Curiosidades

Cousin of actor Anwar Hashmi. Anwar acted in Baharon Ke Manzil (1968). He is also the father of Emraan Hashmi.

Uncle to Milan Luthria . Milan's grandmother and Mahesh Bhatt's mom, actress Shirin were sister's. Milan's mother was involved with director Raj Khosla while he was already married. They had a son, who is Milan Luthria. Milan's mother eventually married Arjun Luthria ( Brother of actor Sudhir). Arjun adopted Milan and gave him his name Milan Arjun Luthria.

Mahesh Bhatt's mom Shirin Banu and Emraan Hashmi grandmother actress Purnima ( Zanjeer) were biological sisters.

He was the former best friend of veteran director late. Raj Khosla from 60s era.

He has directed the two films for Ajay Devgn - as ; Najaayaz (1995) & Zakhm (1998) respectively.

Father of Pooja Bhatt

Son of Nanabhai Bhatt

Nephew of Balwant Bhatt

Uncle to actress Smiley Suri . Smiley's mom was Mahesh' s sister .

Son of actress Shirin from the 1930s.

Mahesh's elder sister Sheila was married to producer Darshan Sabharwal (Suneel and Darmesh Darshan's father).

Uncle to actress Onjolee Nair (Holiday-2006).

Sister's name is Heena Suri (Mother of Mohit and Smiley Suri).

Father of Aliya Bhatt.

Brother of Robin Bhatt.

Mahesh is a major fan of actor Jeffrey Tambor, who he also bares a striking resemblance to.

On being told that he looked like Hollywood actor Jeffrey Tambor, Mahesh stated he would love to cast Jeffrey Tambor in a film directed by him.

Father of assistant director, writer Shaheen Bhatt.

Brother of Parmesh Bhatt.

Cousin of cinematographer Kirit Bhatt.

Sister is producer Kumkum Sehgal.

Sister named Mamta from his dad's first marriage.

Son Rahul Bhatt was going to make his debut as a child actor in the film Girvee with Ajay Devgan and Pooja Bhatt. The film got shelved.

Cousin of assistant director,director Babloo Sheshadri. Babloo is the grandson of Ram Sheshadri Ayangar ( actress Poornima's father). Emraan Hashmi is the grandson of Poornima.

Despite the same surname, he is not related to Vijay Bhatt and his family (Arun Bhatt, Pravin Bhatt, Vikram Bhatt).

Daughter Shaheen acted in the film Daddy as a child actress.

Was best friends with sound recordist Dinesh Chaturvedi until they had a falling out.

Sister in law is model Tina Razdan (Soni Razdan sister).

Was directing Aron Govil Films "Paltan" in 1993. Starring Deepak Zaveri, Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Mushtaq Khan. Produced by Aron Govil. The film got shelved.

Father in law to Ranbir Kapoor.

He was to direct a shelved film titled "Baadshah" 1975 ; Starring :- Vinod Khanna , Hema Malini , Om Shivpuri & Pran. ; Written & Produced by - Nanabhai Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; The project or film got shelved.

He was to direct a shelved film titled "Dosti Aur Farz" 1976 ; Starring :- Vinod Khanna , Rekha , Kabir Bedi , Shanana Azmi & Danny Dengzongpa. ; Written by - Robin Bhatt ; Produced by - Raj Khosla ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; This project or film got shelved.

He was to direct a shelved film titled "Barf Ke Phool" 1979 ; Starring :- Vinod Khanna , Mithun Chakraborty , Rekha & Shabana Azmi with Iftekhar Ahmed. ; Written & Produced by - Raj Khosla ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; the film got shelved.

He was to be direct a first "Vishesh Films" established shelved film titled "Ab Meri Baari" 1981 ; Starring :- Dev Anand , Rishi Kapoor , Preveen Babi & Tina Munim with Rekha & Amrish Puri. ; Wriiten by - Dev Anand himself & Robin Bhatt ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. But this precious & expensive project film got shelved.

He was about to direct a multi-starrier shelved film titled "Agnee" or "Agni" in 1982 ; Starring :- Anil Kapoor , Raj Babbar , Raj Kiran , Gulshan Grover , Shakti Kapoor , Khulbushan Kharbanda , Dalip Tahil & Tej Sapru with Shanana Azmi & Smita Patil. ; Written & Produced by - Suraj Sanim ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; but this ambitious project film also got shelved.

He was to direct a shelved film titled "Jazbaa" 1980 ; Starring :- Dharmendra , Vinod Khanna , Rajendra Kumar , Praveen Babi , Zeenat Aman & Hema Malini with Prem Nath. Written & Produced by - Nanabhai Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; but the film was got eventually shelved.

