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Vikram Bhatt is an Indian movie director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is well-known for guiding the Bollywood horror movies Raaz (2002), 1920 (2008), and Haunted – 3D (2011), and internet collection Maaya: Slave of Her Desires (2017).

Wiki/Biography

Vikram Bhatt was born on Monday, 27 January 1969 (age 52 years; as of 2021), and he hails from Mumbai, Maharashtra. His zodiac signal is Aquarius.

Childhood image of Vikram Bhatt together with his father

He attended Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5’ 9”

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Salt & Pepper

Family

Parents & Siblings

Vikram Bhatt’s father, Pravin Bhatt, is a famend cinematographer, director and screenwriter, who is understood for his cinematography within the movies Umrao Jaan (1981) and Agneepath (1990). Vikram Bhatt’s mom’s identify is Varsha Bhatt. He has no siblings.

Vikram Bhatt together with his dad and mom

Other family

Vikram Bhatt’s grandfather, Vijay Bhatt, one of many pioneers of the Indian movie business, hailed from Palitana, Gujarat. Vijay Bhatt was an Indian movie director, producer, and screenwriter, who’s well-known for guiding fashionable Bollywood movies Ram Rajya (1943), Baiju Bawra (1952), and Himalaya Ki God Mein (1965). Vikram Bhatt’s grandmother’s identify is Rama Bhatt.

Vijay Bhatt

Wife & Children

Vikram Bhatt and Aditi Bhatt obtained married of their 20s and separated in 1988. The couple knew one another since their school days.

Vikram Bhatt and Aditi Bhatt

Together, Vikram and Aditi have a daughter named Krishna Bhatt. Following the footsteps of her father, Krishna pursued a profession within the leisure business as a director.

Vikram Bhatt together with his daughter Krishna Bhatt

After a three-year-long relationship, Vikram Bhatt obtained married to Shwetambari Soni, the founding father of the artwork gallery Trinity Art Impact, in September 2021.

Shwetambari Soni and Vikram Bhatt

Shwetambari Soni has two sons, Adiraj Singh and Arhavirr Singh, from her earlier marriage.

Shwetambari Soni along with her sons

Relationships/Affairs

While capturing for the psychological thriller movie Dastak (1996), Bhatt met Miss Universe (1994), Sushmita Sen. Thereafter, Bhatt got here into an extra-marital relationship with Sen. While Bhatt was the author of the movie, Sen was the lead actress. The affair caught large consideration in media and led to Bhatt’s divorce from his spouse Aditi Bhatt in 1988. In 1997, Bhatt and Sen appeared within the interview-style speak present ‘Simi Garewal’s present.’ During the interview, the host of the present, Simi, requested Sen about being in a relationship with Bhatt, who was then married to Aditi, to which Sen replied,

The spouse and him weren’t dwelling collectively, and I can not go round feeling responsible or make an individual really feel responsible if he had a nasty marriage. I don’t fell responsible as a result of I’ve finished one thing very overtly with a really open conscience. I do know that the person was in a divorce after I met him, and I wasn’t going to attend to inform the world that I liked him simply because he hadn’t gone by way of together with his divorce but.”

Reportedly, Sen walked out of the movie Kasoor (2001), directed by Bhatt, after her breakup with Bhatt.

Vikram Bhatt and Sushmita Sen in Simi Garewal’s present in 1997

Later, he began courting the Bollywood actress Ameesha Patel, who performed the protagonist in Bhatt’s 2002 movie ‘Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage.’ After courting for 5 years, the couple parted methods in 2008.

Ameesha Patel with Vikram Bhatt

From 2017 to 2020, he was in a relationship with Shwetambari Soni.

Shwetambari Soni and Vikram Bhatt

Career

Bhatt began his profession as an assistant director on the age of fourteen. He was the chief assistant director of the 1990 movie ‘Agneepath.’ Until 2014, he labored because the artistic head of ASA Productions and Enterprises.

Direction

Vikram Bhatt started his journey as a director with the musical romance movie Jaanam (1992).

Thereafter, his movies Madhosh (1994), Gunehgar (1995), and Bambai Ka Babu (1996) turned out to flop on the field workplace. He got here into the highlight when he directed the 1996 psychological thriller movie ‘Fareb,’ which was successful on the field workplace.

