<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Actor Mahima Chaudhry said once talked about how the film industry used to not be so kind towards female actors. She made her acting debut with Shah Rukh Khan in the 1997 film Pardes. Talking about how the industry has come a long way from being a ‘male dominant’ one, she revealed how female actors were often removed from films due to their personal lives.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a conversation with Hindustan Times, Mahima said in 2021, “I think the industry is getting to a position where female actors are also calling the shots.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They get better parts, better pay, and endorsements; they’re at a great and much powerful position. They have a longer shelf life than before.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The minute you started dating someone, people would write you off because they only wanted a virgin who had not kissed. If you were dating someone, it was like, ‘Oh! She’s dating!’.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you were married, then forget it, you career was over, and if you had a child, it was like absolutely over,” Mahim explained how important marital status was when she joined Bollywood.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mahima turned a year older on Tuesday. Earlier, in June, Anupam Kher broke the news about Mahima being diagnosed with breast cancer on social media. The actor underwent treatment in a hospital and said she couldn’t take up work as she had no hair. She later updated about being cancer free now.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mahima will be next seen in Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming political drama Emergency. In the film, she will be starring as the cultural activist and writer Pupul Jayakar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides her, it has Shreyas Talpade as former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Anupam Kher will play Jayaprakash Narayan in the film. Source: HT</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;">bnbd24/kh</span><br></div>