At the rate she has been trying out options to survive, she should be nominated for an award for being the most patient of all actors. Take a look at the various alternative roles she has had to choose for herself from modeling to heroine-oriented roles to parallel leads.

When the going became tough she decided to pack her bags and settle down with her beau only to make a comeback in item songs as she broke up with him. In the interim she also made plans to get behind the camera to learn the ropes of direction,and get into dress designing professionally. But finally, Ms. Chaudhary has let the whole world know that she would want to continue acting in films and "do negative roles too, like the one Akshaye Khanna has done in Humraaz."The villains have better etched out characters and have more fun," she chuckles.

If only she knew that it isn`t the choice of one`s profession that makes a person happy. It`s single-minded devotion that counts. What if even in the negative roles there isn`t an iota of seriousness from your end, Mahima? What would your next stop be - comedy?