<div>Bollywood filmmaker-actress Pooja Bhatt is all set to make her acting comeback after a gap of 18 years in a film, written by her father Mahesh Bhatt.<br /><br />The 43-old-actress had made her acting debut in 1989 with "Daddy", directed by Mahesh. The film was about a young daughter who decides to save her father from getting destroyed at the hands of alcoholism with help of her unconditional love and care.<br /><br />Pooja said the new film will be "reverse" of "Daddy". "I am acting in a film. It is like 'Daddy', but we are doing a reverse version of it. It's about an ambitious woman, who gets busy chasing her career and in-turn leaves her daughter to earn money and fame," Pooja told PTI.<br /><br />"She is seen depressed and drunk, before realising that she needs to make amends for her acts," she said.<br /><br />Post her debut, the actress went on to do films like "Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin", "Sadak" and "Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee".<br /><br />Pooja, who was last seen on the big screen in the 1998 Mahesh Bhat-directed drama "Zakhm", has no qualms in not doing many films as she refused to simply be an "arm-candy".<br /><br />"I didn't do many films because I refused to be an arm candy. When my father retired from direction, I stopped acting too. But today people are telling many good stories and who better than my father to write one. That is why I decided to act," she said.<br /><br />The yet-untitled film will start rolling this year, after the makers find a director. "We are still looking for a director who will do justice to the material. My father will never direct a film again. He has said it many times and I didn't try to coax him to direct this one either," she said. Pooja, meanwhile, is working on her next directorial venture, "Jism 3".</div>
<div>Bollywood filmmaker-actress Pooja Bhatt is all set to make her acting comeback after a gap of 18 years in a film, written by her father Mahesh Bhatt.<br /><br />The 43-old-actress had made her acting debut in 1989 with "Daddy", directed by Mahesh. The film was about a young daughter who decides to save her father from getting destroyed at the hands of alcoholism with help of her unconditional love and care.<br /><br />Pooja said the new film will be "reverse" of "Daddy". "I am acting in a film. It is like 'Daddy', but we are doing a reverse version of it. It's about an ambitious woman, who gets busy chasing her career and in-turn leaves her daughter to earn money and fame," Pooja told PTI.<br /><br />"She is seen depressed and drunk, before realising that she needs to make amends for her acts," she said.<br /><br />Post her debut, the actress went on to do films like "Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin", "Sadak" and "Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee".<br /><br />Pooja, who was last seen on the big screen in the 1998 Mahesh Bhat-directed drama "Zakhm", has no qualms in not doing many films as she refused to simply be an "arm-candy".<br /><br />"I didn't do many films because I refused to be an arm candy. When my father retired from direction, I stopped acting too. But today people are telling many good stories and who better than my father to write one. That is why I decided to act," she said.<br /><br />The yet-untitled film will start rolling this year, after the makers find a director. "We are still looking for a director who will do justice to the material. My father will never direct a film again. He has said it many times and I didn't try to coax him to direct this one either," she said. Pooja, meanwhile, is working on her next directorial venture, "Jism 3".</div>