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Mahesh Bhatt Met ‘Tamanna’ 22 Years After He Made A Movie On Her & It Was Magic

Mahesh Bhatt, usually a man of many words, seems speechless. He merely takes Tamanna's  hands and kisses it, after she does the same.

It’s been 22 years since Mahesh Bhatt’s Tamanna released, starring Paresh Rawal and Pooja Bhatt in the lead roles. In the film, Rawal plays a eunuch called Tikku and the film is based on his struggles to raise his daughter, Tamanna (Pooja Bhatt) while fighting society’s stigma.

Few know that the title character co-written by Mahesh Bhatt and Tanuja Chandra, was based on a real person. Earlier today, Pooja Bhatt took to Instagram to post about the real-life inspiration who reunited with the makers of the film (based on her life) at a Mumbai college.

Both Mahesh Bhatt and actor Avtar Gill seem to be overwhelmed during this serendipitous reunion. Bhatt, usually a man of many words, seems speechless. He merely takes the real Tamanna’s  hands and kisses it, after she does the same. Pooja Bhatt writes for her Instagram caption – “If gratitude is not felt in the entire being it can never be expressed in mere words!”

 

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If gratitude is not felt in the entire being it can never be expressed in mere words! My father @maheshfilm with the original #Tamanna,the woman whose life I based the first film I ever produced back in 97’ on & also named after, at #KhalsaCollege this morning. Thank you @avtargill_13 for orchestrating this magical reunion #maheshbhatt #cultfilms #gratitude #love #respect

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Released in 1997, Tamanna was the first film produced by a young Pooja Bhatt, and it also starred Manoj Bajpayee in one of his early roles.