Good Housekeeping

On her 45-minute ride from the airport to the press conference venue (where she dispensed sagacious slices on the intricacies of hair grafting),Mahima Chaudhury had her sleepy daughter to tend to,a speeding driver to reprimand and make-up to apply. Needless to say,she juggled all these tasks without any difficulty. After her short but eventful stint in Bollywood (she started off with a Subhash Ghai film with Shah Rukh Khan and ended her career with a Z-grade sex-flick called Souten),she is happily settled with a Mumbai-based architect and now spends most of her time being a homemaker. “I couldn’t really blame the driver as we were already late for the event,so I decided apply my make-up. And all this while my daughter was happily asleep on my lap,” beamed Chaudhury,flicking a luxuriant lock of hair away from her kohl-lined eyes. Though you are a little disturbed with her road safety sense (speeding cars and sleeping infants shouldn’t ever be mentioned in the same sentence),you grudgingly grant the Pardes girl this little mistake,purely because of her extraordinary juggling skills. However,how can we forgive her for exposing us to the incredibly tedious task of extracting an interesting quote from her — Are you working in any film projects? “Not at the moment”. Are you happy about Leander Paes’ (her ex-boyfriend) win? “I don’t live in the past”. Which film do you regret not doing? “I can’t remember”. Clearly,this was not meant to be a page scorching interview,but what exactly do we do with these? “Kolkatans are lucky to have a professional hair-grafting institute,now you don’t have to travel abroad for your hair grafting needs.” “My little daughter has started speaking now.” “We shouldn’t go overboard with corrective surgeries.” “Kolkata women are spunky and attractive,and Kolkata men are … also attractive.” Yeah,we believe you.