Actor and model Muzammil Ibrahim, who made his Bollywood debut with the 2007 film, Dhoka, revealed that Pooja Bhatt, who had directed the film, was "extremely abusive" towards him. He also claimed that he suffered from depression and had nightmares because of her behaviour.During his appearance on Siddharth Kannan's podcast, Muzammil recalled, "Pooja Bhatt had a temperament which was very difficult and disrespectful towards actors. Mahesh Bhatt used to like me a lot. But Pooja said a lot of things about me. I don't want to go into the details of it. I was very respectful towards her, but she had a very abusive nature. She was extremely abusive."He went on to say, "I went through hell during its shoot. I suffered a lot, and I was very young. I got into depression because of it. I used to have nightmares. Every morning, I would pray to Allah to save me from her."Muzammil also shared that Mahesh Bhatt knew about the tensions on the sets of Dhoka, but he couldn't do much. "He would ask Pooja to not behave with me like that, but she would do it when he was not around. The crew members and even Mukesh Bhatt told me stories about Pooja's behaviour and temper," he claimed."I was scared to work with the Bhatts again. Mahesh sir was very keen on casting me in Raaz 2. Even Soni Razdan pursued me for doing their films, but I refused all of them," he added.Muzammil shared that Pooja later called him names in the media, and stated that he was unprofessional, but he chose to not react as he feared being boycotted by the industry.During the conversation, the actor also stated that he deserved the Best Debutant award that year, but Ranbir Kapoor got it for Saawariyaa, and he was not even invited despite being nominated."Ranbir got the Best Debutant award. But I am sure I deserved it. I deserved all the awards that year. I love Ranbir's work now, but back then, I was anyday better in Dhoka than he was in Saawariyaa. But nepotism won," he stated.Muzammil is best known for starring in the remix version of 'Pardesiya', which also featured Rakhi Sawant. He also acted in films like Horn 'Ok' Pleassss and Will You Marry Me?, and was last seen in the show, Special Ops.