’s marriage: ‘There is no space for anybody in..’

Pooja Bhatt revealed that her father Mahesh Bhatt had told her about Soni Razdan much before the rest of the world found out.

Actor Pooja Bhatt has revealed that Soni Razdan once struggled with guilt over breaking the marriage of Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt. Pooja shared that she had urged Soni not to carry that burden on herself, adding that it was her father, Mahesh, who first told her about falling in love with Soni long before the world knew about their relationship.

It is believed that Mahesh Bhatt met Soni Razdan during the filming of Saaransh (1984), following which they started dating.

Pooja recalls her conversation with Soni Razdan

Recently, Pooja joined Vickey Lalwani for an interview on his YouTube channel, where she spoke about her father and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, and her bond with Soni Razdan.

During the chat, Pooja looked back at the conversation she had with Soni Razdan in Coonoor, saying, “Soni had a heart-to-heart conversation with me... She said, ‘Pooja, I too feel so guilty, felt very guilty’. I told her with all of my heart, ‘Soni, you could not have broken up a relationship that was together. There is no space for anybody in a relationship that is solid unless there are crevices there or something was lacking so somebody else could come and find that space.’”

Pooja also revealed that her father had told her about Soni Razdan much earlier than the rest of the world did.

She said, “In fact, I knew about Soni before my mother did. He woke me up and said, ‘I have to let you know that I have met this lady and I am going to be moving out. It doesn’t mean that I love you any less, and I will always be there.’ I said agar woh mujhe nahi kahega to kisko kahega? (If he won’t say it to me, then who will he say it to?) I would rather have heard it from my father’s mouth or my mother’s mouth than hear it from Stardust magazine, Cine Blitz or the mohalla.”

Here, Pooja admitted that she did see her mother’s pain, but her parents “always maintained decorum and grace with each other.”

More about Mahesh’s personal life

Mahesh Bhatt was previously married to Kiran Bhatt. They have two children – Pooja and Rahul. Later, Mahesh met Soni Razdan during the shoot of Saaransh. They got married on April 20, 1986, and had Alia Bhatt and Shaheen Bhatt.

In an interview with Simi Garewal in 1998, Soni and Mahesh spoke about the origins of their love and how they overcame obstacles. Asked if she had any resentments towards his first family, Soni said, “For a while, maybe, but that went away over the years.” She added, “We get along very well now, but we’d had our fights. Initially, when we weren’t married, there were problems. But after that, once I got married to him, we’ve been very, very good to each other.”