Published 09:20 IST, September 7th 2019
Pooja Bhatt rubbishes Mahesh Bhatt's death hoax
Social media was abuzz with reports saying that filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt suffered a heart attack and he is no more. Pooja Bhatt posted clarification with pictures
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On Friday, social media was abuzz with Alia Bhatt's far and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's death rumours. It even went furr with his elder daughter Pooja Bhatt receiving calls inquiring about same. Pooja later took to her Twitter handle to post pictures of his 'fit and fine' far and rubbished death hoax going around. She clarified that her far did t have any heart attack and is certainly 't dead'. She concluded by saying that he is 'his usual self, living dangerously and kicking' (in his red shoes).
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Talking to an entertainment portal, Mahesh Bhatt's bror Mukesh said: "My bror is perfectly fine. He is hale and hearty. And, he is hectically involved in making most memorable film of his life Sadak 2." Why did this happen suddenly, you may wonder? It is because CINTAA (Cine and TV artists association) took to ir Facebook handle to post about Gujarati actor Mahesh Bhatt's demise. People confused it with filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and rumours started floating immediately. Take a look -
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MAHESH BHATT'S 'SADAK 2'
Mahesh Bhatt is set to return to direction with "Sadak 2", after a hiatus of 19 years. Alia, who is also part of cast of film, which is a sequel to Bhatt's 1991 film, made anuncement on her far's 70th birthday. "On your 70th birthday you have given me greatest present I could ask and dream for. Your are directing me! 'Sadak 2' is a dream come true..."
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Sadak 2: Alia Bhatt to showcase her vocal skills once again, in her first film with far Mahesh Bhatt
This is first time Bhatt will direct actor. Pooja Bhatt and Sanjay Dutt, original leads, also star in film, along with new entrant Aditya Roy Kapur. original film was story of a taxi driver (Sanjay) trying to rescue woman he loves (Pooja) from a brol. It also featured Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Maharani, brol's owner and Soni Razdan.
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"Sadak 2" is slated to release on March 25, 2020.
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(With PTI inputs)
09:17 IST, September 7th 2019