67 glass shards were taken out of Mahima Chaudhry’s face after accident, shot dance sequence with ‘swollen’ face

Mahima Chaudhry opened up about her near-fatal accident while shooting Dil Kya Kare. She also revealed that she was taken to court after Pardes due to a contractual misunderstanding.

Mahima Chaudhry opened up about her near-fatal accident while shooting Dil Kya Kare.

Actor Mahima Chaudhry has faced several personal and professional challenges, including her battle with breast cancer, a difficult marriage, and a near-fatal accident while shooting for her 1999 film Dil Kya Kare, opposite Ajay Devgn. In a recent interview, Mahima recalled suffering severe facial injuries after 67 pieces of glass pierced her skin in the accident. The actor also shared that she was taken to court and removed from films due to a contractual misunderstanding.

During a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, when Mahima was asked about the challenges she has conquered in life, she replied, “A lot of them. After my first film, I was taken to court, I was thrown out of so many films, because it was said that she is under contract with Mukta, which wasn’t true. I had my accident, then I sat at home for a year.”

However, she wanted to do much more in films than just a single track. “I started doing bit appearances, all those films became a hit…even when I was doing just a song. People then started offering me just a single song, I said no to them. I was called the lucky mascot but I want to do more things. Then I got back again, did films with Priyadarshan, Raj Santoshi, Lajja, etc.”

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Mahima Chaudhry also recalled the horrific car incident while shooting Dil Kya Kare, which left her with serious injuries. “There were 67 tiny glass pieces, then they are scraped out under the microscope. The next day, the face is more swollen and out of shape. My friends were laughing at my facial injury, they thought I had a fight with someone and I am lying. At that time, I didn’t know what I was going to do in life, it was difficult. I couldn’t go out in sunlight, you have to wait for the stitches, then they heal so you have to keep it moist,” she shared.

Mahima added, “Sunlight and UV rays can cause scarring. I completed pending 1-2 songs in between, but couldn’t give full fledged rights to anyone to go anywhere outdoors and work. My costume designer had to put diamond dots on the scars, especially left side which was more swollen. It became a fad after that, people actually started selling it.”

On the work front, Mahima Chaudhry is currently busy promoting her upcoming romantic comedy Durlabh Prasad Ki Dusri Shadi, opposite Sanjay Mishra. It is scheduled to hit theatres on December 19. The actor was last seen in the Netflix film Nadaaniyan, alongside Khushi Kapoor and Ibrahim Ali Khan.

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