She’s back

Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit is back as she will be seen as the former Indian Prime Minister in his upcoming film. She will play role of first woman prime minister Indira Gandhi in the film ‘Mother: The Indira Gandhi Story’.

The film ‘Mother: The Indira Gandhi Story’ is directed by Bollywood filmmaker Krishna Shah who’s writing this script from last 23 years. Talking about the film he says, “It will be in Hinglish. And while there will be songs, it’s not a Bollywood-style film.”

He is great fan of Indira Gandhi and thinks that Madhuri is well suited for the role. For the film and Indira Gandhi he said, “It’s such an exciting, dramatic story. The canvas of her life is too big to be contained in one film.”

It would be real treat to see again Madhuri Dixit on the big screens and especially in role of the Prime Minister.

Priyanka’s favourite Madhuri

Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit is favourite of all cine lovers but also she is one of the favourite actresses of another bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra. Recently Priyanka Chopra participated in the ‘Global Film Festival’ held at Indore and there she mentioned her liking for Madhuri Dixit.

Not only Priyanka but also cute guy Shahid Kapoor is a big fan of Madhuri. In the Farah Khan chat show, Tere Mere Beach Mein, when Shahid was asked who he would choose between Sridevi, Rekha, Madhuri Dixit or Zeenat Aman for his dream project, he had replied one and only Madhuri.

The fans of Madhuri are disappointed with the fact that she has been replaced with Rani Mukherjee in Sony Entertainment Television Asia’s new show ‘Dance Premier League’. However the reason that the channel guys could not found a nanny for her sons, looks absurd and vague but strong headed Madhuri had decided to pull out.

Madhuri’s biggest fan Husain

Someone who is mad about Madhuri Dixit is the renowned painter M.F.Husain. Husain considers her an epitome of womanhood, who’s grace and charm he depicted through his paintings.

Husain says, “She is the quintessence of classical Indian beauty and womanhood.” For Madhuri he made a film named ‘Gaja Gamini‘ in the year 2000 in which Madhuri Dixit herself acted. In fact the film was a tribute to her. In the film she was seen portraying different forms of womanhood as that of Mona Lisa and Shakuntala.

Not only this, when her comeback film ‘Aaja Nachle‘ was released in Dubai, the painter had booked the entire show. That time Husain said, “I’ll also be exhibiting paintings of Madhuri in the foyer of the theatre. In fact, the paintings are a part of a series I have undertaken and will be exhibited sometime next year as my tribute to Bollywood, the biggest and greatest movie industry in the world.”

Madhuri with Kareena, not Aishwairya on TV Show

Well sometime back we heard of Aishwairya rai Bachchan accompanying Madhuri on a TV show but now things have taken a turn and if all goes well, Madhuri Dixit and Kareena Kapoor would come together for the first time, on a reality dance show Dance Premier League.

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Kareena Kapoor is all set to wear the judge’s hat on Dance Premier League’s Delhi auditions and will be in the Capital next week for the same. Production company Cineyug has approached several Bollywood names for the same and now it seems that Kareena’s name is final.

Interestingly, dance divas Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were also approached but Aishwarya Rai declined the offer due to date issues. Madhuri is keen to judge the show and has almost confirmed she would be there.

Sara Khan and Eijaz Khan have been finalized as the hosts and dance guru Shiamak Davar will play the taskmaster and set up the difficulty levels for participants.

While Kareena Kapoor has given her assent and would be there in the Capital next week for the show, Madhuri has almost confirmed her presence.

More of Madhuri and Kareena…we all would love it!

Rituparno Ghosh’s Abohomaan based on Satyajit Ray’s life

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>Rituparno Ghosh who directed the film Raincoat in 2004, The Last Lear in 2007, Bipasha Basu starrer Shob Charitro Kalponik, his new project Abohomaan, is based on the life of legendary filmmaker, Satyajit Ray. Satyajit Ray had some issues with his wife and son and the major part of the film focuses on that.

Even though Rituparno wanted Amitabh Bachchan to play the lead role with Shabana Azmi as his wife and the evergreen Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit and Farhan Akhtar as the actress who he is attracted to and his Big B’s son respectively, he had to settle for actor Deepankar De as the protagonist.

Mamta Shankar plays his wife and Ananya Chatterjee, the actress. Jishu Sengupta plays the son. The movie is produced by Reliance Big Pictures. The famous film director has also directed a 2009 flick Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam.

Best of Madhuri Dixit Films

Tezaab
Ah, the breakout film! This 1988 N. Chandra movie brought Madhuri to the forefront, kicking things off for Bollywood’s biggest female superstar. Opposite Anil Kapoor, the duo never looked back and the crowd couldn’t get enough of the bright-eyed Ek do teen girl.

Beta
Thanks to ace choreographer Saroj Khan, Madhuri’s always had memorable songs. This 1992 Indra Kumar film featured the provocative smash, Dhak dhak karne laga. A deceptively strong drama, Beta revolved around son Anil Kapoor’s superstrong bond with mother Aruna Irani, a tie that choked Madhuri as his lover. Until she spurred him on to fight back.

Dil To Pagal Hai
In 1997 came a dream romantic project. No one directed a love story like Yash Chopra. No man was finer at it than Shah Rukh. In stepped Madhuri in this Shiamak Dawar-choreographed musical. Chopra directed with restraint and finesse, and a highly polished script makes this a very watchable film. The chemistry between the lead actors is palpable, resulting in a product that made a whole new generation fall in love with Mads.

