Madhuri Dixit: Introduction

Full Name: Madhuri Shankar Dixit

Pet Name: Bubbly

Profession: Actress

Star Sign: Taurus

DOB: May 15, 1967

Place of Birth: Bombay/Mumbai

Height: 5'4"

Hair: Natural Brunette. Since Madhuri has stepped in the public eye, her image has changed several times over. One major difference to her appearance is her blonde hair.

Eyes: Dark Brown

Face: Oval Shaped. Prominent Features. Madhuri's face is an engaging blend of youthful innocence. She is dazzlingly beautiful, with cheekbones the envy of any fashion model.

Mouth: Full lips. (The second best thing she can do with it is smile)

Hands: Elegant. Small, but beautiful.

Legs: Long and Slender

Feet: The nerve centre. Size Four / Five

Salary: $640,000 for HAHK, highest paid Bollywood actress

Status: Married with Shri Ram Nene , a Los Angeles based surgeon, on Oct 17, 1999.

Family:

Married with Shri Ram Nene , a Los Angeles based surgeon, on Oct 17, 1999.

Born to Shankar & Snehlata Dixit.

She has two sisters (Bharati & Sanjay Adkar living in Saratoga, CA and Rupa Dixit who lives in Wash DC) and a brother (Ajit Dixit living in Laguna Beach, CA)

Old Address: Vijaydeep, 3rd Floor, Iris Park, Juhu... Mumbai 400049

New Address: 2-B/110/1201, Excellency, 4th Cross Road, Lokhandwala

Complex, Andheri (W),

Mumbai 400058 India

Telephone Numbers: (91-22) 620-2516

(91-22) 620-2918

(91-22) 620-3971

Debut Film: Abodh

Hobbies: Mad about Music & Dance

Famous For: Her acting and her million dollar smile. No actress has given more hits in last 15 years than Madhuri. Few of her most memorable roles are in Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Tezaab, Ram Lakhan, Beta, Dil, & Khalnayak.

Did you know? She was a top-line model in India before entering the Hindi film industry.

Famous Dialogue: "Tum ek aise aadmi ke saath apni zindagi beetane ko tayyar ho jise tum ne abhi take dekha bhi nahi hai. mere dil main aise aadmi ke liye koi jagah nahi hai" - Dil To Pagal Hai

Most Serious Role(s): In Anjaam (taking revenge from Shah Rukh Khan for her husband's murder.) and Pukar in where she gave a mind-blowing performance.

Funniest Role: In Beta especially where she teases Anil Kapoor's Mother (Aruna Irani).

Awards & Achievements:

Nominated for Filmfare Award 1989 for TEZAAB

Nominated for Filmfare Award 1990 for PREM PRATIGYA

Filmfare Award 1991 for DIL

Filmfare BEST ACTRESS Award 1993 for BETA

Fimfare BEST ACTRESS Award 1995 for Hum Aapke Hain Koun

Filmfare and Lux Zee Cine Awards BEST ACTRESS 1997 for Dil To Pagal Hai

Screen Videocon BEST ACTRESS Award 1996 for Raja

Lux Zee Cine Awards BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Award 2002 for Lajja

Introducing Madhuri:

Height : 5' 4"

Fav. Hero (Indian) : Balraj Sahani

Fav. Heroine (Indian) : Nargis

Hate: Interviews, especially if there is a string of them.

What scares you the most? : Cockroaches

Dream man : Sir Winston Churchill: Orator, warrior, PM and writer

My first film : Abodh

Three all time favorite desi films: Ganga Jamuna, Sholay, Padosan

Weight : 51 kg. (112.2 lb.)

Fav. Hero (Foreign) : Gregory Peck

Fav. Heroine (Foreign) : I. Bergman

Favourite Food: Maharashtrian dishes/backed, cheesy stuff.

Obsession : My films, my work

Dream woman : Smt. Indira Gandhi: power, wit, dignity

My first hit film : Tezab

Three all time favorite foreign films: All about eve, Amadeus, Non Voyager

Madhuri's Favourite Dance Numbers::

'Ek do teen...' -- Tezaab

'Gori ki chaal...' -- Sailaab

'Dhak dhak karne laga...' -- Beta

'Choli ke peechay kya hain...' -- Khalnayak

'Ankhiya milaye kabhi ankhiya churaye...' -- Raja

All Time Favourite Dance Numbers::

Vyajyantimala -- Jewel Theif -- 'Hothon pe aisi baat...'

Sandhya -- Jal Bin Machli Nritra Bin Bijli -- 'Kajara lagake...'

Waheeda Rehman -- Neel Kamal

Padmini -- All her films

Helen -- Inteqaam

Likes & Dislikes of Madhuri:

I love :

My parents, brother, sisters, nieces and nephews.

I Hate :

Cockroaches!

I'm afraid of :

Cockroaches!

I'm superstitious about :

Walking under the ladder.

I get turned on by :

Music - soft and sentimental.

My biggest fear :

Of losing people I love

My strength :

My family and friends.

My weakness :

Animals (I hate to see anybody hurting them).

My sex-appeal :

You tell me!!

My wildest fantasy :

That I'm tap-dancing with, Gene Kelly.

My hero :

God!

My spice :

I'm cool man!!

My favourite bedroom line :

"----------" (well, that's a line is it?)

My biggest assets :

My eyes and smile.

My passion :

Acting.

My greatest necessity :

Clean bathrooms!

