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They may not be as consistent with roles today, but there was a time when they effortlessly ruled the screens & one of them was Mahima Chaudhry! The Filmfare-winning debutant of Pardes (1997) went on to play a variety of roles before finally landing her dream comedy role with Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar (2001). In this exclusive unseen interview during the film's promotions, Mahima opens up about her long-held desire of doing a comedy finally coming true, while also talking about her other dream roles and how great it was working with the pioneer of humour director Priyadarshan. She also shares funny yet valuable experiences of working with co-stars Suniel Shetty, Sanjay Dutt, Shah Rukh Khan & others, and reveals how much she loves watching cartoons. Yes, you heard that right! Watch this never-seen-before side of Mahima Chaudhry, only on Lehren.

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00:00Sunil and Paresh have already worked with Priyan in Hira Feli
00:03so they were going to school in English and I was a newcomer
00:07so they had a lot of ragging me and I was very tired
00:11I was thinking that South Indian is in South Indian
00:13so how do they make a Hindi picture and make it so good?
00:16so he understands the language very well
00:18he's very good, he's very disciplined
00:20and he knows his work very well
00:22if you look the character, I think half the job is done
00:25and then the behaviour and then the attitude
00:28and those kind of things
00:30if you have thought about it, it's good
00:38this is a story that is set in Bombay
00:42and I live with my family in Bombay
00:46I'm a middle class maharashtran girl
00:48whose name is Saraswati Pandurang Joshi
00:50she lives with her mother, her little sister and brother
00:52she lives with her mother
00:54and there is a tic-tac job
00:58and she supports the whole family
01:02and they are living in a house
01:03and they are living in a house in a house
01:05and after 20 years, the house owner comes back
01:07and they say they need the house
01:08because they have their own problems
01:10and they want to business and they want to sell them
01:14and they want to sell them
01:14and they want to sell them
01:16but because we are living in it
01:18for 20 years, we don't have one thing
01:22and that's why
01:23they don't want to buy them
01:23and then, why?
01:24why?
01:25because everyone has emotions
01:26and they don't want to let go
01:30and they don't want to let go
01:31and they take this to the house
01:34and the landlord and the landlord
01:36they have a lot of problems
01:39and they have to stop their water
01:41and they blow up the birds
01:41you know, all those kind of things. So situations are very funny, you see how they are fighting.
01:51You are working with the first wife, Tridashree. How is your experience?
01:58Tridashree is a very good director.
02:00And in comedy, people have already come with Hera Fairy. So they are very fun with them.
02:11And they are not strict. They are very good actors and they are very good.
02:18I was thinking that they are South Indian, so how do they make a Hindi picture and make it so
02:24good?
02:24So he understands the language very well. And he is very good. He is very disciplined.
02:31And he knows his work very well. He is patient. He teaches a lot.
02:39How do you work with Sunil, Shirdi and Parish?
02:42Sunil and Parish have already worked with Priyan in Hera Fairy.
02:45So they were like, they were going to school in English and I was a newcomer.
02:50So they were very good ragging.
02:55And they were very strong.
02:57Sunil is very very naughty.
02:58And Jeeva and Priyan, they were very strong.
03:01Our cameraman, director and Sunil, they were very strong.
03:04And our writer, Neeraj Vohra, is very very funny.
03:09So we had a blast. It was very fun.
03:12We were all lively people.
03:15So we had a lot of fun.
03:16And to make a comedy with lively people is just listening and listening.
03:21Meena, you said in a very first interview,
03:23that you wanted to play a lot of comical characters.
03:27I know.
03:28So if you were watching all of us,
03:29the characters that you have played in my house,
03:32are you the same?
03:35That's the same.
03:36Because when I thought I wanted to play comedy,
03:40I used to just think comedy.
03:41But this type of comedy,
03:43it looks so real and so nice and so sweet.
03:46It's a very sweet, sweet film.
03:48I had not thought.
03:51I had asked something else in my interview,
03:53so that would not be good.
03:54So now I am asking.
03:55I would get more comedies.
03:58I really enjoy comedy.
03:59It's one of my favorite things.
04:01From the past,
04:03from the past.
04:05From the past.
04:05From the past.
04:06From the past.
04:06From the past.
04:07From the past.
04:07From the past.
04:08You had a lot of performance.
04:11You had a lot of good.
04:12People liked you.