He was to direct a shelved film "Baba Productions" titled "Naamkaran" 1984 ; Starring :- Anil Kapoor , Kumar Gaurav , Raj Babbar , Amrish Puri , Anupam Kher & Smita Patil. ; Written & Produced by - Nanabhai Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; but due to the ill health of his father ; the film plans were scrapped & dropped.

He was about to made & direct a big-budget expensive hit shelved film "Kumar Productions" titled "Raasta" 1985 ; Starring :- Kumar Gaurav , Poonam Dhillon , Anupam Kher , Paresh Rawal , Rohini Hattangadi & Paintal with Amol Palekar. ; Written by - Salim-Javed ; Produced by - Rajendra Kumar ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; then later the film got shelved.

He was about to launched & made debuts of Dev Anand's sons in a shelved film titled "Aashiq" 1981 ; Starring :- Deepak Anand , Tanvi Azim , Suniel Anand , Deepti Naval , Robert Khan & Neena Gupta with Ramesh Deo. ; Written & Produced by - Dev Anand ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; this film was marks the debut of his both sons but due to some issues , the film got shelved.

He was to direct a shelved film "Vishesh Films" titled "Rakshak" 1987 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Vinod Khanna , Amrita Singh , Anita Raj , Raj Babbar , Paresh Rawal , Anupam Kher , Vikram Gokhale , Pradeep Singh Rawat & Avatar Gill. ; Written by - Robin Bhatt ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; but after some times later the project or film got shelved.

He was to direct a mini T.V series theatrical film titled "Zameen" in 1988 ; Starring :- Hema Malini , Anupam Kher , Brando Bakshi , Nilopher , Guddi Maruti , Kennet Desai , Anant Jog , Anang Desai , Homi Wadia , Harsh Chhaya & Khushboo. ; Produced by - Hema Malini herself & P.Raghunath. ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; but due to some unknown reasons , the film got shelved.

He was to direct an another shelved film "Vishesh Films" in the same year titled "Kasoor" 1988 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Dimple Kapadia , Paresh Rawal , Anupam Kher , Mahesh Anand , Gavin Packard , Mushtaq Khan & Avatar Gill. ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; then later after some time , the film got shelved.

He was to direct a shelved film "Vishesh Films" titled "Mushkil" 1989 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Madhuri Dixit , Raj Babbar , Preeti Sapru , Suresh Oberoi , Sarika Haasan , Mukesh Khanna , Tinnu Anand & Avatar Gill. ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; due to actors date issues problems , the film got shelved.

He was to be directed the multiple ventures limited shelved film titled "Buniyaad" in 1989 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Vinod Khanna , Mithun Chakraborty , Amrita Singh , Meenakshi Sheshadri & Dimple Kapadia with Paresh Rawal & Anupam Kher. ; Produced by - Kumud Saigal ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film or project got shelved.

He was to direct a "Vishesh Films" shelved film titled "Lootera" 1989 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Javed Jaffery , Gulshan Grover , Pratibha Sinha , Sonu Walia & Monica Bedi with Danny Denzongpa. ; Written by - Robin Bhatt & Akash Khurrana ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; this film was called off as per the co-operate problems or issues.

He was to be direct a shelved film titled "Karzdaar" 1988 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Vinod Khanna , Jackie Shroff , Nazia Hussain & Mehmood Ali with Anupam Kher & Satish Kaushik. ; Produced by - Anwar Ali. ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film got shelved due to financial problems.

He was to be direct the shelved film titled "Shatruta" (Visfot) in 1983 ; Starring :- Vinod Khanna , Rekha , Naseeruddin Shah , Shabana Azmi , Suresh Oberoi , Shammi Kapoor , Khulbushan Kharbanda , Pran & Dr. Shreeram Lagoo. Produced by - Johnny Bakshi ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film or project got shelved due to delaying in shoot the film.

He was to be direct the shelved film titled "Naaraaz" 1987 ; Starring :- Kumar Gaurav , Madhuri Dixit , Naseeruddin Shah , Rakhee Gulzar & Amrish Puri with Gulshan Grover. ; Written by - Salim Khan ; Produced by - Rajendra Kumar ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film got shelved & called off from production.

He was to direct a "Vishesh Films" shelved film titled "Footpath" 1988 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Jackie Shroff , Chunkey Pandey , Sangeeta Bijlani , Rekha , Sharat Saxena , Gulshan Grover & Avatar Gill. ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film or project got shelved due to unknown reasons.

He was to direct a "Vishesh Films" shelved film titled "Siyasat" 1986 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Smita Patil , Neelam Kothari , Raj Babbar , Paresh Rawal , Anupam Kher & Avatar Gill. ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film got shelved & canceled.