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Mahima (Ritu) Chaudhary Edit Profile

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Mahima Chaudhry is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is a well-known face in the world of Indian cinema. Mahima worked as a model prior to joining the film industry.

Background

Chaudhry was born Ritu Chaudhry in Darjeeling, West Bengal. Her father is a Hindu Jat from Kakripur village in Baghpat, Western Uttar Pradesh. Her mother is of Nepali origin and hails from Darjeeling.

Career

During her acting career, Chaudry has played a variety of roles, starting with a village girl in “Pardes” (1997). Her other variety of roles include: “Daag: The Fire” (1999), where she played a nasty prostitute; in “Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin” (1999) she played a widow forced to marry her brother-in-law; in “Dhadkan” (2000) she is a loving friend of a man who is 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) she plays a stubborn tenant who will not give up her home at any cost; in “Om Jai Jagadish” she is the loving homemaker; in “Dil Hai Tumhaara” she is the loving sister who would do anything for her sister's happiness; in “Dobara” she is the frustrated housewife; in “Zameer: The Fire Within” she's a paralytic dancer, in “Film Star” she is an uptight arrogant fading actress; in “Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak” (2005) she is an actress who will do anything to get into a big movie; and in “Souten: The Other Woman” (2006) she plays a desperate housewife who has an affair with her stepdaughter's boyfriend. Next to doing a variety of films, she 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.

Achievements

  • She won the ‘Miss Darjeeling’ title in a local beauty contest.

Religion

She believes in one of the best-known and most widely worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon Lord Ganesha.

Interests

  • reading, dancing

  • Sport & Clubs

    athletics, table tennis and hockey

Connections

husband:
Bobby Mukherjee
Bobby Mukherjee - husband of Mahima (Ritu) Chaudhary

ex-boyfriend:
Paes Leander
Paes Leander - ex-boyfriend of Mahima (Ritu) Chaudhary

employer:
Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai - employer of Mahima (Ritu) Chaudhary