Is Madhuri Dixit the biggest female ICON ever of Indian Cinema?

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Posted: 8 years ago
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Is Madhuri Dixit the biggest icon of all time? Being biggest icon & greatest actress isn't the same thing. My question is has there ever been a more iconic actress than her in the industry?

To me, she's by far the biggest female superstar ever of India. I've heard so many stories about her, not sure if its true that during the Kargil War of 1999 between India and Pakistan, the neighboring soldiers asked the Indian Armed Forces to handover her in exchange for Kashmir. 😆

Men literally used to drool over her in the 90's whenever she appeared on the screen, they didn't care who was the hero, used to visit theaters just to get a glimpse of hers. Her craze was something else. Even tho she had debuted in the early 80's but she's still very much relevant and a household name even today. There was a time when she was hailed as the female Amitabh Bachchan of the Hindi film industry. In 2000, she was hailed as "The Actress of the Millennium".

Also, In the Millennium Edition of Guinness Book of World Records she is reported as the Highest Paid Indian Actress Ever. Then in 2001, she was named among the Top Five Most Powerful Indian Movie Stars by Forbes (though her peak years were from 1990-95) & so on. She's been given countless honorable awards even after that, so not going to mention them all.


She's really one of a kind. Best complete package Bollywood has ever produced IMO. Yes, there have been many other actresses too who've seen super stardom but no one has ever went onto the same level of stardom/success as Madhuri. ❤️


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Posted: 8 years ago
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She was a huge star back in the 90s. Everybody went crazy about her when Hum Aapke Hain Kaun came out.
I don't know what kind of popularity Hema Malini enjoyed because I didn't see it first hand, but from what I have heard and read, she was also a huge star.

From what I've seen, it's definitely Madhuri who was the biggest female superstar.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Ofcourse... She's! There's no doubt about that. 🥳

Posted: 8 years ago
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She is Overrated as hell😆 Kareena, Katrina, Deepika are bigger stars than her.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Originally posted by: ScreamForMe

She is Overrated as hell😆 Kareena, Katrina, Deepika are bigger stars than her.


🤣


any huge success on their own?? like this



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Edited by I_M_SultaN - 8 years ago
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Originally posted by: ScreamForMe

She is Overrated as hell😆 Kareena, Katrina, Deepika are bigger stars than her.


Madhuri at her peak in the 90s was a much bigger star than the above three actresses. The craze that I saw for her back then remains unmatched.
And she could carry films on her shoulders.


Edited by DriftInfinitely - 8 years ago
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Originally posted by: DriftInfinitely


Madhuri at her peak in the 90s was a much bigger star than the above three actresses. The craze that I saw for her back then remains unmatched.
And she could carry films on her shoulders.



kat atleast have hits with imran and john 😆

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Posted: 8 years ago
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Expected Replies but whatever i said is true.😃
Posted: 8 years ago
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Originally posted by: Tanya-91



Yaar hadia itna baraa mazaaq..lol
Madhuri was more popular then all these three (and others) combined together.



Yar mazak nhi hai i am saying this based on what i have seen till now. BTW how are you tanya?🤗 Excited for BB?😳
Posted: 8 years ago
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Originally posted by: Tanya-91



I am fine..thank u...:)
Yes excited for BiggBoss.
I just hope this account of mine won't get banned once again due to srk's army like they did thrice with me in last one year.


Be careful yar Mods boht strict hogye hai🤢 Hopefully this year we will have so much fun on BB forum like we did during GG time🤗

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