- Mahesh Bhatt's mom Shirin Banu and Emraan Hashmi grandmother actress Purnima ( Zanjeer) were biological sisters.
- Cousin of actor Anwar Hashmi. Anwar acted in Baharon Ke Manzil (1968). He is also the father of Emraan Hashmi.
- Uncle to Milan Luthria . Milan's grandmother and Mahesh Bhatt's mom, actress Shirin were sister's. Milan's mother was involved with director Raj Khosla while he was already married. They had a son, who is Milan Luthria. Milan's mother eventually married Arjun Luthria ( Brother of actor Sudhir). Arjun adopted Milan and gave him his name Milan Arjun Luthria.
- Father of Pooja Bhatt
- Son of Nanabhai Bhatt
- Nephew of Balwant Bhatt
- Uncle to actress Smiley Suri . Smiley's mom was Mahesh' s sister .
- Son of actress Shirin from the 1930s.
- Mahesh's elder sister Sheila was married to producer Darshan Sabharwal (Suneel and Darmesh Darshan's father).
- Uncle to actress Onjolee Nair (Holiday-2006).
- Sister's name is Heena Suri (Mother of Mohit and Smiley Suri).
- Father of Aliya Bhatt.
- Brother of Robin Bhatt.
- Mahesh is a major fan of actor Jeffrey Tambor, who he also bares a striking resemblance to.
- On being told that he looked like Hollywood actor Jeffrey Tambor, Mahesh stated he would love to cast Jeffrey Tambor in a film directed by him.
- Father of assistant director, writer Shaheen Bhatt.
- Brother of Parmesh Bhatt.
- Cousin of cinematographer Kirit Bhatt.
- Niece is producer Kumkum Sehgal. She is the daughter of Mahesh's late sister Hina Suri.
- Sister named Mamta from his dad's first marriage.
- Son Rahul Bhatt was going to make his debut as a child actor in the film Girvee with Ajay Devgan and Pooja Bhatt. The film got shelved.
- Cousin of assistant director,director Babloo Sheshadri. Babloo is the grandson of Ram Sheshadri Ayangar ( actress Poornima's father). Emraan Hashmi is the grandson of Poornima.
- Despite the same surname, he is not related to Vijay Bhatt and his family (Arun Bhatt, Pravin Bhatt, Vikram Bhatt).
- Daughter Shaheen acted in the film Daddy as a child actress.
- Was best friends with sound recordist Dinesh Chaturvedi until they had a falling out.
- Sister in law is model Tina Razdan (Soni Razdan sister).
- Was directing Aron Govil Films "Paltan" in 1993. Starring Deepak Zaveri, Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Mushtaq Khan. Produced by Aron Govil. The film got shelved.
- Father in law to Ranbir Kapoor.
- He was to direct a shelved film titled "Baadshah" 1975 ; Starring :- Vinod Khanna , Hema Malini , Om Shivpuri & Pran. ; Written & Produced by - Nanabhai Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; The project or film got shelved.
- He was to direct a shelved film titled "Dosti Aur Farz" 1976 ; Starring :- Vinod Khanna , Rekha , Kabir Bedi , Shanana Azmi & Danny Dengzongpa. ; Written by - Robin Bhatt ; Produced by - Raj Khosla ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; This project or film got shelved.
- He was to direct a shelved film titled "Barf Ke Phool" 1979 ; Starring :- Vinod Khanna , Mithun Chakraborty , Rekha & Shabana Azmi with Iftekhar Ahmed. ; Written & Produced by - Raj Khosla ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; the film got shelved.
- He was to be direct a first "Vishesh Films" established shelved film titled "Ab Meri Baari" 1981 ; Starring :- Dev Anand , Rishi Kapoor , Preveen Babi & Tina Munim with Rekha & Amrish Puri. ; Wriiten by - Dev Anand himself & Robin Bhatt ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. But this precious & expensive project film got shelved.
- He was about to direct a multi-starrier shelved film titled "Agnee" or "Agni" in 1982 ; Starring :- Anil Kapoor , Raj Babbar , Raj Kiran , Gulshan Grover , Shakti Kapoor , Khulbushan Kharbanda , Dalip Tahil & Tej Sapru with Shanana Azmi & Smita Patil. ; Written & Produced by - Suraj Sanim ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; but this ambitious project film also got shelved.
- He was to direct a shelved film titled "Jazbaa" 1980 ; Starring :- Dharmendra , Vinod Khanna , Rajendra Kumar , Praveen Babi , Zeenat Aman & Hema Malini with Prem Nath. Written & Produced by - Nanabhai Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; but the film was got eventually shelved.
- He was to direct a shelved film "Baba Productions" titled "Naamkaran" 1984 ; Starring :- Anil Kapoor , Kumar Gaurav , Raj Babbar , Amrish Puri , Anupam Kher & Smita Patil. ; Written & Produced by - Nanabhai Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; but due to the ill health of his father ; the film plans were scrapped & dropped.
