Actor-filmmaker
Pooja
Bhatt
is
writing
a
book
on
how
she
overcame
alcoholism
and
hopes
she
can
help
others
deal
with
their
problem
by
talking
about
her
journey.
She,
however,
says
it
is
not
her
autobiography.
The
book
is
co-authored
with
Roshmila
Bhattacharya
and
will
be
published
by
Penguin
Random
House
India
next
year.
"I
would
like
to
emphasise
that
it
is
not
an
autobiography.
At
45,
I
am
too
young
to
write
my
memoirs.
As
they
say
in
filmi
terms,
'Picture
abhi
baki
hai,
mere
dost'.
But
I
can
help
others
like
me
deal
with
their
problem
by
talking
about
my
journey," says
Bhatt.
She
points
out
that
she
has
not
touched
liquor
since
10
months.
"It
hasn't
been
easy
but
it
hasn't
been
too
difficult
either.
A
series
of
chapters
in
a
book
called
life," Bhatt
asserts.
"It
wasn't
planned
but
we
have
announced
the
book
on
Bhai
Dooj,
when
traditionally
Indians
have
just
ushered
in
a
new
year.
As
the
Diwali
lights
continue
to
sparkle
around
us,
please
support
me
on
this
journey
the
way
you
always
have
through
all
my
films,"
she
says.
Swati
Chopra,
Commissioning
Editor
of
Penguin
Random
House
India,
says
the
book
is
an
incredibly
brave
one,
about
a
topic
that
most
people,
especially
women,
would
be
hesitant
to
talk
about
in
India.
"Pooja
writes
about
overcoming
alcoholism
with
courage
and
honesty
that
is
rare,
especially
in
image-conscious
Bollywood,
making
this
a
truly
groundbreaking
book.
We,
at
Penguin
Random
House
India,
are
proud
to
publish
this
book
that
will
definitely
not
be
a
run-of-the-mill
celebrity
memoir," she
says.
In
an
interview
in
March,
Bhatt
had
spoken
about
her
battle
with
the
bottle
saying,
"If
I
didn't
quit
now,
I'd
have
drank
myself
to
the
grave.''
With
pti
inputs.