Mahima Choudhary – The screen name of Ritu Choudhary was born on 13 September 1973. in DELHI. She completed her schooling from Loretto (Darjeeling). Previously she dated with the actor Dino Morea and tennis superstar Leander Paes. The relation was ended with Leander Paes because of faithlessness.
Started her career with a Pepsi ad, along with Aamir Khan) Her Awards include LUX Face of the Year 1997 and LUX ZEE CINE AWARD 1997 – Best Female Debutant.
Mahima did modeling before becoming an actress of Bollywood. She also hosted television shows on the public demand. Her first film in the Bollywood was “Pardes” released in 1997. In this film she played role of Ganga and performed with Shahrukh Khan and Apoorva Agnihotri. Subhash Ghai selected her for the film “Pardes” from 3000 candidates. Subhash Ghai launched career of famous actresses Madhuri Dixit and Manisha koirala. Actresses whose names started with ‘M’ letter are very lucky for Subhash Ghai therefore he changed her name from Ritu to Mahima.
Mahima also played supporting roles in the films like “Dil Kya Kare” in 1999, “Dhadakan” released in 2000. In Dil Kya Kare she played role of loving spouse of Ajay Devgan. She got second Filmfare Nomination for this film. She also got nomination for the films Dobara and Dhadakan.
She then got married with famous Mumbai Architect Bobby Mukherjee. This marriage is Bobby Mukherjee’s second marriage and he has two childrens from first wife. Both of them have one daughter named Aryana which is born in 10 June 2007.
Movies Done By Mahima Chaudhary
- 1997 Pardes Kusum Ganga Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
- 1999 Manasulo Maata Priya Telugu film
- 1999 Dil Kya Kare Kavita Kishore Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
- 1999 Daag: The Fire Kajri Verma / Kajal
- 1999 Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin Nisha
- 2000 Dhadkan Sheetal Varma Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
- 2000 Deewane Pooja
- 2000 Kurukshetra Anjali P. Singh
- 2000 Khiladi 420 Ritu Bhardwaj
- 2001 Lajja Maithili
- 2001 Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar Saraswati
- 2002 Om Jai Jagadish Ayesha
- 2002 Dil Hai Tumhaara Nimmi
- 2003 Saaya Tanya
- 2003 Tere Naam Special appearance in song “O Jaana”
- 2003 Baghban Arpita Alok Malhotra
- 2003 LOC Kargil Reena Yadav
- 2004 Dobara Dr. Anjali Sehgal
- 2005 Zameer: The Fire Within Supriya Maheshwari
- 2005 Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye Gulab Khan
- 2005 Sehar Anamika Kant
- 2005 Film Star Heera Pandit
- 2005 The Film Sushmita Banerjee
- 2005 Home Delivery Maya
- 2005 Bhagmati Bhagmati Voice-over
- 2006 Souten: The Other Woman Mitali ‘Mita’ R. Singh
- 2006 Sandwich Sweet Singh / Sweety Shekar
- 2006 Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamana Anjali
- 2006 Mr 100% Shilpa
- 2006 Hope and a Little Sugar Saloni
- 2006 Sarhad Paar Simram
- 2008 Gumnaam – The Mystery Ria
- 2010 Pusher Anita
- 2015 Mumbhaii – The Gangster Gangster’s wife
- 2016 Dark Chocolate Ishani Banerjee
TV shows Done By Mahima Chaudhary
- Ticket to Bollywood (judge) (NDTV Prime)
Awards and nominations Received By Mahima Chaudhary
- 1998 Pardes Filmfare Award Best Female Debut Won
- 1998 Filmfare Award Best Actress Nominated
- 1998 Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut Won
- 1999 Dil Kya Kare Filmfare Award Best Supporting Actress Nominated
- 2000 Dhadkan Planet-Bollywood People’s Choice Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
- 2000 Filmfare Award Best Supporting Actress Nominated
- 2000 IIFA Awards IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award Nominated
- 2000 Star Screen Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
- 2000 Bollywood Movie Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
- 2000 Sansui Award Best Supporting Actress Won
- 2005 Dobara Stardust Award Best Supporting Actress Nominated
- 2005 Zee Cine Award Best Supporting Actress Nominated