Last
week,
IPL
founder
Lalit
Modi
took
the
internet
by
storm
when
he
revealed
that
he
is
dating
former
beauty
queen
and
actress
Sushmita
Sen.
However,
the
news
of
Lalit-Sushmita's
relationship
received
a
mixed
reaction
on
social
media.
While
some
congratulated
them,
there
was
a
section
which
trolled
Sushmita
and
even
called
her
a
gold-digger
for
dating
the
business
tycoon.
Following
this,
many
celebrities
came
out
in
support
of
Sushmita.
One
amongst
them
is
filmmaker
Mahesh
Bhatt
In
his
new
interview
with
Etimes,
the
director
opined
on
Sushmita
Sen-Lalit
Modi's
relationship.
He
said
that
he
has
great
respect
for
Sushmita
and
her
ability
to
be
brave.
Calling
her
an
unusual
girl,
he
said
that
he
salutes
her
for
living
her
life
on
her
own
times.
He
added
that
she
has
the
guts
to
live
on
her
own
dictates.
The
tabloid
quoted
Bhatt
as
saying,
"My
personal
belief
is
that
we
must
in
the
second
decade
of
the
21st
century
give
human
beings
the
right
to
live
life
on
their
own
terms.
And
also
if
you
don't
want
somebody
else
to
impose
his
or
her
own
views
and
beliefs
on
you
and
let
you
live
your
life
then
you
must
also
not
do
the
same
to
somebody
else.
I
think
she
has
always
been
a
person
who
has
followed
her
heart
and
lived
her
life
on
her
own
terms."
Recalling
his
first
meeting
with
Sushmita
Sen
after
she
won
the
Miss
Universe
crown,
he
revealed
that
he
heard
about
her
for
the
first
time
through
a
friend
who
told
him
that
Sushmita
had
expressed
her
desire
to
be
directed
by
him
in
one
of
her
interviews.
He
said
that
it's
only
then,
he
looked
at
her
picture
for
the
first
time
and
decided
to
meet
her.
She
was
very
warm
and
unusual
by
the
standards
of
the
film
industry
because
she
did
not
have
the
attributes
that
a
normal
film
heroine
has," Bhatt
recalled.
The
director
also
revealed
that
he
offered
her
Dastak
and
she
instantly
agreed
to
be
a
part
of
it.
In
the
same
interview,
Mahesh
Bhatt
also
opened
up
on
his
nephew
Vikram
Bhatt's
relationship
with
Sushmita
during
the
making
of
Dastak.
He
shared,
"During
the
making
of
Dastak,
Vikram's
romance
with
Sushmita
started
in
Seychelles.
Vikram
was
my
right
hand
and
used
to
be
at
the
forefront,
doing
most
of
my
work.
So,
he
used
to
interact
with
her
more
vigorously.
That's
how
the
romance
began.
I
met
her
only
once
when
she
was
going
to
Kolkata
to
dub
Srijit
Mukherjee's
film
which
she
had
acted
in.
She
once
again
spoke
to
me
warmly."
After
dating
for
a
brief
period,
Vikram
Bhatt
and
Sushmita
Sen
parted
ways.