Pooja Bhatt

Personal context

Summary

Pooja Bhatt is an Indian actor and filmmaker known for films including Daddy, Sadak, Tamanna, and Zakhm, and for producing and directing projects such as Jism and Paap. Her work and public comments have often addressed women’s desire, independence, sexual harassment, and gender equality. She has said she dislikes the label “feminist,” while discussing women’s rights and describing a planned film about women’s sexual lives as “deeply political.” In 2020, she spoke at an event opposing the CAA and NRC and called on leaders to listen to women protesting at Shaheen Bagh and Lucknow.