04:14So,
04:14did you have a hard homework before?
04:21How many characters have done?
04:22There are some directors who expect homework.
04:24Of course.
04:25I am doing it.
04:26There are some directors who expect homework.
04:27And some directors like Maheshwamal Shekhar.
04:28don't do homework
04:32don't do homework
04:33I don't do homework
04:35cheating
04:35but otherwise
04:38I feel more comfortable
04:40if you look at the character
04:45I think half the job is done
04:46and then the behavior
04:48and then the attitude
04:50those kind of things
04:51if you have thought about it
04:53it's good
04:54it's good
04:56it's good
04:57I think it's important
05:03tell us about this
05:05which song is your favorite
05:06because it's a comedy film
05:07so it's the same flavor
05:09in the music
05:10I love the song
05:13Saraswati
05:14I like the food in it
05:16and the other song
05:18it's a dream sequence
05:21where we imagine
05:22that they have taken me
05:23but
05:28the dream sequence
05:29we have made more hair styles
05:31in the boat
05:33in the water
05:34like a painting
05:36the song is like a painting
05:38the song
05:40in the clouds
05:41a little bit like that feel
05:43there's a song where Parish Ji
05:45is trying to boo me
05:47so that song is very good
05:49in all the songs
05:52there's a flavor
05:53you know
05:56what is your dream role
05:57what is your dream role
05:58like Shri Devi
05:59and what is your dream role
06:01what is your dream role
06:03no, all actors
06:05are different projects
06:07that were a dream role
06:09when it comes to the end
06:10all the dream roles
06:12all the dream films
06:13so it's only
06:16after the film is released
06:17and when the actor has stopped acting
06:20that you can say that this was the best
06:22or you know
06:24this is the greatest
06:25but when you're doing a film
06:27you can never tell
06:28and until now
06:29I can tell my best film
06:30I know
06:36but otherwise
06:37I can't tell performance wise
06:39no
06:40but yeah
06:41if
06:43your house is close to my dream
06:47yes
06:47it is
06:50you have been filming
06:51and you have been co-stars
06:52who have been co-stars
06:55who have been co-stars
06:56you have worked very well
07:01I have worked with
07:03all the actors
07:04all the
07:07wonderful actors
07:08and
07:09Zahir
07:09obviously
07:11they are very talented
07:12which is why
07:13they are where they are
07:14and they were all very disciplined
07:15and I got to learn a lot from them
07:17whether it is
07:18Sunil Shetty
07:19who is doing a comedy with me
07:21he has taught me a lot
07:23in terms of
07:24you know
07:24I don't know
07:26and he is very disciplined
07:28you learn that
07:29with Akshay I learnt that
07:31Sanju is very spontaneous
07:33spontaneous
07:34and he has a great personality
07:36he carries himself well
07:38and
07:39Shah Rukh is very good
07:40he works on it
07:41and he improvises
07:43Chandrachur has a great voice
07:44and
07:45he uses that
07:46and
07:47all my actors
07:47have learnt something
07:49Chi Chi has got immense energy
07:51and
07:53so
07:53everything is done
07:54everything is done
07:56we have heard that
07:57you love to watch cartoons
07:59who is your favourite cartoon character
08:01me
08:04my favourite cartoon character
08:05I love all of them
08:06I like
08:08I like
08:09I like
08:09Miki
08:10I like
08:11my brother
08:12we call my brother Miki
08:13in fact
08:13my brother's name is Miki
08:15I like Miki
08:16I like all the cartoon characters
08:18in fact
08:18when I am depressed
08:19I go to the cartoon channel
08:21and I watch them
08:22and I think
08:23their life is so good
08:24it is so much fun
08:26you know
08:27so
08:27Tom and Jerry
08:28I love watching them
08:30your fans
08:31you want to know
08:32something for them
08:33you want to say
08:33you want to know
08:34any message
08:35I love them
08:37I love them
08:37I have seen all my pictures
08:39and this time
08:40I have seen them
08:42and
08:43my picture
08:44name is
08:44your house
08:45and my house
08:45you can see them
08:47it is a film
08:49that I have enjoyed thoroughly
08:50the most in fact
08:52making
08:52because it is funny
08:54both before
08:55the cut
08:56and after the cut
08:57the cut
08:57that p
09:01you
09:02have been
09:07we have been
09:08this is also
09:08in the
09:08the
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