Ritu Chaudhury alias
Mahima Chaudhury,was born on 13th September1973 in Darjeeling, India. She received her schooling in Loretto, Darjeeling along with her older sister Ashu whose modelling career never took off. She married Bobby Mukherjee, a high profile Mumbai Architect. On June 10, 2007, she gave birth to their first child: a girl, called Aryana. Bobby already has two children from his previous marriage.
She started her career as a model before she became an actress. Her first breakthrough performance where she won rave reviews was
Pardes in 1997 as Ganga, the love interest of two men,
Shahrukh Khan and
Apoorva Agnihotri. Her career was launched by
Subhash Ghai. She changed her name from Ritu Chaudhry to Mahima Chaudhry since Subhash Ghai has a belief of launching careers with actresses whose name start with M. She won rave review for her first performance in Pardes as a village girl who still values her cultures. Unlike most top actresses in India, she didn\'t mind playing second fiddle in films like
Dhadkan,
Dil Kya Kare. She won acclaims on her role as Kavita, the loving wife of
Ajay Devgan in
Dil Kya Kare in 1999.
She 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 her variety of roles include
Daag The Fire where she played a nasty prostitute, in
Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin she played a widow forced to marry her brother-in-law, in
Dhadkan 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 she 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, etc. She plays a desperate housewife who has an affair with her stepdaughter\'s boyfriend.
- Best Female Debut Award - Pardes - 1998.
- Best female Debut Award - Pardes - 1998.
- Lux Face of the Year Award - Pardes - 1998.
- Best Supporting Actress Award - Dhadkan - 2001.
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