Throwback to a time when Mahima Chaudhary opened up on the frequent link-up rumours with her 'Dil Kya Kare' co-star, Ajay Devgn!
Mahima Chaudhary made a successful debut with the film, Pardes, which made her an overnight sensation. It resulted in her landing up on some other big projects subsequently, such as Dil Kya Kare, Lajja, and Dhadkan, among others. While her acting mettle mesmerised millions of fans, she was also, like many other actresses, left at the brink of frequent rumours and link-ups with many of her co-stars. While Mahima brushed aside most of it, she once addressed the rumours of her link-up with the then newly-married Ajay Devgn.
Mahima Chaudhary starred opposite Ajay Devgn in the latter’s home production film, Dil Kya Kare. Beyond the bonds of their shooting, Mahima and Ajay were the best of friends, and in fact, the latter and his new wife, Kajol, were quite friendly with her, especially during the time when she had met with a terrible accident and had barely built up her confidence to face the camera. However, her bonding with Ajay was misunderstood by many, including the director of their film, who fuelled the rumours of them being together. Recalling the same in an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Mahima mentioned:
"I remember post that, the director went and told everyone that Ajay Devgn is in love with me and there were rumours in the magazines that I was seeing Ajay Devgn. That made me even more uncomfortable. He had just gotten married sometime back when we were doing Dil Kya Kare and that film was not even complete when they got married."
Mahima faced turbulence in her personal life right after her debut film. Her sudden accident affected her not just physically but also made an irreparable dent in her married life with her Kolkata-based architect husband, Bobby Mukherjee, and they parted ways. However, post-her accident, when Mahima was emotionally and mentally under-confident if she would ever make a comeback to the film industry, it was Ajay Devgn and Kajol who boosted her confidence and later cast her in their first film as producers. Speaking about the same, she mentioned:
“Ajay Devgn and Kajol, who were my producers at that time, they saw to it that nobody in the industry got to know about it. Because at that time, it would have devastated my career. I knew I was not going to make a comeback. But Ajay was like, ‘I get scars like this all the time’, and I thought he is just being nice because he just wants me not to lose heart. But actually, he was right. He was a very very generous producer."
Mahima has been indebted to Ajay Devgn for his more than generous help to her in the most difficult times of her life. Apart from offering her the much-needed break into films for a worthy comeback, Ajay, as a responsible friend, also ensured that Mahima got the proper treatment after her accident and that she was not pestered constantly by the other producers for her to commit to the film. In the interview with Bollywood Bubble, Mahima recalled those days and highlighted:
“He just looked after everything. Sending me to the right doctors, seeing to it that I got the best treatment because I and my mother were quite new to Mumbai and so he said, ‘No you’re not doing this treatment in Bangalore, I am taking you to Bombay and sending you to the best.’ His manager at that time was always with us and looked after us. They never once called and asked if I am ready because the other producers were hounding us because they were not clear about how much I had hurt myself."
Going further in the same interview, Mahima Chaudhary heaped praises on Ajay Devgn for taking extreme care of her when she resumed shooting the film, Dil Kya Kare. She recalled how Ajay was attentive in ensuring that Mahima was comfortable in shooting close-up scenes since she was apprehensive of doing so post-accident. In her words:
“You’re not ready?’, and I said no. Then he told everyone to just let me be. Then he told the director, ‘Why? She is just getting off this accident, its ok things can wait.’ So the director said that the set will have to be dismantled and Ajay said ok."
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