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Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri Dixit

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Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri Dixit on Nach Baliye (2007).
Born Madhuri Shankar Dixit
15 May 1967 (1967-05-15) (age 44)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation Actress
Years active 1984–2002
2007–present
Spouse Dr Shriram Madhav Nene (1999–present)
Madhuri Dixit (Marathi: माधुरी दीक्षित) (born Madhuri Shankar Dixit on 15 May 1967)[1] is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Hindi films. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, she established herself as one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses and most accomplished dancers.[2] She appeared in numerous commercially successful films was recognised for several of her performances. Dixit is often cited by the media as one of the best actresses in Bollywood.[3][4] Dixit has won five Filmfare Awards, four for Best Actress and one for Best Supporting Actress. She holds the record for the highest number of Best Actress nominations at the Filmfare, with 13. In 2008, she was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India.[5]

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[edit] Early life

Madhuri Dixit is a native of Mumbai, India. She was born Madhuri Shankar Dixit to Shankar and Snehlata Dixit, of a Marathi Brahmin family. Dixit attended Divine Child High School and Mumbai University and studied to be a microbiologist.[6] She is a trained Kathak dancer.[7]

[edit] Film career

Madhuri Dixit in 2011.
Madhuri Dixit made her acting debut in Rajshri Productions' movie Abodh in 1984. The film failed but minor and supporting roles continued to follow. She attained stardom after she landed the lead female role in N. Chandra's blockbuster Tezaab (1988),[8] for which she received her first Filmfare nomination. In the following year, she starred in a number of important films that included Ram Lakhan, Parinda and Tridev.
In 1990, Dixit starred in Indra Kumar's romantic-drama Dil. She played the role of a rich and arrogant girl who falls in love with a poorer boy and later leaves her house to marry him. The film became the biggest box-office hit of the year in India[9] and Dixit's performance earned her the first Filmfare Best Actress Award of her career.
Post the success of Dil she starred in several successful movies like Saajan (1991), Beta (1992),[10] Khalnayak (1993), Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...! (1994), and Raja (1995). Dixit's performance in Beta, that of a woman married to an illiterate, well-meaning man who exposes her scheming mother-in-law, won her a second Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...! (1994) became one of the biggest hits in the history of Hindi cinema. Dixit's role of a modern yet family-oriented young girl fetched her the third Filmfare Best Actress Award of her career.
Post Raja, Dixit's career went into a slump during 1996 and much of 1997. However, she bounced back commercially with Yash Chopra's Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) for which she won a fourth Filmfare Best Actress Award.[11] In that same year, Dixit starred in Prakash Jha's critically acclaimed Mrityudand. Dixit's performance in the film landed her the Best Actress award at the annual Star Screen Awards.
Madhuri Dixit has been the muse for the famous Indian painter M.F. Husain. He made a film named Gaja Gamini (2000) starring her, which was intended as a tribute to Dixit herself. [12]
In 2002, she starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas. Her performance earned her a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. The film was featured at the Cannes Film Festival. The following year a film named after her, Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon!, was released[13] in which a woman (played by Antara Mali) aspires to become the new Madhuri Dixit by trying her luck in Bollywood.[14][15]
Dixit is not only known for her acting skills,[3][14][15][16][16][17] but for her dancing skills as well.[18] She is famous for her dance sequences accompanying Bollywood songs such as "Ek Do Teen" (from Tezaab), "Humko Aaj Kal Hai" (from Sailaab), "Bada Dukh Deenha" (from Ram Lakhan), "Dhak Dhak" (from Beta), "Chane Ke Khet Mein" (from Anjaam), "Didi Tera Devar Deewana" (from Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...!), "Choli Ke Peechhe" (from Khalnayak), "Akhiyan Milaun" (from Raja), "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" (from Yaraana), "Kay Sera Sera" (from Pukar), and "Maar Daala" (from Devdas).
On 7 December 2006, Dixit returned to Mumbai with her husband and sons to start filming for Aaja Nachle (2007).[19] The film released in November 2007 and, despite the critics panning it, Dixit's performance was highly appreciated,[20][21][22] with the New York Times commenting about her that "she's still got it".[23][24]
On Women's International Day in 2007, Dixit topped Rediff's list of the Best Bollywood Actresses Ever.[3] In May 2008, she was given a tribute by Indian Film Festival at Los Angeles.[25] In March 2010, The Economic Times named Madhuri Dixit in the list of the "33 women who made India proud".[4]
In 2011, she appeared as a judge on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhlaja 4.[26] She also received a Filmfare Special Award in honor of her 25 years in the Bollywood industry.

