December 12, 2017
Writer-filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt says he wants to reveal the
truth about his life in a book.
Bhatt attended launch of Aritra
Chakrabarty Sengupta's novel "Introspection" along with Dino Morea on Monday
here.
Asked if he is planning to write an autobiography, Bhatt said:
"Whatever work I did was inspired from my personal life. I made movies based on
my life. I feel first you have to write it, and then films are being made.
Definitely, I would like to reveal truth about my life in a book form.."
Bhatt, known for movies like "Zakhm" and "Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin", said he is
already working on a book with a writer who has been "intensely involved in the
process to present my life journey in a book form".
The veteran filmmaker
said there's a need in present times to encourage young writers.
"Today
there's an opportunity to support young writers' efforts because only a writer
can understand how difficult it is to write, especially in times when you do
messaging on WhatsApp and don't use pen and paper.
"So, I feel whenever
you find a person around you who has the ability to tell a story, you should
support him/her."
Commenting on the trend of remaking films, Bhatt said:
"We have made remakes under our production house (Vishesh Films). When you ask
why this happens, it is because we have to run our 'dukaan' (shop or business).
A franchise has more capacity to achieve success but at the same time, it
involves ten times risk because very often about remakes it has been said that
it is not at par with the original film."
He declined to divulge anything
about his upcoming film "Sadak 2", a remake of his own 1991 film "Sadak".