Mahima Choudhury

Ritu Choudhury who is popularly known as Mahima Choudhury is very popular Indian actress and also a former model. Mahima was born in Delhi on 13th September, 1973. She has studied in Loreto in Darjeeling. When Mahima was a model, she had done few commercials; the one with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the Pepsi commercial is also included in the list. She has also anchored the popular entertainment television show ‘Public Demand’. She became a part of the Indian film industry after she debuted in ‘Pardes’ in 1997. She was chosen among 3,000 applicants who had auditioned for the role of ‘Ganga’, the name of the character played by Mahima in the film.

Mahima is the find of Subhas Ghai who has earlier launched actresses like Madhuri Dixit and Manisha Koirala. It was the director Subhas Ghai who wanted Ritu to be named ‘Mahima’. This was Mahima’s first and also major hit. Here she shared her screen space with famous and talented film stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Amrish Puri and Aloknath. In the film, Mahima played the love interest of Shah Rukh Khan and Atul Agnihotri, who was a newcomer. She played well the role of village girl who refuses to forget her cultural values. She won the ‘Filmfare Best Female Debut’ for ‘Pardes’. Mahima has played supporting roles in films like ‘Dil Kya Kare’, ‘Dhadkan’. In the former film, her performance as Ajay Devgan’s wife was well received. Her latest release is ‘Hope and a Little Sugar’ which is directed by Tanuja Chandra.