Dil
Indra Kumar’s 1990 film is one of those that would be much more palatable if Madhuri wasn’t wearing those ridiculous clothes.Still, the story of young love serves as testament to the dazzling actress, as she constantly steals the show from co-star Aamir Khan, winning a well-deserved first Best Actress award in the process.

Hum Aapke Hain Kaun
The biggest film in Bollywood box office history, this one’s a justifiably popular pick.Sooraj Barjatya’s 1994 slice-of-wedding-cake
film starred Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan as innocent and carefree kids who can’t help falling in love. Madhuri’s Nisha was stunning, enthused, plucky and irresistible. The situation goes from heavenly to godforsaken, and while the end remains a stretch, the film broke new ground and changed Bollywood convention forever.

Madhuri Dixit’s fondness for Kathak

For Madhuri Dixit dance is more than just an art. It is a device to tap into one’s deeper core. She began dancing at the tender age of two and hasn’t stopped till day when she is forty years old and a proud mother of two kids. Madhuri Dixit has shown her nimbleness at dance in many a Bollywood movie.

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She returned to film industry after a hiatus of five years with another dance-based film Aaja Nachle sometime back. ‘Aaja Nachle’ was the tale of a woman who returns to her small town in India after living many years in the US and finds her dance school in ruins and her guru on a deathbed. Thereafter, she takes it upon herself to revive the culture of dance in the town of her birth. Not just for her role in the movie, Madhuri in reality believes that dance is a very good way to “tackle stress” and “re-energize oneself” in today’s hectic times. And more than that Madhuri believes “dancing awakens spirituality”. So strong is Madhuri’s dedication to dance that it has a special place in her future, even though her plan for movies in Bollywood is still tentative. The diva says she plans to return to Kathak seriously. “Getting back to kathak…And when I say that, I mean getting back very seriously. For me, kathak is not a hobby, it’s not like I’ve learnt it for a couple of years or so. For me, it’s a part of life,” Madhuri has quoted somewhere herself . Madhuri also reveals that she has plans to set up a Kathak school someday.

Madhuri and many more stars in Mahabharat

A big crew of actors will be seen in the forthcoming movie “Mahabharat” under the banner of B. R. Chopra. The crew of the actors will be as: Amitabh Bachchan, Manoj Bajpai, Kabir Bedi, Juhi Chawla, Dharmendra, Madhuri Dixit, Kamal Hassan, Meera Jasmine, Karan Johar, Ajith, Kajol, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Trisha Krishnan, Madhavan, Mohan Lal, R. Siddharth Narayan, Naveen Nischol, Rajnikant, Shreya, Jackie Shroff, Sridevi, Preity Zinta, Chiyaan Vikram, Nagarjuna Akkineni and Sohail Khan.

Amazingly the three khans will also join each other in the movie.Big B is known to be an icon. Big B may also play the role of ‘Bhishma’ in Ravi Chopra’s film version of “Mahabharata”. Ravi Chopra is all set to make a film version of Mahabharata under his home production banner B.R Films. The television version of Mahabharata was also launched by B.R Films and went onto become extremely popular worldwide. The buzz in the industry is that Ravi wants Amitabh to play the role of ‘Bhishma’ and Rani Mukherjee to play the role of ‘Draupadi’ in his film version of Mahabharata. This six hour movie which will be the longest film in the history of Bollywood. But Chopra is quick to clarify this aspect saying that he will release it in two parts-part one on one Friday and the second part on the other one. Chopra intends to work on both films simultaneously and has allotted a budget of Rs.150 crores for both the parts together. The film version will also have a lot more glamour and first class special effects.

It took three years to get Madhuri for doing Gaja Gamini says M F Husain

The great, renowned painter M F Husain, who is ready to release his next film will by the end of this year, says he is desperate to return to India but it will take some more time.

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94-year-old Husain who has earlier made three films ‘Through the Eyes of a Painter’ (1967), ‘Gaja Gamini‘ (with his muse Madhuri Dixit in the lead) and ‘Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities‘ (with Tabu) — said that the film, a comedy, was yet to be titled.

The renowned painter was at the Nehru Centre last evening to participate in a discussion titled Cinema: Art in Motion, M F Husain in Conversation with Behroze Gandhy.

Husain who now lives in Dubai and London, said “I am dreaming all the time to return to India. I never said I will not go back. I need a little more time. There is no ban on my return. The Supreme Court has cleared the case. I can go back anytime,” he added.

He said he would not have produced Gaja Gamini if Madhuri Dixit had not agreed to do the lead role. It took him three years to get Madhuri as Husain said that Madhuri‘s body language in the film was extraordinary.

Madhuri once featured on Debonaire

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The Barjatyas are reported to be planning a sequel to Hum Aapke Hai Kaun and Madhuri fans are hopeful the actress, who turned 43 last May 15, will feature in the film.

Madhuri made a spirited and endearing come back to Bollywood in 2007, after a five year sabbatical, with Aaja Nachle, a dance extravaganza that failed to stir the box office.

She had reigned the bollywood scene for over 15 years and is one of the most endearing actresses of the bollywood.She also won the coveted Padma Shri award this year itself.

As we all know that debonair is India‘s adult magazine which features upcoming small time models and not many would know that even Madhuri dixit once featured on Debonair.

Although this is not a nude picture but the very thought of Madhuri dixit featuring on Debonair makes one go crazy.