Emraan Hashmi: Did you know that his grandmother was a great movie star in the 1950s?

 Emraan Hashmi: Did you know that his grandmother was a great movie star?

Emraan Hashmi's grandmother Purnima was Mahesh Bhatt's aunt.

On Emraan Hashmi's birthday on March 24, he takes a closer look at his history and close relationship with Mahesh Bhatt.

At the time of the shooting of his film Chehre in 2019, when Emraan Hashmi played his first role with Amitabh Bachchan, he realized that he was a veteran actor and had an old connection - his grandmother, actress Purnima Das Varma. In Zanjeer's 1973 film, her grandmother played a minor role as Amitabh's mother.

When Emraan made his acting film about Footpath (2003), few knew how strong his roots were in Bollywood. It was known that he was related to Mahesh Bhatt but in reality, it was not clear.

She Did 100 Films 1950 to 1991 Era

On her birthday today, she is deeply immersed in her history. Emraan's paternal grandmother was Purnima. Born Meherbano Mohammad Ali, he took the screen name Purnima early in his career. He has continued to star in many of the best films of his time including Patanga (1949), Jogan (1950), Sagai (1951), Badal (1951), Jaal (1952), and Aurat (1953).

Purnima was a prominent figure in the 1940s and The 1950s.

Purnima married journalist Syed Shaukat Hashmi with whom he had a son, Anwar Hashmi (Emraan's father). In 1947, she moved to Pakistan, where she chose to stay behind. In 1954, he married a second time, this time to well-known filmmaker Bhagwan Das Varma. At one point, Purnima is the younger sister of Mahesh Bhatt's mother, Shirin Mohammad Ali. Ali's sisters also had a combined inheritance. According to the IMDB, Purnima's father's name was Ram Sheshadri Ayangar, who worked as an accountant in the director's office best known as the director of Manmohan Desai's father Kiku Bhai Desai. Purnima's mother comes from the Muslim family of Lucknow. Emraan, therefore, is the nephew of Mahesh Bhatt.

Emraan is also related to director Mohit Suri. The director of Malang is also the nephew of Mahesh Bhatt. Mohit's mother is Mahesh's younger sister. So while Emraan is the son of Mahesh's first cousin, Mohit is his own nephew. What made Alia Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt, Emraan, and Mohit's cousins!

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