Madhuri’s filmy career so far

Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri Dixit made her acting debut in Rajshri Productions’ titled Abodh in the year 1984. The movie although couldn’t impress but minor and supporting characters continued to follow. She acquired stardom after she got the lead role in N. Chandra’s blockbuster hit of 1988 Tezaab, for which she bagged her first Filmfare nomination. In the similar year, the actress featured in a number of important movies like Ram Lakhan, Parinda and Tridev. .In 1990, Madhuri Dixit Nene was seen in Indra Kumar’s romantic-drama Dil opposite Aamir Khan.

Her awesome performance honoured her the first Filmfare Best Actress Award of her career. Earlier the success of Dil she signed many successful movies like Saajan, Beta, Khalnayak, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun.! and Raja. Madhuri Dixit’s performance in Beta, won her a second Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Hum Aapke Hain Kaun…! released in 1994 became one of the largest hits in the history of Indian cinema. Her role of a modern yet family-oriented young girl gave her the third Filmfare Best Actress Award of her career.

She also went into a slump during 1996 and much of 1997. However, she made a come back back with Yash Chopra‘s Dil To Pagal Hai for which she won a fourth Filmfare Best Actress Award. Madhuri Dixit has been the main attraction for the famous Indian painter M.F. Husain. He made a movie Gaja Gamini. In 2002, Madhuri than featured in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas. Her performance bagged her a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. The film was featured at the Cannes Film Festival too.

The dancing diva is not only acknowledged for her acting abilities, but for her dancing skills as well. On 7 December 2006, Madhuri Dixit returned to Mumbai, India with her husband and sons to start shooting for Aaja Nachle. In 2011, the actress appeared as a judge on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Season four. She also received a Filmfare Special Award in respect of her 25 years in the Bollywood film fraternity..

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Madhuri loves the festival of light but no crackers please!

Madhuri Dixit who spreads light with her beautiful smile once commented that she loves the festival of light, that is, Diwali but she has always been scared of crackers. She said that she was scared of the various sounds of the crackers when she was a little girl.

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Madhuri Dixit also said that though crackers are a very important part of Diwali but personally she always gets scared of them. Most of the time, the actress tries to stay away from the crackers on Diwali.

Madhuri Dixit gave beautiful acting as well as dance performances in movies like Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Dil To Pagal Hai etc. The actress is now settled happily with her husband and kids abroad.

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Who is the present day Madhuri Dixit?

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It rarely happens that someone turns out to be such a pack of qualities! Madhuri Dixit is one such example. She is full of so many skills like perfect acting, perfect dancing etc. She is not only a good actress but she has also proved to be a perfect home maker. Though , now-a-days she is missing from the silver screen but still she is often quoted as a “standard” for perfect acting or perfect dancing.

Recently, the famous choreographer, Longinus Fernandes quoted Madhuri Dixit by saying that she is such a wonderful actress as well as dancer that it is hard to find someone like her. But finally the choreographer selects Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as the one who can be compared rightly with Madhuri.

In fact, Madhuri Dixit has given many memorable dance moves in various songs of movies like Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Dil to Pagal Hai etc. And then same is the case with Aishwarya, adds Longinus Fernandes. He says that even Aish has been no less then Madhuri and she can be rightly called the present day Madhuri Dixit. Aish has given certain beautiful and tough dance movies in her upcoming movie Guzaarish.

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Working with Rajshree Productions was like coming home, said Madhuri

Madhuri Dixit has made her debut in Bollywood with the movie Abodh which was a creation of the famous Rajshree productions. The actress had loved to work under this production but she never knew that she would get to work with it after a long time.

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The actress started moving on her success path after this debut movie. She always wanted to work again with this production. She got this opportunity in 1994 with the movie Hum Aapke Hain Kaun. The movie Hum Aapke Hain Kaun was released in 1994 which starred Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan in the lead roles.

It was a blockbuster movie and everybody who was connected with this movie was extremely happy with such a huge success of this flick. When madhuri was asked about it, she happily said that working with Rajshree Productions was like coming back home.

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Mad’s honours and recognitions

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Madhuri Dixit has established herself as one of the most leading actresses of Bollywood industry. The dancing diva in 2008, was awarded the Padma Shri, the India’s fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India.

Let’s have a quick look at the honours and recognitions of the actress-

1997: ‘Kalabhinetri’ award by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

2001: National Citizen’s Award

2001: Forbes named Dixit among the Top Five Most Powerful Indian Movie Stars.

2007: Bollywood’s Best Actress Ever

2008: Honored at IFFLA Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

Performing in hit films like Dil, Beta, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Anjaam, Aaja Nachle to name a few, Madhuri continues to rule the hearts of millions with coming closer to many people with her illustrious performance.

Madhuri 1990 to 1995

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May be the most successful years of actress Madhuri Dixit were between 1990 to 1995 in which she delivered six superhit films and for which she won awards too. They were Dil (1990), Saajan (1991), Beta (1992), Khalnayak (1993), Hum Aapke Hain Kaun! (1994), and Raja (1995).

