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Love in the time of crisis: Mahima Chowdhary
 Love heals and how! When tennis ace, Leander Paes went through a health crisis, it was his lady love, Mahima Chowdharys presence and support which saw him through. Putting her personal and professional life on the backburner she flew across continents to be with him. Paes, on his part, acknowledges that it helped in his speedy recovery.
In a rendezvous with ShaadiTimes, Mahima mulls over the meaning of love.
Filmstar...
I am trying hard to shape my career...take it in the right direction, but it is a question of making a choice. I am trying to do the best I can. I am doing films that appeal to me... enacting characters I haven't done before. My next release is Tanuja Chandra's Filmstar in which I play the title role.
Not playing myself...
I took up the role because it is directed by Tanuja Chandra; then too it is the title role of a very colourful character. I am playing an actress in the film, but she is drastically different from what I am. She is a lot more over the top, a lot more narcissistic... so full of herself. She is nothing more than a film actress and I think that's really tragic. I feel, in life it is very important to be a human being first and then whatever else you may want to be. But often times social pressures intervene and play a vital role. You are known as a doctor or an actor and that becomes your identity... you get caught up in that and you mistake that identity to be you. So when you are not an actor... you are nothing. This is true especially in a profession such as mine that is acting.
The plot...
My character, Hira Pandit, has done much in life but she is still not satisfied. She is not getting enough attention anymore as she was used to and resents the situation. She feels low in life and that's when she dashes into Priyanshu, a lawyer whom she has known for a while. But they are two very different people. She has achieved a lot and he has achieved nothing. He is an out of practice lawyer. He has a job singing at a bar earning enough for his drink! He has watched all her films and he tells her the reason why she is not a success anymore. But she resents the very thought that she is not a success anymore. But they come together despite that because she feels that he does make sense after all.
Relationships are...
Every relationship is unique. The situations are different. Talking about myself, I haven't been able to come to a conclusion whether opposites attract or if two similar people are drawn to each together. I have seen couples who are so like each other that they may easily pass of as siblings. At the same time two completely opposite individuals also make a great match. So it largely depends on individuals. You can keep any relationship going as long as you work over it.
With Leander Paes in his crisis...
For me it is not difficult to stay with someone even when he is going through a difficult time because I am a very emotional person. I think it is mandatory and important for me to stay by his side. I really don't know what the bond that keeps us together is... I think sometimes it is a connection that you might have made in the past... It may be instinct, intention, or your desire to be with someone that keeps you together. I think if someone leaves you when you are suffering, it is going to be very difficult for the person to cope with his illness. We have come into this world as human beings and if you leave a person in his moment of crisis then you have failed in your duty as one... forget being an achiever.
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