Mahesh
Bhatt's
daughter,
Pooja
Bhatt,
who
is
returning
to
the
silver
screen
after
a
gap
of
18
years
with
Sadak
2,
had
said
goodbye
to
acting
but
then
it
pulled
her
back.
She
believes
women
start
blooming
in
their
forties
but
somehow
they
are
not
represented
correctly
on
the
screen
whereas
men
continue
to
play
characters
half
their
age.
"I
had
said
bye-bye
to
acting
in
a
way
but
once
an
actor
always
an
actor.
Life
has
got
other
plans
for
me.
Like
I
did
not
want
to
be
an
actor,
I
wanted
to
be
an
architect
or
astronaut
and
'Daddy'
happened
and
the
rest
is
history.
"I
felt
I
was
happy
being
in
the
back,
launching
people
like
Sunny
Leone,
repackaging
Richa
Chadda,
John
Abraham
but
life
had
other
plans
and
it
includes
'Sadak
2'
and
a
web
series," Pooja
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
Known
for
her
films
such
as
Daddy,
Sadak
and
Zakhm,
Pooja
will
reprise
her
role
in
the
sequel
of
Sadak,
that
marks
the
return
of
her
filmmaker
father
Mahesh
Bhatt
to
direction.
Pooja,
whose
last
film
as
an
actor
was
"Everybody
Says
I'm
Fine" in
2001,
will
also
be
seen
in
a
web
series
based
on
Abheek
Barua's
book
called
'A
City
of
Death'.
Set
in
Kolkata,
the
story
revolves
around
an
alcoholic
female
cop
in
her
40s,
who
is
sent
to
investigate
a
crime
of
passion.
Sadak
2,
Sanjay
Dutt
and
Pooja
will
be
seen
playing
the
older
couple
while
Pooja's
younger
sister
Alia
Bhatt
and
Aditya
Roy
Kapur
are
the
young
pair.
"I
am
glad
when
I
am
coming
back
to
acting
I
am
getting
to
play
my
age,"
Pooja
said.
"One
thing
I
do
not
see
happening
is
women
of
certain
age
being
represented
correctly.
We
have
to
evolve
conceptually.
Men
don't
age
in
India.
Women
who
are
younger
then
them
are
suddenly
playing
the
role
of
a
mother,"
she
said.