When Pooja Bhatt was in her late teen years, a photo of her kissing her father Mahesh Bhatt was published on a magazine’s cover. The photos of this photoshoot are still in talk among the public as it seems unusual to see a father kiss his daughter and get its picture published even today.
Pooja Bhatt, who doesn’t seem to care what people think of the photo, opened up in a recent interview, calling the act ‘innocent’. She stated, “No, because I see it very simple, and I think that unfortunately jo hota hai, 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, how often child just say, ‘Mummy papa give me a kiss’. And they go this way. Mai ab bhi is umer mein bhi wahi 10 pound ki bacchi hoon for my father. Vo jindagi bher wahi rahege for me.”
She went on justifying it stating, “So it was a moment that was absolutely innocent which was captured. Aur uske conotation jo hai, jinko padhna hai vo padhge, jinko dekhna hai vo dekhege. Aur mai is cheej ko defend karne nahi baithi. Agr log baap aur beti ke rishte ko alag najariye se dekh sakte hai toh vo kuch bhi kar skte hai. Fir hum baat karte hai family values ki. Bahut kamal ka joke hai.”
