Mahesh Bhatt

Name: Mahesh Bhatt

Age: 60 Years

Birthday: June 5th, 1952

Zodiac: Gemini

Personal Life: Mukesh Bhatt was the son of Nanabhai Bhatt, a Hindi film director and producer. Bhatt has a daughter, Sakshi and a son, Vishesh.

Awards:

i) In 1992, his film Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin, was mominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Movie.

ii) In 1999, his film Ghulam, was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Movie.

iii) In 2003, his film Raaz was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Movie.

iv) In 2005, he was nominated for the Zee Cine Awards – Popular Award for Best Producer of the Year, for his film Murder.

Biography: Bhatt started his first career with producering Jurm in 1990, along with Vinod Khanna. Though the film was not quite successful. Thereafter, he teamed up with Gulshan Kumar to produce Aashiqui, a love story in 1990. It starred Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal. The direction of the film was done by his brother, Mahesh Bhatt. The films succeeding Aashiqui were all big hits. Some of these were Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991) and Sadak (1991). All these films starred, Pooja Bhatt along side other renowned actors such as Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt, and Rahul Roy.

Bhatt went on to produce more films in the following years, such as, Sir in 1993, which starred Naseeruddin Shah, Naajayaz in 1995, Criminal also in the same year, and Fareb in 1996. His 1998 film Ghulam, was also very successful. In 1999, he produced Sangharsh which starred Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta, which was yet another successful venture for him. He also produced horror films, Raaz in 2002, its sequel Raaz – The Mystery Continues in 2009, and Raaz 3: The Third Dimension, in 2012. In 2004, he started off his nephew, Emraan Hashmi’s acting career, on the big screen, with the film, Footpath, which also starred Bipasha Basu. Some of the recent films, which he produced include, Zeher (2005), Kalyug (2005), Gangster (2006), Woh Lamhe (2006), Jannat (2008), Tum Mile (2009), and Crook (2010).