Pooja Meri Jaan inspired by Rhea's media trial: Navjot Gulati. Director Navjot Gulati said Pooja Meri Jaan drew inspiration from Rhea Chakraborty's media trial, though he began writing it in April 2020, when Sushant Singh Rajput was alive. In an interview, he said that "the witch hunt against her was wrong at every level", Gulati said he took notes when real-life events involving Rhea resembled what he had already written.