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Mahima Chaudhury (real name Ritu Chaudhury, born 13
September 1973 in Delhi India is an Indian actress and
former model. She made her film debut in the 1997 film
Pardes.
Mahima Chaudhry was a model before she became an
actress. She was overshadowed by Aishwarya Rai in a
Pepsi commercial. Mahima Chaudhury's first
breakthrough performance where she won rave reviews
was Pardes (1997) as Ganga, the love interest of two
men, Shahrukh Khan and Apoorva Agnihotri. She was
chosen to be the female lead among 3000 applicants who
auditioned for Pardes (1997). Mahima Chaudhury's
career was launched by Subhash Ghai who launched the
career of Madhuri Dixit and Manisha Koirala. She
changed her name from Ritu Chaudhry to Mahima Chaudhry
since Subhash Ghai has a superstitious belief of
launching big careers with actresses whose name start
with M. She won rave review for her first performance
in Pardes (1997) as a village girl who still values
her cultures. Unlike most top actresses in India,
Mahima Chaudhury didn't mind playing second fiddle in
films (example: Dhadkan (2000), Dil Kya Kare (1999)).
Apart from her role in Pardes (1997), Mahima Chaudhury
also won acclaims on her role as Kavita, the loving
wife of Ajay Devgan in Dil Kya Kare (1999). She was
nominated in Filmfare Awards for that role. She was
also nominated for her performances in Dhadkan and
Dobara.
Mahima Chaudhury has played a variety of roles and is
known as one of the few actresses who have played
every different role an actress could play. Starting
with the village girl in Pardes (1997), Her variety of
roles include: Daag The Fire (1999) where she played a
nasty prostitute, in Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin (1999)
Mahima Chaudhury played a widow forced to marry her
brother-in-law, in Dhadkan (2000) she's a loving
friend of a man who's madly in love with another
woman, in Deewane she plays a singer in love with a
thief, in Kurukshetra she plays the stubborn wife of a
police officer, in Lajja she plays a young bride
forced to fight dowry, in Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa
Ghar (2001), Mahima Chaudhury plays a stubborn tenant
who won't give up her home at any cost, in Om Jai
Jagadish she's the loving homemaker, in Dil Hai
Tumhaara she's the loving sister who'd do anything for
her sister's happiness, in Dobara she's the frustrated
housewife, in The Film she's a desperate struggling
screenwriter, in Zameer she's a paralytic dancer, in
Film Star Mahima Chaudhury's an uptight arrogant
fading actress, in Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak
(2005) she's an actress who'd do anything to get in a
big movie and in Souten (2006) she plays a desperate
housewife who has an affair with her stepdaughter's
boyfriend.
Next to doing a variety of movies, Mahima Chaudhury
has also worked with numerous talented actresses
including Kajol, Shilpa Shetty, Urmila Matondkar,
Manisha Koirala, Raveena Tandon, Rekha, Preity Zinta,
Tabu, Padmini Kolhapure, and Hema Malini. When Mahima
Chaudhury was asked about this she responded by saying
that she enjoyed working with other actresses and she
expressed her opinion to work with Juhi Chawla, her
favorite actress.
Mahima Chaudhury received her schooling in Loretto,
Darjeeling along with her older sister Ashu whose
modelling career never took off. She was rumoured to
have dated Dino Morea, although he has denied this.
Mahima had previously dated tennis star Leander Paes;
the relationship apparently ended due to his
infidelity.
Mahima Chaudhury married Bobby Mukherjee, a high
profile Mumbai Architect, last year amidst total
secrecy. On June 10, 2007 Mahima gave birth to their
first child: a girl, called Aryana. Bobby already has
two children from a previous marriage.