https://twitter.com/PoojaB1972/status/1444677163970531333?s=19
After Salman, Pooja comes out to support SRK.
Peeps on twitter having a lovely meltdown about this lmao.
New Delhi: Pooja Bhatt, who battled alcoholism and eventually quit drinking on Christmas 2016, on Friday (read Flashback Friday) recollected an incident when a "stranger" boosted her confidence towards sobriety. The actress-turned-filmmaker in an Instagram post shared another page from her 'sobriety diaries,' in which she said that 10 months after she quit drinking she called her "regular booze supplier" to stock up red wine for her guests ("as I would never want to impose my sobriety on anyone else"). Pooja Bhatt said that she was "moved beyond belief" hearing the supplier's reply when she told him the wine was for her guests. It was: "Mujhe pata chala tha, issi liye jab aapka phone aaya, toh mera dil ghabra gaya." Pooja Bhatt said she was probably one of his top customers and yet he was "worried about me breaking my resolve to not drink."
"Some of my very own wanted me to fail and here was this intimate stranger who was rooting for me to stick to my course. It would be extremely profitable to this man if I started drinking again and yet he wanted me to stay sober. It is these instances of virtuousness that work as the glue that keeps this rather broken world together," she wrote.
Pooja Bhatt has been very vocal about her battle with alcoholism and she frequently shares posts, which reveal how far she's come and her progress. Recently, she was posted about the irony of having 'saved' an alcoholic father in her debut film Daddy only to battle drinking problem herself.
When Pooja Bhatt was trolled and called "a known alcoholic" for calling Amitabh Bachchan out for his no comment comment on the Kathua and Unnao rape cases, she made a spectacular comeback by saying: "A 'recovering' alcoholic and proud of it! In a country where people don't even acknowledge they have a drinking problem, let alone discuss it I am grateful to stand away from the crowd that considers holding your frailties to light shameful."
Pooja Bhatt is the elder of Mahesh Bhatt's two children with his first wife Kiran. Rahul Bhatt, a fitness enthusiast, is her brother. Actress Alia Bhatt and Shaheen are Pooja's half-sisters (born to Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan).
Pooja Bhatt was among the top crop of actresses in the Nineties and has featured in films such as Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin and Sadak. She is currently busy with the sequel of Sadak.
https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pooja-bhatt-on-sobriety-when-some-of-my-own-wanted-me-to-fail-a-stranger-rooted-for-me-1847240
Pooja called it laughable to be accused of promoting only industry insiders with her production company and movies. “Have been asked to comment on the hot topic Nepotism that people are raging about. As someone who hails from a ‘family’ that has launched more new talent-actors,musicians & technicians,than the entire film industry combined I can only laugh.Facts don’t find takers. Fiction does,” she said.
She added how the ‘Bhatt camp’ was earlier notorious for not working with established stars and was deemed arrogant for it. “There was a time when the Bhatt’s were accused of having something against established actors & made to feel inferior for only working with/launching newcomers & not chasing stars. And now the same people play the nepotism card? Google & tweet guys & won’t even say think & speak.” she said.
Pooja added, “Toh yeh ‘Nepotism’ shabd se kissi aur Ko zalil karne ki koshish karo doston (Then try to humiliate someone else with this words friends). The people who have found their way into the movies through the springboard we provided over the decades know what we stand for. And if they have forgotten,It’s their tragedy. Not ours.Have a great day.”
On Kangana -
Pooja also addressed Kangana Ranaut in a tweet, who has been among the most vocal actors against nepotism in Bollywood. “As for Kangana Ranaut-She is a great talent,if not she wouldn’t have been launched by Vishesh films in “Gangster”.Yes Anurag Basu discovered her,but Vishesh Films backed his vision & invested in the film. No small feat. Here’s wishing her the very best in all her endeavours,” she said. Kangana’s debut film, Gangster, was produced by Vishesh Films.
