Soni Razdan

She has also acted in Bollywood movies. Razdan directed a film called Love Affair that was expected to be released in 2016, but did not. She acted in Meghna Gulzar's Raazi which also starred her daughter Alia in the lead role. This was the first time when she shared the screen with Alia where she played the character of Alia's mother. Soni played the lead role in the film Yours Truly where she portrayed the character of a lonely middle-aged government employee Mithi Kumar.

She appeared as Sulochana in the hit Doordarshan TV series Buniyaad. She also acted in Indian TV serials Saahil, Gaatha and has been a regular on Indian television. In 2002, she turned to direction with Aur Phir Ek Din on Star Plus, a take-off on One Fine Day starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney.

She is the mother of Shaheen Bhatt (born 28 November 1988) and actress Alia Bhatt (born 15 March 1993), step mother of Pooja Bhatt & Rahul Bhatt and the aunt of Emraan Hashmi.

Razdan married film director Mahesh Bhatt on 20 April 1986.

Soni Razdan officially known as Soni Razdan Bhatt as her married name (born 25 October 1956) is a British actress and film director who works in Hindi films. She is the mother of Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt and Shaheen Bhatt and married to Mahesh Bhatt. She is aunt of Emraan Hashmi.