- He was about to made & direct a big-budget expensive hit shelved film "Kumar Productions" titled "Raasta" 1985 ; Starring :- Kumar Gaurav , Poonam Dhillon , Anupam Kher , Paresh Rawal , Rohini Hattangadi & Paintal with Amol Palekar. ; Written by - Salim-Javed ; Produced by - Rajendra Kumar ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; then later the film got shelved.
- He was about to launched & made debuts of Dev Anand's sons in a shelved film titled "Aashiq" 1981 ; Starring :- Deepak Anand , Tanvi Azim , Suniel Anand , Deepti Naval , Robert Khan & Neena Gupta with Ramesh Deo. ; Written & Produced by - Dev Anand ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt ; this film was marks the debut of his both sons but due to some issues , the film got shelved.
- He was to direct a shelved film "Vishesh Films" titled "Rakshak" 1987 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Vinod Khanna , Amrita Singh , Anita Raj , Raj Babbar , Paresh Rawal , Anupam Kher , Vikram Gokhale , Pradeep Singh Rawat & Avatar Gill. ; Written by - Robin Bhatt ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; but after some times later the project or film got shelved.
- He was to direct a mini T.V series theatrical film titled "Zameen" in 1988 ; Starring :- Hema Malini , Anupam Kher , Brando Bakshi , Nilopher , Guddi Maruti , Kennet Desai , Anant Jog , Anang Desai , Homi Wadia , Harsh Chhaya & Khushboo. ; Produced by - Hema Malini herself & P.Raghunath. ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; but due to some unknown reasons , the film got shelved.
- He was to direct an another shelved film "Vishesh Films" in the same year titled "Kasoor" 1988 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Dimple Kapadia , Paresh Rawal , Anupam Kher , Mahesh Anand , Gavin Packard , Mushtaq Khan & Avatar Gill. ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; then later after some time , the film got shelved.
- He was to direct a shelved film "Vishesh Films" titled "Mushkil" 1989 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Madhuri Dixit , Raj Babbar , Preeti Sapru , Suresh Oberoi , Sarika Haasan , Mukesh Khanna , Tinnu Anand & Avatar Gill. ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; due to actors date issues problems , the film got shelved.
- He was to be directed the multiple ventures limited shelved film titled "Buniyaad" in 1989 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Vinod Khanna , Mithun Chakraborty , Amrita Singh , Meenakshi Sheshadri & Dimple Kapadia with Paresh Rawal & Anupam Kher. ; Produced by - Kumud Saigal ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film or project got shelved.
- He was to direct a "Vishesh Films" shelved film titled "Lootera" 1989 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Javed Jaffery , Gulshan Grover , Pratibha Sinha , Sonu Walia & Monica Bedi with Danny Denzongpa. ; Written by - Robin Bhatt & Akash Khurrana ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; this film was called off as per the co-operate problems or issues.
- He was to be direct a shelved film titled "Karzdaar" 1988 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Vinod Khanna , Jackie Shroff , Nazia Hussain & Mehmood Ali with Anupam Kher & Satish Kaushik. ; Produced by - Anwar Ali. ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film got shelved due to financial problems.
- He was to be direct the shelved film titled "Shatruta" (Visfot) in 1983 ; Starring :- Vinod Khanna , Rekha , Naseeruddin Shah , Shabana Azmi , Suresh Oberoi , Shammi Kapoor , Khulbushan Kharbanda , Pran & Dr. Shreeram Lagoo. Produced by - Johnny Bakshi ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film or project got shelved due to delaying in shoot the film.
- He was to be direct the shelved film titled "Naaraaz" 1987 ; Starring :- Kumar Gaurav , Madhuri Dixit , Naseeruddin Shah , Rakhee Gulzar & Amrish Puri with Gulshan Grover. ; Written by - Salim Khan ; Produced by - Rajendra Kumar ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film got shelved & called off from production.
- He was to direct a "Vishesh Films" shelved film titled "Footpath" 1988 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Jackie Shroff , Chunkey Pandey , Sangeeta Bijlani , Rekha , Sharat Saxena , Gulshan Grover & Avatar Gill. ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film or project got shelved due to unknown reasons.
- He was to direct a "Vishesh Films" shelved film titled "Siyasat" 1986 ; Starring :- Sanjay Dutt , Smita Patil , Neelam Kothari , Raj Babbar , Paresh Rawal , Anupam Kher & Avatar Gill. ; Produced by - Mukesh Bhatt ; Written & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; the film got shelved & canceled.
- He was successfully directed the complete but unreleased or may be shelved film titled "Prem Dharm" in 1990 ; Starring :- Vinod Khanna , Hema Malina & Dimple Kapadia with Anupam Kher. ; Produced by - P. Raghunath & Hema Malini herself. ; Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; but this project got unknown at that time & then released with new title "Maarg" in 1992 with same cast & crew respectively.
- He was to be directed the unreleased & shelved film titled "Sansar" 1983 ; Starring :- Sunil Dutt , Dharmendra , Rajendra Kumar , Jeetendra & Rajesh Khanna with Rekha , Jasmine , Kitu Gidwani & Shristi Goswami. ; Written by - Robin Bhatt ; Produced & Directed by - Mahesh Bhatt. ; but later , the film or project got shelved.
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