Bollywood focus: Madhuri Dixit

...Madhuri was a top model before she entered the film industry. Her career was launched by the Rajshri’s film,...

Madhuri Dixit was born on the 15th of May 1967, in a traditional Marathi Brahmin family. She was raised in Mumbai and got her micro-biology degree from Parle College. She is also trained as a Kathak dancer. In 1999, she married an Indian-American cardiovascular surgeon, who practices in Denver, Sriram Madhav Nene. They have two sons named Arin and Ryan.

Madhuri was a top model before she entered the film industry. Her career was launched by the Rajshri’s film, Abodh and the film failed and bombed at the box office. However, it was N Chandra’s Tezaab that actually marked her entry into Bollwyood. Also, her mentor, Subhash Ghai saw enough potential in her to ignore this petite newcomer. He offered her a role in his film, Ram Lakhan and sine then there was no looking back for her.

After her movie Tezaab was a hit, the rest of her movies till ’94 like Dayavan, Ram Lakhan, Dil, Saajan, Beta, Khalnayak and the record breaking blockbuster Hum Aapke Hai Kaun!. However after this it was a low period for the actress as her films were mostly flops. Then after a low of three years the actress bounced back with the super hit Dil To Pagal Hai. She won her fourth Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role in this film.

Madhuri is one of the most popular actress’ in Bollywood and is well known for her acting skills and her acting talent. Madhuri’s dance sequences have been appreciated in songs like Ek Do Teen, Dhak Dhak, Chane Ke Kheth Mein, Choli Ke Peechche many more. For all of her dance numbers, she has always received critical acclaim from the audience and the critics.

Madhuri has always been the muse for the well known artist MF Hussain, in 2000 she acted in a film titled Gaja Gamini. The film was supposed to be a tribute to the grace and beauty of this actress.

In the year 2001 Madhuri was awarded the National Citizens Award as recognition of various activities that affect the everyday life of the public. Later in the year 2002 she starred in the film Devdas along side Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai. For this film Madhuri won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film. Besides, the movie had a special screening at the Cannes Film festival. After this she just seemed to have vanished from the silver screen.

However, she’d just taken a long break. She recently performed on stage for the Filmfare Awards and danced to the track from her last movie Devdas. In December last year, Madhuri returned to Mumbai along with her husband and children to start filming for her latest movie Aaja Nachle which was produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Anil Mehta. On International Women’s day a special article was released to honour Bollywood heroines and it was topped by none other that Madhuri Dixit and she was rated as the best actress in Bollywood.