Rahul Bhatt (born 24 January 1982) is an Indian fitness trainer and actor. The son of film director

Mahesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt (born 20 September 1948) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is ''Saaransh'' (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film F ...

and Kiran Bhatt, Rahul gained notoriety in 2009 following revelations that

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, an accused in the

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, had befriended him and they were close friends.Rahul Bhatt said, "One incident when we were going to South Mumbai that he mentioned to us there was a bombing in Islamabad, at the Marriott in Islamabad, and I remember him very clearly telling me "you know guys you are going to see things like that happening now in this country."" In an investigative report by

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, Rahul Bhatt was described as a

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actor asking for favours to reveal more details about Headley. The segment about Rahul Bhatt starts at 30:30 of the video report He was a contestant on Bigg Boss 4 in 2010.

Biography

Rahul is the only son of Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt (born Loraine Bright). On his father's side, Bhatt is of predominantly

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descent and on his mother's side, he is of

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, Scottish,

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, and Burmese ancestry and Rahul is the younger brother of actress

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. Rahul weighed 122 kilograms before he began working out. He thanks his fitness mentor Kaizzad Capadia. Rahul's father planned to launch him in 2007 with the film ''Suicide Bomber'' to be directed by

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. In September 2010, Rahul became part of the Indian television reality show, '' Bigg Boss 4'', hosted by

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. After being evicted from the house, he claimed that the show was scripted.

Association with David Headley

In September 2008, Rahul Bhatt and friend Vilas Varak met

at a Mumbai gym. Even after the 26/11 attacks, they were continuously in touch, with Headley writing to Rahul an email in which he said he would soon be visiting them again. According to Headley's testimony, he was fond of Bhatt. He claims to have warned Bhatt not to visit South Mumbai area on 26 November, the day the Mumbai attacks started.

Television

References

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Rahul Rahul is a popular male name in India and has a variety of meanings. The earliest meaning found in the Upanishads is "conqueror of all miseries." Later use of the word is attributed to the Buddha, who named his son '' Rahula'' as he felt that fa ...

Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants Gujarati people Indian people of Armenian descent Indian people of Burmese descent Indian people of English descent Indian people of Scottish descent 1982 births