Pooja Bhatt is related to the famous Bhatt family of Bollywood and the daughter of Indian film director Mahesh Bhatt. She and her father own a film production company called, Vishesh Films. Pooja Bhatt is a popular Indian film actress, producer and director.

Pooja Bhatt is the daughter of Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt and stepdaughter of Soni Razdan, an actress. Vikram Bhatt is a film screenwriter-director and her cousin. Emraan Hashmi is another cousin of Pooja, who is a popular Bollywood actor. Pooja acted in many films, which were produced and directed by her father.

She married her long-time boyfriend and an admired Channel V VJ, Munish Makhija aka Udham Singh, on August 24, 2003. He is the owner of a restaurant-bar in Goa. She started to act at an age of 17, in 1989 with Daddy, a TV film directed by her father Mahesh Bhatt. In the film she was depicted as a soul-searching teenage girl in a troubled relationship with her alcoholic father, played by actor Anupam Kher. However, the turning point in her life was with the musical hit, Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (1991) opposite Aamir Khan. This film was a remake of the Oscar-winning Hollywood classic "It Happened One Night." After this film, she received the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for the film.

Some of Pooja Bhatt`s well-known films in the 1990s included, Sadak (1991), Junoon (1992), Tamanna (1996), Chaahat (1996), a super-hit and multi-starrer Border (1997) and Zakhm (1998). Her last film appearance was in Everybody Says I`m Fine! in 2001. Since then, she showed her interests in producing and directing. She made her directorial debut in 2004 with Paap, starring John Abraham and Udita Goswami, since then she has made two more directorial ventures, namely Holiday (2006) and Dhokha (2007).

Pooja Bhatt won Filmfare Award for Lux Face of the Year in 1991 and Popular Award for Best debuting Director for Paap in 2005.

Filmography of Pooja Bhatt

As an actress

Film	Year	Film	Year
Everybody Says I`m Fine!	2001	Kranti Kshetra	1994
Yeh Pyaar Hi To Hai	2000	Tadipaar	1993
Zakhm	1998	Pehla Nasha	1993
Angaaray	1998	Chor Aur Chaand	1993
Kabhi Na Kabhi	1998	Sir	1993
Yeh Aashiqui Meri	1998	Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee	1993
Border	1997	Junoon	1992
Tamanna	997	Saatwan Aasman	1992
Chaahat	1996	Jaanam	1992
Angrakshak	1995	Prem Deewane	1992
Hum Dono	1995	Sadak	1991
Guneghar	1995	Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin	1991
Naaraaz	1994	Daddy	1989

As a Producer

Film	Year	Film	Year
Holiday	2006	Jism	2003
Rog	2005	Zakhm	1998
Vaada	2005	Dushman	1998
Paap	2003	Tamanna	1997

As a Director

Film	Year
Dhokha	2007
Holiday	2006
Paap	2003

As a Production Designer

Film	Year
Rog	2005
Paap	2003
Jism	2003

As a Writer

Film	Year
Ab To Aaja Saajan Mere (dialogue)	1994