The out-of-work Mahima Chaudhary obviously has plenty of time at her disposal. Why else would she be springing to the defence of co-actors so willingly? She was one of the first stars to lend support to the much maligned Salman Khan.

"Just leave him alone," she screams whenever scribes pester her for her take on the industry`s sliding morality. Now she is planning to actively garner support for colleagues like Manisha Koirala and Salman, who she feels are "more sinned against than sinning."Do we have another Shabana Azmi in the making?

Not by a long chalk. The status that Shabana has achieved has come as a result of years of solid work on and off the screen. In comparison, Mahima is just an upstart.