“I Wasn’t Very Brave,” Mahima Chaudhry On Battling Breast Cancer

A video shared by Anupam Kher reveals co-actor Mahima Chaudhry’s journey of battling breast cancer.

Published On Jul 04, 2022 | Updated On Jul 04, 2022

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On June 9, 2022, Kashmir Files actor Anupam Kher took to Instagram to post a video of fellow Bollywood actor Mahima Chaudhry. In this short clip, the ‘Pardes’ fame was seen narrating her journey of breast cancer – from diagnosis to treatment. This video comes at a time when Mahima has started shooting for the film The Signature, which is Anupam’s 525th film that he announced about today on the photo-sharing platform.

“#MahimaChaudhry a month back from the US to play a very important role in my 525th film #TheSignature. Our conversation turned to her discovering that she has #BreastCancer. What followed is this candid conversation between us,” read Anupam’s Instagram post caption, where he shared the actor’s story of ‘courage and cancer’ and called her a ‘hero’. “She is ready to fly,” he added.

Mahima’s cancer was detected during a yearly routine check-up, she revealed, and the fact that she didn’t have any symptoms. In the beginning, it was just a doubt, and based on the biopsy result, which was negative, the doctor had said: “doesn’t look like anything, these are pre-cancer cells called DCIS. Sometimes, they become cancer and, sometimes, they don’t,” Mahima revealed. “But I still wanted to take it out. When we took it out and the doctors did the biopsy of the cells that were removed, they found tiny portions of cells that had already become cancer,” she added.

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In the second half of the video, the Pardes actor explained that it has been a painful and overwhelming journey, and that she ‘was not the very brave one’. 

Mahima and Anupam’s latest film The Signature is the story of a common man, it is being directed Gajendra Ahire, he is the mind behind popular Marathi films Not Only Mrs Raut and The Silence. And the film is backed by producer KC Bokadia. Mahima had hinted about this project in early April 2022, when she had congratulated Anupam for the success of The Kashmir Files. 


Photo: Instagram/Mahima Chaudhry

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