Mahima Chaudhry opens up about her horrific accident: They took out 67 glass pieces from my face

Mahima Chaudhry made her Bollywood debut with Subhash Ghai’s ‘Pardes’. Then she appeared in ‘Daag: The Fire’ and then in ‘Dil Kya Kare’ in 1999. In an interview with Pinkvilla, Mahima revealed that in that year she met with a horrific accident in Bengaluru.

Narrating about the accident, she said, “A truck rammed into her car and sent shards of glass flying into her face. “I thought I was dying, and at that point, no one even helped me get to the hospital. It is only after reaching the hospital, much later, when my mother came, Ajay came and they went to discuss. I got up and saw my face in the mirror and saw the horror. When they did the surgery on me, they took out 67 glass pieces.”

Mahima had to stay indoors, avoid the sunlight and she even didn’t look at her face in the mirror. “There were a lot of movies that I had lined up for myself during that time, and I had to let it go. I didn’t want people to know because at that time, people were not that supportive. If at that time, I had discussed it and said that I had cut myself like this, they would have said… ‘oh, iska toh chehra kharab ho gaya (her face is ruined), let’s sign someone else,” she added.

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She then shot for ‘Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin’ and even worked in ‘Dhadkan’. She said, “Yes, it did look like where did she go? I was hiding. I braved it out and it is only because of my family.”

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