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Mahima Choudhary

Mahima Choudhary, the famous Bollywood actress was born on 13th September,1973 in Delhi. She used to do modeling before entering the world of Hindi cinema.

Her actual name was Ritu Choudhary and she was renamed (Mahima) by the renowned director Subhash Ghai. This pretty actress has two siblings,Akansha (sister) and Siddharta (brother).

Though Ritu was doing good in her modeling profession but her life changed when she got the golden opportunity to work with Subhash Ghai in the film Pardes (1997).

There she played the role of the heroine (Ganga) against Shah Rukh khan and showed her excellence to the Bollywood Film Industry. Her outstanding performance in the film fetched her the Lux Zee Cine Awards as a best female debutant. Mahima was also nominated for the best actress award for her performance in this film. In the same year she was also honored with the Face of the Year Award by Lux. This pretty lady worked in several films like
  • Dil Kya Kare-1999.
  • Dag-the Fire-1999.
  • Dhadkan-2000
  • Yeh Tera Ghar Yeh Mera Ghar-2001.
  • Dil Hai Tumhara-2002.
  • Lajja-2002.
  • Om Jai Jagdish-2002
  • Baghban-2003


Satyajit Ray Shabana Azmi Abhishek Bachchan Deepa Mehta Mahesh Bhatt Yash Chopra Raj Kapoor Aishwarya Rai Mira Nair Amitabh Bachchan Shah Rukh Khan Mammootty Javed Akhtar A.R. Rahman Gulzar Asha Bhonsle Remo Fernandes M.S. Subbulakshmi Dr. Bhupen Hazarika