MUMBAI: Pooja Bhatt, an actress and director, frequently makes news. She actually developed a sizable fan base as a result of her participation in Bigg Boss OTT 2. After making her acting debut in the Mahesh Bhatt-directed movie Daddy at the age of just 17, Pooja talked out about leaving the business at a relatively young age in a recent interview.

Pooja Bhatt recently revealed to Siddharth Kanan that she was only 17 years old when she acted in her first movie, Daddy.

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She said, "After Daddy, Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin, Sadak was like a hat-trick. At 19 I was a superstar, by 24 the industry said, ‘Yeh toh khatam ho chuki hai (she is over). So I said this is the only industry in the world where at 24 when most people are just starting out, you have reached the height of stardom, they have already brought you down to the pits saying you are finished."

Pooja also discussed why she gave up acting at the age of 25 and worked behind the camera. She stated, "At the age of 25 I started my production (house), made Tammanna. I won my first National Award, I got a sense of self-gratification, and I got my self-esteem back for making a film like that. I traveled throughout the country, met people, and that film raised money for charity, I got my National Award. Then I made Dushman with Kajol, then I made Zakhm, and the rest is history."

Additionally, Bhatt revealed that for 21 years, she didn't appear in front of the camera because all she did was produce and direct movies. She claimed that she had embraced the end of her stardom period and the beginning of her new phase of life as a filmmaker. Jism 2 was Pooja's most recent movie, in which she also introduced Sunny Leone.

Pooja Bhatt returned to acting in 2021 with Netflix's Bombay Begums after nearly two decades away from the world of glitz. She mentioned, "I thought it was over for me, and then Alankrita Shrivastava and Bornila (Chatterjee) sent me the script of Bombay Begums. I told them that I had shut this door and that I was not an actor anymore, but they asked me to give it a read. When I read it, I felt it was amazing, I have to play this part. After 21 years I made a comeback.”

Pooja recently won the position of fourth runner-up after taking part in Bigg Boss OTT 2.

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