Muzammil Ibrahim Says He Had Nightmares Over Pooja Bhatt's Abuse On Set: 'I'd Pray To Allah To Save Me'
Actor Muzammil Ibrahim shares his traumatic experience working with Pooja Bhatt, revealing abuse and its impact on his mental health.
Model-actor Muzammil Ibrahim made shocking confessions about his experience filming the 2007 movie Dhoka, claiming that working under director Pooja Bhatt left him emotionally scarred. In a new interview with Siddharth Kannan on his podcast, the actor opened up about the trauma he allegedly endured on set, revealing how it impacted his mental health.
Opening up on the traumatic experience, Muzammil said, 'Pooja Bhatt had a temperament which was very difficult and disrespectful towards actors. Mahesh Bhatt used to like me a lot. But Pooja said a lot of things about me. I don't want to go into the details of it. I was very respectful towards her, but she had a very abusive nature. She was extremely abusive."
The actor recalled how difficult the experience was for him. 'I went through hell during its shoot. I suffered a lot, and I was very young. I got into depression because of it. I used to have nightmares. Every morning, I would pray to Allah to save me from her."
Muzammil also claimed that Mahesh Bhatt was aware of the tension on set but was unable to fully intervene. 'He would ask Pooja to not behave with me like that, but she would do it when he was not around. The crew members and even Mukesh Bhatt told me stories about Pooja's behaviour and temper."
Due to the experience, Muzammil said he turned down future offers from the Bhatt camp. 'I was scared to work with the Bhatts again. Mahesh sir was very keen on casting me in Raaz 2. Even Soni Razdan pursued me for doing their films, but I refused all of them."
He further shared that after the film's release, Pooja Bhatt allegedly spoke poorly about him in the press. He recalled, 'I was called names in the media and accused of being unprofessional, but I didn't respond. I feared being boycotted."
Muzammil Ibrahim is best remembered for the hit remix track Pardesiya alongside Rakhi Sawant and films like Horn 'Ok' Pleassss and Will You Marry Me?. His last appearance was in the web series Special Ops.
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