Actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt will co-author a book about her battle with substance abuse, which is slated to come out early next year.
“I would like to emphasise that it is not an autobiography. At 45, I am too young to write my memoirs. As they say in film terms, ‘Picture abhi baaki hai, dost’. But I can help others like me deal with their problem by talking about my journey,” Bhatt said.
It has been 10 months since she quit drinking.
“It hasn’t been easy but it hasn’t been too difficult either. A series of chapters in a book called life. It wasn’t planned. As the Diwali lights continue to sparkle around us, please support me on this journey the way you always have through all my films,” added the daughter of veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt.
Bhatt found fame with roles in Daddy, Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin, Sadak and Zakhm. As a director, she has helmed Paap, Kajraare and Jism 2 among others.
It was in March this year that Bhatt spoke up about her battle with substance abuse saying, “If I didn’t quit now, I’d have drank myself to the grave.”
