Mehmood Bhatti

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Mehmood Bhatti
Born1958 (age 6667)
NationalityPakistani-French
Occupation Fashion designer

Mehmood Bhatti (born 1958) is a Pakistani-French fashion designer.

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Early life

Bhatti was born and grew up in Lahore, Pakistan. [1]

Career

Bhatti immigrated to France in 1976, where he married a French woman and established himself as a fashion designer. [1] [2] [3]

In 1977, he left for Paris to pursue an MBA without having the necessary financial resources. However, he found employment in a retail store, first as a cleaner, then as a packer, before becoming a salesman. [4]

His multi-national company, Bhatti, is located in ten countries and achieves an annual turnover of more than twenty million euros. [5]

Awards and recognition

On 23 March 2024, Bhatti was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan's third highest award and the highest award given to a civilian. [6]

The popular French comedy film Would I Lie to You? (1997), which would later be followed by other films in the series (released in 2001 and in 2012), was based on the life of Bhatti, especially his beginnings. [7]

Book

Du Paris au Sentier (1999), his autobiography in French that he co-wrote with journalist Alexie Lorca, as of 2020 it had been translated into Urdu as Paris Mein Doosra Janam: Aalami Shohratyafta Fashion Designer Mehmood Bhatti Ki Aap Beeti. [8]

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References

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  7. Forhan, Laëtitia (6 April 2021). "La Vérité si je mens : l'histoire vraie qui a inspiré cette comédie" [Would I Lie to You? : The True Story That Inspired This Comedy]. AlloCiné . Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Gérard Bitton et Michel Munz s'attèlent alors à l'écriture et décident de s'inspirer des débuts de Mehmood Bhatti.[Gérard Bitton and Michel Munz then set to work writing and decided to take inspiration from Mehmood Bhatti's beginnings.]
  8. "Books in Brief". Dawn News . 8 March 2020.