Following the hit movie, he directed movies Ghulam (1998), Kasoor (2001), and Awara Paagal Deewana (2002), which have been profitable on the field workplace. He rose to prominence with the 2002 supernatural horror movie ‘Raaz,’ which starred Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, and Malini Sharma within the lead roles. Immensely appreciated by the viewers, the movie was nominated within the class of Best Film on the Filmfare Awards (2003). For the movie, Bhatt earned the title of Dream Director on the Stardust Awards (2003).

Thereafter, he directed a string of flop movies which included Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage (2002), Deewane Huye Paagal (2005), and Ankahee (2006). He made a comeback in 2008 with the hit horror movie ‘1920.’ In 2011, he directed the 3D horror movie ‘Haunted – 3D,’ which was immensely appreciated by the viewers. The movie went on to change into one of many highest-grossing Hindi horror movies and earned over Rs. 36 crores on the field workplace.

A sequel to Bhatt’s movie ‘Raaz’ titled ‘Raaz 3’ was launched in 2012. Accumulating over Rs. 91 crores on the field workplace, the Indian 3D horror thriller movie was labelled as ‘Super Hit’ by the Box Office India.

In 2016, he directed the Indian erotic thriller movie ‘Love Games,’ which featured the scandalous intercourse lives of an edgy and adventurous lady named Ramona Raichand and her boy-toy named Sam.

In 2017, he directed one other erotic romantic internet collection ‘Maaya: Slave of Her Desires.’ Dubbed as the primary Indian fictional work on BDSM, the grownup internet collection grabbed the eye of the viewers for its specific scenes.

Screenwriting & Storywriting 

He ventured into screenwriting with the movie Dastak (1996).

Thereafter, he labored as a screenwriter for varied movies like Aetbaar (2004). Three- Love, Lies and Betrayal (2009), and Hate Story (2012). In 2012, the horror movie ‘1920: Evil Returns’ written by Bhatt excelled on the first-week assortment chart on the field workplace by incomes over Rs. 16 crores.

Apart from being the director of the online collection ‘Maaya: Slave of Her Desires,’ he additionally labored as a author for the collection. He additionally wrote its sequels ‘Maaya 2’ (2018) and ‘Maaya 3’ (2019).

Acting 

He made his appearing debut with the movie Khamoshiyan (2015) during which he performed the function of a e book editor.

Thereafter. he performed the function of Mr Wadia within the movie ‘1921’ (2018), Arjun Vashisht within the internet collection Zindabaad (2018), and Doctor Singh within the movie ‘Ghost’ (2019).

Others

In 2016, he appeared in SonyLIV’s ‘Once Upon A Time with Vikram Bhatt,’ during which he narrated quick tales.

On 17 June 2016, he grew to become a director of Loneranger Productions Private Limited, together with Shwetambari Soni, Amar Thakkar, and his daughter Krishna Bhatt. On 11 October 2018, he was designated a associate in Dreamscape Entertainment LLP. In 2017, he revealed his first novel titled ‘A Handful of Sunshine.’

Facts/Trivia

• Vikram Bhatt is often known as Czar of Horror i.e., King of Horror resulting from his field workplace hit horror movies.

• In 2021, throughout a tell-all interview, Bhatt confessed that he had suicidal ideas after his divorce from Aditi. In the earnest interview, he mentioned,
  

  I remorse hurting my spouse and my baby and abandoning them. I remorse the ache I prompted them. I at all times imagine that once you’re not brave, you change into crafty. I didn’t have the braveness to inform Aditi how I felt. And it was all occurring collectively, it was an enormous mess.”

• In 2011, he underwent surgical procedure to take away a cyst that developed in his again.

• While speaking about his failed relationships in an interview, he mentioned,
  

  I’m not husband or boyfriend…Relationship calls for understanding, compromise and I discover myself unable to do this. I discover myself affected by insomnia and sleep barely two to 3 hours at evening. I get up after which sleep two hours once more. A lady actually must be in love with me, to be with me.”

• In an interview, he revealed that he drew insights from his earlier relationship with Ameesha Patel for the storyline of the movie ‘Raaz 3.’ The movie follows an actress going by way of a low section in her profession who falls in love with a director going through a downfall in his profession. Just just like the protagonists of the movie, Bhatt and Patel made acquaintance throughout a low section of their life.

• While speaking about his private expertise in BDSM in an interview, Bhatt mentioned,
  

  In my youthful days, I performed slightly bit, which everybody does. And I don’t suppose BDSM is a sexual factor in any respect. It’s about management and give up…It’s a relationship of immense belief. You can’t probably enable your self to be tied up until you understand the individual…that may be very scary.”