Shaheen Bhatt with Alia, Pooja, Soni Razdan, Mahesh Bhatt at book launch

Shaheen Bhatt hosted a book launch event as an author with sister Alia Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt and parents Soni Razdan and Mahesh Bhatt in Bandra, Mumbai. We have pictures

Updated On: 2019-12-06 08:05 AM IST

The entire Bhatt family was snapped together at the book launch event of Shaheen Bhatt, who has poured her heart out and talked about her struggle with depression during teens. All pictures/Yogen Shah

Speaking about her book, "I'm silent but the screaming won't stop, I'm calm but the restlessness goes on, I'm smiling but my frown won't fade, I'm laughing but the tears don't die away, I'm living but that won't stop death from coming my way" - a young Shaheen Bhatt wrote in her journal at the age of 15.

In picture: Pooja Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt, Soni Razdan, Mahesh Bhatt, Alia Bhatt and Narendra Nath Razdan.

Shaheen Bhatt launched the digital version of her book in 2018 on World Mental Health Day, and now, on December 4, 2019, the Bhatt family unveiled the paperback version of her book I've Never Been (Un)Happier.

In picture: Pooja Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt and Alia Bhatt posed for the shutterbugs at the book launch event.

Alia Bhatt, who is normally seen in a cheerful mood, broke down into tears while talking about Shaheen's battle with depression, saying she felt terrible as a sister for not understanding her plight.

At the event in Mumbai, Alia got emotional and said that despite living with Shaheen all her life, she got to know about what her sister was going through only after reading the book.

'I've Never Been (un)Happier' highlights Shaheen's journey of coming to terms with depression and accepting it as she reveals the daily experiences and debilitating big picture of one of the most critically misinterpreted mental illnesses of the twenty-first century.

Speaking about the book, Alia Bhatt said in a media interaction, 'Shaheen's book is not only for people living with depression and anxiety. It's for family, friends and caregivers too. It isn't easy to watch someone you care about suffer and reading this book has given me insight into what it's like to live every day with this illness.'

In picture: Karan Johar also attended the book launch event to support friends Alia Bhatt and Shaheen Bhatt.

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