Happy birthday Mahima Chaudhry: From being replaced in Satya to claiming Bollywood wants virgins – JAW-DROPPING confessions of the Pardes girl

After making as big a dream debut as any newbie could've hoped for with 1997's Pardes, Mahima Chaudhury failed to find the same kind of success on screen, and now seems disillusioned with Bollywood

By: Russel D'Silva  |  Published: September 13 2022, 10:26 AM IST

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Mahima Chaudhry birthday

It is Mahima Chaudhry’s birthday today, 13th September. The actress, known for her fetching beauty back in the late 90s and early 2000s turns 49 years old today. After making as big a dream debut as any newbie could’ve hoped for with 1997’s Pardes, Mahima Chaudhury failed to find the same kind of success on screen, and now seems disillusioned with the industry. Over the course of time, she has also made some startling revelations about Bollywood. Check out a few such jaw-dropping confessions by the Pardes girl below:

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Mahima Chaudhry birthday trivia: Subhash Ghai changed her name

Did you know that Subhash Ghai had changed Mahima Chaudhry’s birth name before launching her in Pardes? She was earlier christened Rita Chaudhury. This was because that launching the careers of actress whose first name began with the letter ‘M’ was lucky for his movie, case in point being Madhuri Dixit and Manisha Koirala.

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Mahima Chaudhry birthday trivia: Replaced in Satya

Mahima Chaudhry had revealed in an earlier interview that Ram Gopal Varma has met her while she was shooting Pardes to narrate the script of Satya and she readily agreed to be a part of it as she loved what she heard. She had even gone about town telling the media about it despite Ghai’s disapproval of her doing such a small film, only for her to learn from the press that RGV began shooting the movie with an actress who was a part of most of his productions (Urmila Matondkar), leaving her red-faced and humiliated.

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Mahima Chaudhry birthday trivia: Claiming Bollywood only wanted virgins

In another interview, Mahima alleged that during her time, Bollywood only wanted virgins as heroines, adding that actresses were written off the moment they began dating as the industry wanted girls who had never been kissed. She further claimed that that marriage and children meant that a lead actress’ career was done and dusted.

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Mahima Chaudhry birthday trivia: On how Bollywood has changed for women

In the same interview, Mahima Chaudhry also praised the transformation in the Hindi film industry, highlighting how women are getting to call the shots, receiving better parts, better pay, bigger endorsements and generally are at a better position than before and enjoy a better shelf life than before.

Tags Entertainment news Madhuri Dixit Mahima Chaudhry Manisha Koirala Pardes Ram Gopal Varma Satya Subhash Ghai Urmila Matondkar

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