Decoding the Acting Prowess of Madhuri Dixit - Page 2

Originally posted by: Debarati7

Beautifully written..Agree with each and everything you mentioned..

In my opinion too Madhuri is one of the best actress Bollywood has seen ever..I think the major issue is that often her acting prowess gets unnoticed because of the fact the she is a superlative dancer..People chose to believe that its becoz her dance that she became famous..But they overlook the fact that many trained dancers came and disappeared..If she would not have been a good actor..she would have been a victim of similar circumstances..

She is an effortless actress..Very clear diction..has a brilliant hold over the Hindi and Urdu language..which is hardly seenn now in the actresses of the current gen..

I dont give any importance to the forum dynamics or for that sake twitter or fb..and what people think about her as an actress there.These things dont matter...My mom does not use any of these and she is a big Madhuri fan..Madz is a legend..If Amitabh Bachchan in the male superstar of the century in India..then Madz is the female counterpart..

Originally posted by: LadyDabangg

madhuri is excellent dancer and a good actress

i loved her in anjaam,devdas and HAHK

but what is turn off is that they treat her like a goddess🥱

take JDJ for example: they so over-hype her

as far as queen of BW:its madubala for me

Her comedy scenes in Raja and Khalnayak where she is mimicking other actors are brilliant.

In Zindagi ek Jua she plays a drug addict and the unfocused, desperate look that she portrayed was one of d best portrayal of an addict.

In Devdas she plays Chandramukhi and she could have been forgiven if she had played it OTT, but amazingly she was d only one who portrayed her character with a lot of restrain and grace, where everyone and everything in d movie was too OTT.

In Anjaam she portrayed the role of having no feelings left rather chillingly. Once she loses her child, her expression of emptiness portrayed through her eyes is scary.

In Prem Granth she beautifully portrayed the angst and pain of a rape victim and later the helplessness of a victimized mother.

Loved her portrayal of Janaki in Lajja...d gay abundant with which she portrayed her nd den in d end her cry of pain was such a contrast.

Originally posted by: poetic

Thanks for the post.

As I mentioned earlier, I think its unfortunate that Madhuri belongs to a decade when not much thought was given to roles of heroines. Not that much has changed now. But at least, nowadays, there are some scripts being written with the heroines in mind.

However, the success of a script also lies in its proper vision and execution.

Sadly, for heroines, when they mature and start getting better and better at what they do - it's time for them to say goodbye. Unfortunately so.

Madhuri is no exception to this rule. I remember watching Tezaab and thinking that there is so much power within her, which gets expressed sublimely when she gets a chance. She has an extremely expressive face. Same with Lajja - and I was happy that that movie had so many good actresses involved, except the screeching Mahima, who needed to tone down badly.

Her nuances stay with you even after the movie is over, not that all of them were great ones - which is again true for most actors throughout.

In Prem Granth, she was the only good thing and her acting was simply awesome, not going OTT any time. But the movie was not good.

There are so many such examples - I remember an interview of Mahesh Bhat highlighting the same point. He mentioned that he could vsiualise Madhuri as Adi Shakti because of the power she brings within her and portrays effectively.

And of course she dances like a dream - actually, her love for dancing shows on her face. She enjoys dancing.

I know this is a subjective and relative discussion, but she is more than her latkas and jhatkas.

Originally posted by: -sylph-

i have read many ppl say that karishma over shadowed her DTPH dance face off, but wasnt that dance done in a way that nisha is better than pooja at dancing and she wanted to make sure that stage belongs to her.. When the whole concept of that dance was about nisha over powering pooja as a good dancer then i say madhuri did excellently about loosing the game their.. 😆

Originally posted by: khamosshhh

I too always liked Madhuri, but a couple of years back I just happened to watch her one movie, where her acting really grabbed my attention nd den I simply watched so many of her movies one after the other nd she mesmerized me with her performances nd most of her earlier nd even some of her later movies were simply pathetic, but she was always way above the movies.

Here's my POV of her some performances in not-so-notable movies.

Her comedy scenes in Raja and Khalnayak where she is mimicking other actors are brilliant.

In Zindagi ek Jua she plays a drug addict and the unfocused, desperate look that she portrayed was one of d best portrayal of an addict.

In Devdas she plays Chandramukhi and she could have been forgiven if she had played it OTT, but amazingly she was d only one who portrayed her character with a lot of restrain and grace, where everyone and everything in d movie was too OTT.

In Anjaam she portrayed the role of having no feelings left rather chillingly. Once she loses her child, her expression of emptiness portrayed through her eyes is scary.

In Prem Granth she beautifully portrayed the angst and pain of a rape victim and later the helplessness of a victimized mother.

Loved her portrayal of Janaki in Lajja...d gay abundant with which she portrayed her nd den in d end her cry of pain was such a contrast.

Originally posted by: poetic

Second thie view about the dance sequnce.

But have you noticed how deadly she is when she starts the dance, with those guys in the background.

Remember Shiamak Davar saying that while Karishma dances like a girl, Madhuri moves like a woman. ⭐️

Originally posted by: -sylph-

Madhuri is seriously not a bad actress that this forum makes her out to be, i do agree she is over exposed these days, and all that JDJ stints all actors gushing about her gets annoying..

she has given some wonderful performances, tezaab, in anjaam & mrityudand she was brilliant, beta, dil, khalnayak, 100 days, prem ganth, HAHK, lajja and many more, to top it all she dances like a dream..

i have read many ppl say that karishma over shadowed her DTPH dance face off, but wasnt that dance done in a way that nisha is better than pooja at dancing and she wanted to make sure that stage belongs to her.. When the whole concept of that dance was about nisha over powering pooja as a good dancer then i say madhuri did excellently about loosing the game their.. 😆