We begin with the movie Dil for which Madhuri Dixit got her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for her superb performance. The film was a romantic drama in which she acted alongside Aamir Khan. Then in 1991 came her movie Saajan whose songs such as ‘Dekha Hain Pehli Baar’, ‘Tu Shayar Hain ‘,’Bahut Pyaar Karte Hain’ were a big hit. Even today we listen to these lovely songs the picture of Madhuri comes in front of eyes. She was nominated the Filmfare Best Actress Award for the movie.

She got her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in Beta which came in 1992. In the movie she played role of a woman who is married to an illiterate man, and then she exposes the scheming of her mother-in-law. And then came her movie Khalnayak. Her dance steps in the eight-minute song ‘Choli ke peeche’ were highly admired.

In 1994 her blockbuster hit was the movie Hum Aapke Hain Kaun! The movie collected over 650 million from India and got Madhuri her third Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 1995 she was seen in Raja and won the Star Screen Award Best Actress for it.

Madhuri’s marriage

Being a fan of hers I like to explore the various slides of her life, and one thing which I come across is that Madhuri Dixit married a man who was unaware of her celebrity status and had never seen any of her films.

The actress of hit films Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Dil To Pagal Hai, Tezaab and Khalnayak married to Shriram Nene who is a Los Angeles-based cardiac surgeon, and a very busy person. In an interview Dixit’s sister said, “He (Nene) hadn’t heard of her because he grew up here (in the US). He watched some of Dixit’s films after the superstar told him that she was a top-ranking film actress in India.” But Madhuri’s celebrity status never changed his feelings about her.

The only bonding in their relationship was that he liked him and she liked him, and that was the only important thing. Their liking was for the individual, beyond issues like career.

We miss you Madhuri

I expected highly from one of my favourite actress Madhuri Dixit as judge of DPL but her circumstances didn’t favour her and the things could not work out. This gave me a feeling of the halcyon days of her life when she was at the top.

I still remember the days when the Dhak Dhak girl was Dhadkan of all. Her superhit movie ‘Beta’ and the song dhak dhak karne laga had made her the heartthrob of all fans. Her movie ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ was simply amazing. Her dress in the song didi tera devar deewana was the new fad of market. But my favourite Madhuri movie is ‘Devdas’ in which her role as Chandramukhi is unforgettable. The grace she has carried over the years is beyond words. I look forward to more from her.

In her upcoming flick is ’36-24-36′ with co-actress as Jaya Bachchan and direction by Meghna Gulzar. Other details however are not available.

Anjaam- A 1994 movie

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Anjaam is an Indian Bollywood movie released on April 22, 1994. The movie was directed by Rahul Rawail. It starred Madhuri Dixit and Shahrukh Khan in lead roles. Actors Deepak Tijori, Himani Shivpuri, Tinnu Anand, Kalpana Iyer and Kiran Kumar make supporting roles. The music was composed by Anand-Milind with lyrics were written by Sameer.

This was the first time that Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit were being paired together. The film was a box office failure, but the lead stars got favourable reviews. Madhuri Dixit earned a Filmfare Best Actress nomination for her role but won the award for her performance in Hum Aapke Hain Kaun… Shahrukh Khan won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain. This was his third role as a villain after Darr and Baazigar, both of which released the previous year.

The story goes like Vijay Agnihotri (Shahrukh Khan) is a wealthy, spoilt man who lives with his mother in the city of Mumbai. His outlook to life is simple: whatever he wants he gets. He meets Shivani Chopra (Madhuri Dixit) and falls in love with her. He constantly pursues her, but she is not interested. He does not give up and tells his mother that he wants to marry her. The day he and his mother go to give the proposal, they witness Shivani’s wedding to Ashok Chopra (Deepak Tijori). Vijay is heartbroken and tries his best to forget about her.

Vijay Agnihotri (Shahrukh Khan) is a wealthy, spoilt man who lives with his mother in the city of Mumbai. His outlook to life is simple: whatever he wants he gets. He falls in love with Shivani Chopra (Madhuri Dixit). He constantly pursues her, but she is not The day he and his mother go to give the proposal, they witness Shivani’s wedding to Ashok Chopra (Deepak Tijori). Vijay is heartbroken and tries his best to forget about her.

The hardship of jail turns her life into hell when she finds out that her sister and daughter were chucked out the house by her brother in law (Tinnu Anand). They are later killed in a car accident, the driver being Vijay. The cruel treatment by the prison warden (Kalpana Iyer), compels Shivani to make a complaint. It proves costly and she loses her unborn child, due to the beating she suffers from the prison warden. Shivani decides that it is time to take matters into her own hands and she murders the prison warden. Eventually, she is released from jail.

The film ends with Shivani hanging from a cliff and Vijay hanging from her foot. He says that if he dies then she will have to die as well. Shivani, replies that her living is not necessary as long as he dies, she lets go and both fall to their deaths together.

Madhuri Dixit did full justice to the character she played and the movie was a box office failure, but still the stars got good reviews for it.