Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt recently shared his thoughts about who his better actress- wife Soni Razdan or daughter Alia Bhatt. He feels that his wife is a better actor and cited a reason for his belief.
Bhatt went on to say that he could not provide enough roles to Razdan because of her style of expression, body language and nuances do not go with mainstream Indian movies. Mahesh Bhatt also mentioned some of his favourite works of Soni Razdan.
In an interview with Screen, Mahesh Bhatt said, “I find Soni Razdan a better actor than Alia. You’d wonder why I’m saying that? But her idiom is so evolved that even as her life partner, I couldn’t give her enough roles because her style of expression, body language, and nuances are not what we call mainstream India.”
He continued, “But you should watch the show she did for BBC (Neighbours). She also did a brilliant performance in Sanjoy Nag’s Yours Truly (2018), in which I did a cameo. That was the time when Alia was giving back-to-back smash hits like Udta Punjab (2016). I told her, ‘Alia, before you develop a pride that there’s no better actor than you, go watch your mother’s film.’ She’s a smart girl, so she watched the film.”
Recently, speaking to News18, Soni Razdan opened up about her struggles. She said, “All my life, even now, I’m somebody else’s somebody. Let me be very loud and clear… My struggle is still to be known by who I am. I’m happy for the people around me, who’re doing so well in their lives. How could I not be? I’m grateful. But perhaps that’s how my journey was meant to be.”
Soni Razdan has been part of many movies of Mahesh Bhatt, such as Saaransh (1984), Daddy (1989), Saathi, Swayam and Sadak(1991), Gumrah and Sir (1993) and Papa Kehte Hain (1996). Not only that they also worked together in Nazar (2005) and Yours Truly (2018). Where Alia Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt were part of Sadak 2 (2020), which could not perform at the box office.