# Bhatt family

The Bhatt family is a prominent Indian family associated with and involved in the Hindi film industry. The family, spanning at least three generations, is involved in the films. Nanabhai Bhatt was in relationship with a Shia Muslim actress, Shirin Mohammad Ali since 1939. The couple had six children – Sheila Bhatt, Purnima Bhasin, Kumkum Saigal, Mahesh Bhatt , Heena Suri and Mukesh Bhatt. And from the second relationship of Bhatt with Hemlata Mukherji had three children – Robin Bhatt, Parmesh Bhatt, and Mamta Bhatt.
Later their children's have been Prominent personalities in Bollywood including, Suneel Darshan, Dharmesh Darshan, Emraan Hashmi, Vishesh Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt, Rahul Bhatt, Alia Bhatt, Mohit Suri, and Smilie Suri.

## Overview

The Bhatt family are Indian Gujarati Hindu Nagar Brahmin fluent in several Hindustani languages including (Gujarati and Hindi). Members of the family also respectively have English, Scottish, German, Kashmiri Pandit, Armenian, and Burmese ethnic roots through various maternal lines.
Thereafter, Bhatt brother (Mahesh and Mukesh) joined hands to establish Vishesh Films and then provided stories and screenplays for over fourty films, many of which were box-office successes. Owing to differences between the brothers, Mukesh took over Vishesh Films and, in May 2021, it was publicly announced that Mahesh was no longer associated with the firm.

## Members of the Nanabhai Bhatt family
### First generation

* Nanabhai Bhatt - director and producer
* Balwant Bhatt - director
* Shirin Mohammad Ali - Shia Muslim actress and first wife of Nanabhai Bhatt
* Meherbhano Mohammad Ali - actress and sister of Shirin Mohammad Ali
* Hemlata Bhatt - second wife of Nanabhai Bhatt

### Second generation

* Sheila Bhatt - daughter of Nanabhai Bhatt and Shirin Mohammad Ali, married to Darshan Sabharwal
* Darshan Sabharwal - producer, married to Sheila Bhatt
* Purnima Bhatt - daughter of Nanabhai Bhatt and Shirin Mohammad Ali, married to Rakesh Bhasin
* Rakesh Bhasin - private investors, married to Purnima Bhatt
* Kumkum Bhatt - daughter of Nanabhai Bhatt and Shirin Mohammad Ali, married to Surrender Saigal
* Surrender Saigal - husband of Kumkum Bhatt
* Mahesh Bhatt - director and producer, son of Nanabhai Bhatt and Shirin Mohammad Ali, married to Kiran Bhatt and Soni Razdan
* Kiran Bhatt - actress, first wife of Mahesh Bhatt
* Soni Bhatt - actress, second wife of Mahesh Bhatt
* Heena Bhatt - daughter of Nanabhai Bhatt and Shirin Mohammad Ali, married to Daksh Suri
* Daksh Suri - husband of Heena Bhatt
* Mukesh Bhatt - producer, son of Nanabhai Bhatt and Shirin Mohammad Ali, married to Nilima Bhatt
* Nilima Bhatt - wife of Mukesh Bhatt
* Robin Bhatt - screenwriter, son of Nanabhai Bhatt and Hemlata Bhatt
* Parmesh Bhatt - daughter of Nanabhai Bhatt and Hemlata Bhatt
* Mamta Bhatt - daughter of Nanabhai Bhatt and Hemlata Bhatt

### Third generation

* Suneel Darshan - filmmaker, director, and writer, son of Darshan Sabharwal and Sheila Bhatt, he is married to Sonia Darshan
* Sonia Darshan - wife of Suneel Darshan
* Dharmesh Darshan - producer, director, and writer, son of Darshan Sabharwal and Sheila Bhatt, he is married to Bindiya Darshan
* Bindiya Darshan - wife of Dharmesh Darshan
* Neha Saigal - daughter of Kumkum Bhatt and Surrender Saigal
* Sahil Saigal - producer, son of Kumkum Bhatt and Surrender Saigal
* Emraan Hashmi - actor, grandchild of Meherbhano Mohammad Ali
* Vishesh Bhatt - filmmaker, son of Mukesh Bhatt and Nilima Bhatt, married to Kanika Parab
* Kanika Parab - wife of Vishesh Bhatt
* Sakshi Bhatt - daughter of Mukesh Bhatt and Nilima Bhatt, married to Mazahir Mandasaurwala
* Mazahir Mandasaurwala - Husband of Sakshi Bhatt
* Pooja Bhatt - actress, producer, and director, Daughter of Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt
* Rahul Bhatt - Bollywood fitness trainer, son of Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt
* Shaheen Bhatt - writer, daughter of Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan
* Alia Bhatt - actress, producer, and Entrepreneur, daughter of Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan, married to Ranbir Kapoor
* Ranbir Kapoor - actor, husband of Alia Bhatt
* Mohit Suri - director, son of Heena Bhatt and Daksh Suri, married to Udita Goswami
* Udita Goswami - actress, wife of Mohit Suri
* Smilie Suri - actress, daughter of Heena Bhatt and Daksh Suri