Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt was busy building his career while his son Rahul Bhatt, born to his first wife Kiran, was growing up. In a recent interaction, Rahul reflected on their relationship, speaking about Mahesh's absence during his childhood and how those years created an emotional distance between them.

In a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Rahul opened up about feeling neglected by his father during childhood. He shared that his father's absence and his parents' separation made him feel responsible for the family, to an extent where he began to consider himself as "the head of the household."