[edit] Personal life

In 1999, Madhuri Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene, a UCLA-trained cardiovascular surgeon who practices in Denver.[27][28][29] Nene is also from a Marathi Brahmin family.[30] They have two sons, Arin (born in March 2003 in Colorado) and Raayan (born in March 2005 in Colorado)

[edit] Awards and nominations

[edit] Filmfare Awards

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Nominated

[edit] Star Screen Awards

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[edit] Zee Cine Awards

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[edit] IIFA Awards

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[edit] Stardust Awards

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[edit] Honours and recognitions

  • 1997: "Kalabhinetri" award by the Government of Andhra Pradesh[31]
  • 2001: National Citizen's Award
  • 2001: Forbes named Dixit among the Top Five Most Powerful Indian Movie Stars.[32]
  • 2008: Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India[5]
  • 2008: Honored at IFFLA Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles[33]
  • 2011: Pearls Wave Awards - "Wave Silver Screen Queen Honour"
  • 2011: Madhuri Dixit was voted as the most desirable Bollywood actress of 2011 in a poll conducted by HindiFIlmNews.Com[34]

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
1984 Abodh Gauri
1985 Awara Baap

1986 Swati Anandi
1987 Mohre Maya
Hifazat Janki
Uttar Dakshin Chanda
1988 Khatron Ke Khiladi Kavita
Dayavan Neela Velhu
Tezaab Mohini Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
1989 Vardi Jaya
Ram Lakhan Radha
Prem Pratigyaa Laxmi Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Ilaaka Vidya
Mujrim Sonia
Tridev Divya Mathur
Kanoon Apna Apna Bharathi
Parinda Paro India's official entry to the Oscars
Paap Ka Anth

1990 Maha Sangram

Kishen Kanhaiya Anju
Izzatdaar Mohini
Dil Madhu Mehra Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin Anita
Jeevan Ek Sangharsh Madhu Sen
Sailaab Dr. Sushma
Jamai Raja Rekha
Thanedaar Chanda
1991 Pyaar Ka Devata Devi
Khilaaf Sweta
100 Days Devi
Pratikaar Madhu
Saajan Pooja Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Prahaar Shirley
1992 Beta Saraswati Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Zindagi Ek Jua Juhi
Prem Deewane Shivangi Mehra
Khel Seema/Dr.Jadi Buti
Sangeet Nirmala Devi & Sangeeta
1993 Dharavi Dreamgirl
Sahibaan Sahibaan
Khalnayak Ganga (Gangotri Devi) Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Phool Guddi
Dil Tera Aashiq Sonia Khanna/Savitri Devi
Aansoo Bane Angaray

1994 Anjaam Shivani Chopra Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Hum Aapke Hain Kaun...! Nisha Choudhury Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
1995 Raja Madhu Garewal Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Yaraana Lalita/Shikha Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
1996 Prem Granth Kajri
Paapi Devta

Raj Kumar

1997 Koyla Gauri
Mahaanta Jenny Pinto
Mrityudand Ketki
Mohabbat Shweta Sharma
Dil To Pagal Hai Pooja Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
1998 Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan Madhuri Dixit Special appearance
Wajood Apoorva Choudhury
1999 Aarzoo Pooja
2000 Pukar Anjali Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Gaja Gamini Gaja Gamini/Sangita/
Shakuntala/Monika/Mona Lisa
2001 Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke Neha
Lajja Janki Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2002 Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam Radha
Devdas Chandramukhi Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
India's official entry to the Oscars
2007 Aaja Nachle Diya Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award

[edit] References

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