Updated On: 11 September, 2023 09:09 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Years later, in an interview, Pooja Bhatt addressed the media attention the cover received

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Pooja Bhatt got caught in controversy after appearing on a magazine cover with her father Mahesh Bhatt in 1990, where the two kissed on the lips. Years later, in an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Pooja addressed the media attention the cover received.
During the interview, Pooja was asked if she had any regrets regarding her magazine shoot with Mahesh Bhatt, which garnered a lot of attention. Answering the question Pooja said, “No, because I see it very simple, and I think that unfortunately jo hota hai (what happens is), a frozen moment can be represented and misrepresented in anyway. Aur mujhe yaad hai Shah Rukh ne mujhe yeh kaha tha when you have daughters, jab hi aapke bacche chote hai (I remember Shah Rukh had told me that when you have daughters and when your child is small), how often a child just says, ‘Mummy papa give me a kiss’. And they go this way. Main ab bhi is umar mein bhi wahi 10 pound ki bacchi hoon for my father. Vo jindagi bher wahi rahege for me (At this age also I am still a 10 pound child for my father. He will always remain that way for me)."