Man poses as Mahesh Bhatt, takes actress for a ride

A person claiming to be Mahesh Bhatt had been chatting up Deepshikha on a social networking website and nearly succeeded in convincing her to send him her portfolio pictures.

Throughout the chat, the impostor persisted in addressing the actress as 'bachcha', much like Bhatt does when talking to people around him. He even claimed that a person named Aziz from Bhatt's office would get in touch with her for the auditions of Bhatt's next film.
It wasn't before a while that Deepshikha sensed something fishy about the conversation and contacted Bhatt yesterday. That's when they both realised the whole thing was a hoax. Deepshikha said: "Though the man claimed he was abroad, which is why he had some free time, I kept wondering how come Bhatt Sahab, who is a very busy man, had all the time in the world to chat with me."

A shocked Bhatt recalled a similar incident when a girl had walked up to him and said she was summoned for an audition. "He suggested I should immediately go to the cops and file a complaint," said Deepshikha.

At the time of going to the press, Deepshikha had filed a complaint at the Oshiwara police station.