Mahesh Bhatt To Reveal Struggle With Addiction In New Podcast - Exclusive

As a part of Mahesh Bhatt’s birthday celebration, actor Imran Zahid has announced a new podcast entitled Maine Dil Se Kahan, hosted by Mahesh Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt. Mahesh talks about the podcast.Mr Bhatt, what do you hope to achieve through this podcast?This is a podcast which looks at addiction and it has a very wide scope it goes beyond substance abuse .We will talk to real alcohol abusers and have discussions on living people with celebrities and ordinary people from various walks of life: entertainment, sports, corporate world advertising normal people athletes.Would you restrict yourself to alcohol addiction?No, we will talk about various forms of addiction . We'll also talk about workaholism its dangers, social media addiction, fame obsession, gambling, etc and we will highlight that addiction is not just about substance abuse but also about an unhealthy attachment to certain behavioural patterns.ALSO READ: Mahesh Bhatt Birthday: How His Naam Changed Careers of FOUR People Would you and Pooja be sharing your own experiences?We'll talk about personal stories not statistics, deeply personal stories explore how each person's addiction began how it affected their relationships, wrecked their careers and the turning point that led them towards recovery.Audiences always connect better with real emotional journeys rather than data .It can happen to anybody?We'll also show that addiction doesn't discriminate but the way it's experienced and perceived can be very very different in each case ,based on their social positions. We’ll discuss different stages of addiction , also early signs , denial how you hit the rock bottom and the path to recovery.Each episode will focus on particularly the stage or the experience of a person that explains in detail about the addictive cycle in individuals and we also talk about the role culture plays in societal pressure especially in Industries like entertainment and sports, it can fuel addiction very very seriously how the pursuit of perfection the performance pressure and how fame can become an addiction in itself of course but we will concentrate a lot on the recovery stories and the dangers of relapse .It could get depressing?We won't just focus on darkness of addiction also explore stories of hope recovery and an often overlooked issue which is very dangerous of relapse and we'll discuss what recovery looks like and how different paths to healing can be explored.So it's going to be a fascinating show and Imran Zahid is going to be producing it and Pooja and me will be a part of it we are both recovering addicts.”