At home with Mahima

Mahima Choudhary is at home delivering a star's role in her current release Home Delivery

Mahima Choudhary seems to have recovered from the game, set and near match with Leander Paes and is relooking at her life in Bollywood. In a very odd way, that exactly is what she portrays in her film, Sujoy Ghosh?s Home Delivery, a project that she looks at as a comeback vehicle.

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Entertainment Plus: Tell us about why you chose Home Delivery ?
Mahima Choudhary: The film and the role were both very interesting. Home Delivery is based on a line where a single day changes one?s outlook forever.

I play Maya, an actress; a teenagers pin-up girl in her hey-days, she also happens to be Sunny?s (Viviek Oberoi) poster girl. Having moved to South India and check out the film industry there once she was past her prime, Maya finds the lure of Bollywood too thrilling to resist and comes back. It was a fun character to play.

How do you enter Viviek Oberoi's life?
Well, Maya wants to make a re-entry in style. Sunny has just bagged a prestigious screenplay writing project for director, Karan Johar (played by the director himself).

Maya decides to get this role by hook or crook and makes an entry into Sunny?s life. It is like he keeps dreaming about me, and one fine day, finds me right at his doorstep.

What made the character more interesting?
Everything. I also like my look in the film. Also, I play a star, so I did not have to do too much of homework.

How was Sujoy Ghosh as a director?
It was fun working with Sujoy. Initially, I was a bit reluctant doing the project, but Sujoy was very sure. And he is a fine director and a dear friend. He takes on things only when he is very sure.

What next?
I have Piyush Shah?s Mr 100 Per Cent, where she essays the hard-hitting character of a gigolo?s wife who makes him come to terms with reality. I am also looking forward to Kaushik Ganguly?s Bengali film Sir. I?s an interesting film.