My favourite possession :

Memories, and all my fan mail.

What tires me most :

Interviews!!

What touches me most :

My clothes (Ha,Ha!)

My birthday :

15th May

Biography:

Madhuri wanted to become a micro-biologist - however that just wasn't destined to be. An offer from Rajshri Productions brought Madhuri her first role, the film 'Abodh' (1986) released and forgotten, it wasn't until godfather Ghai saw Madhuri and gave her a tiny dance sequence in 'Karma' (1986), that things improved. The dance sequence was omitted from the final cut. Ghai promised Madhuri better roles, on the condition that she stop doing tiny roles in insignificant films. Thus, Ghai gave Madhuri 'Uttar Dakshin', and then a proper launch in 'Ram Lakhan' (1988). Ghai also took the step of putting an eight page advertisement in the trade magazines featuring Madhuri, proclaiming that producers of the calibre of Boney Kapoor, Yash Chopra and six others had signed Madhuri for their forthcoming projects.

Madhuri wanted to become a micro-biologist - however that just wasn't destined to be. An offer from Rajshri Productions brought Madhuri her first role, the film 'Abodh' (1986) released and forgotten, it wasn't until godfather Ghai saw Madhuri and gave her a tiny dance sequence in 'Karma' (1986), that things improved. The dance sequence was omitted from the final cut. Ghai promised Madhuri better roles, on the condition that she stop doing tiny roles in insignificant films. Thus, Ghai gave Madhuri 'Uttar Dakshin', and then a proper launch in 'Ram Lakhan' (1988). Ghai also took the step of putting an eight page advertisement in the trade magazines featuring Madhuri, proclaiming that producers of the calibre of Boney Kapoor, Yash Chopra and six others had signed Madhuri for their forthcoming projects. It was all together another matter that none of the forementioned producers had signed Madhuri for their films.

Madhuri however, didn't have to wait for Ghai's 'Ram Lakhan', N.Chandra's 'Tezaab' and ek, do, teen char took the nation by storm, Miss Dixit had arrived, and the whole world knew. Tezaab went on to complete a golden jubilee, and was thus a bigger hit than Ram Lakhan.

A superb performance followed in Dil (1990) - which brought Madhuri her first Filmfare award, a rapport was struck with Indra Kumar which resulted in two more blockbusters Beta (1991) and Raja (1995). 1990 onwards, a hit film per year followed including Saajan, Khalnayak, Prem Pratigaya, cumulating in Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994), hindi cinema's biggest blockbuster to date. Madhuri mania ensured the success of 'Raja' (1995), a film with many flaws, thus Madhuri was renamed 'the female Amitabh Bachchan'.

Unfortunately after the success of 'Raja' (1995), Madhuri's films started to collapse at the box office. Yaarana, Rajkumar, Prem Granth, Mahaanta, one after the other. Luckily for Madhuri she gained praise for her performance in 'Prem Granth' (1996) and for her looks in 'Rajkumar' (1996). By now it had dawned on the industry that Madhuri's lataks and mataks ensure a films success, not.

The presswallas had by now written Madhuris obitury, and annouced that it was time for Madhuri to pack her bags and get married. An issue was made of Madhuri co-starring with Akshaye Khanna who was younger in age to Madhuri in Mohabbat. It was also widely stated that Madhuri favoured films produced by her secretary Rikhu, even though all of Rikhus productions failed at the box-office. Madhuri was never far from controversy, her much publiced affair? with Sunjay Dutt caused a storm, when Sunjay's wife issued a press statement proclaiming her desire to have Sunjay back. The Choli ke peeche song in Khalnayak also caused a stir. With women liberation groups asked for a ban on Madhuri. After the not so great Koyla, director Rakesh Roshan stated that Madhuri could no longer play the youthful type, and continued to make unsavoury comments. Madhuris response was a dignified silence. Madhuri is on top of the league when it comes to being unaffected by what is written about her. Very rarely if ever has Madhuri retaliated to comments made about her in the press, by either journos or collegues.

Prakash Jha's 'Mrityudand' (1997) ensured critical acclaim if not box-office success, Madhuri still had the fire that was shown in Tezaab, the intensity that came to light in Beta. Age, said the industry was catching up, Yash Chopra's Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), proved otherwise. A phenomenal success at the box-office, mass acceptance by the audience. Madhuri never looked better, danced better or acted better, her latest offering was indeed her best till date. Madhuri went on to win a handful of awards for her performances in Mrityudand and Dil To Pagal Hai, and even dedicated her Filmfare award to her critics.

In 1998 Madhuri had only one major film to her credit CN Chandra's Wajood, unfortunately the film failed to recreate the hysteria of Tezaab (1988). 1999 it seems will be Madhuri's golden year, for an actress who rarely trends the path of unconvential roles, this year has Madhuri in a host of different characters. MF Hussain's 'Gajagamini' is an art film that has Madhuri playing arange of characters. In Boney Kapoor's 'Pukar' Madhuri's got a negative role, as well as the usual dose of triangular love stories, Madhuri's first south Indian film, 'Engineer', is a techno thriller.

She didn't quit films after marriage. She gave us a splendid performance in Pukar.

Then after a short gap, she came back in Lajja with a super performance which bagged her the Best Supporting Actor award in the Lux Zee Cine Awards 2002.

Her Hum Aapke Hain Sanam stars Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Aishwarya Rai (in a special appearence) and she's all set to give better and better performances in the future.