67 glass pieces had to be taken out of Mahima Chaudhry’s face, actor broke down when she was called scarface – The Indian Express

Mahima’s actual identify is Ritu Chaudhry, however she modified it due to Subhash Ghai’s superstition. He believed in launching actresses whose identify’s preliminary begin with the letter ‘M’. Meenakshi Sheshadri, Manisha Koirala, and Madhuri Dixit had been just a few actresses who labored with Subhash Ghai. Due to this fact, she modified her identify to Mahima Chaudhry.

Shah Rukh Khan and Mahima Chaudhry in Pardes.

After her highly effective debut, Mahima additionally received hearts together with her roles in movies like Daag, Dhadkan, Kurukshetra, Dil Kya Kare, Lajja and lots of. Mahima’s profession may have been a really easy one thereafter however life had completely different plans.

The actor who was on the top of her recognition, mysteriously light from Bollywood. Mahima Chaudhry as soon as opened up about her career-threatening accident, after which she was branded ‘scarface’.

It was in 1999 when Mahima Chaudhary was taking pictures for the movie Dil Kya Kare with Ajay Devgn and Kajol when her automobile rammed right into a truck in Bangalore. A number of items of glass needed to be faraway from her face on account of the horrific accident.

Mahima Chaudhary with Ajay Devgn and Kajol in eh movie Dil Kya Kare.

Mahima advised Bollywood Bubble, “It was the final day of the shoot in Bangalore… an early morning shoot. I sat within the automobile. A milk truck was coming from the mistaken facet and it rammed into my automobile. The glass items got here like bullets into my face.”

“I assumed I used to be dying, and at that time, nobody even helped me get to the hospital. It was solely after reaching the hospital, a lot later, when my mom got here, Ajay got here and so they went to debate. I obtained up and noticed my face within the mirror and noticed the horror. After they did the surgical procedure on me, they took out 67 glass items,” shared Mahima, talking to Pinkvilla.

Mahima needed to let go of quite a lot of movies on her kitty throughout that point due to her accident.

Mahima received hearts together with her roles in lots of movies.

Mahima didn’t reveal particulars of the incident again then as she feared folks wouldn’t be supportive. “If at the moment, I had mentioned it and stated that I had reduce myself like this, they’d have stated… ‘oh, iska toh chehra kharab ho gaya (her face is ruined), let’s signal another person’. ”

Whereas recalling how she was branded ‘scarface’ after the accident, Mahima as soon as shared with tears, “After I had my accident, they got here on the units when no one was allowed. They took a shot from far as a result of I nonetheless had scars. They put an image of me on {a magazine}’s cowl and wrote ‘Mahima had an accident. She’s obtained scars all around the face. We will really name her scarface.’ It nonetheless hurts me.”

Mahima admitted that it was actor Ajay Devgn who tried to make her really feel comfy after the accident. “Ajay was like I get scars like this on a regular basis. He was a really beneficiant producer. He took care of me,” she stated.

Mahima Chaudhry spoke about how Ajay Devgn was a help to her submit her accident. (Picture: Categorical Archive)

Mahima elaborated “After I went on the set, I used to be hiding the left facet of my face as a result of the scars had been seen. The director saved bringing the digital camera nearer. It’s a kind of issues that stays with you. Ajay checked out me and requested ‘You aren’t prepared?’ He advised the director to let it’s and advised him ‘let’s not do that, give her time.’ He defined to the director that I’m nonetheless not over the accident.”

She additionally recalled having no hopes of a comeback to cinema and stated, “I used to be making ready for a life with out cinema. I used to be studying find out how to cope up with it. Something that occurred submit that was simply God’s present.”