With her thousand-watt smile, Madhuri Dixit ruled Bollywood for almost a decade, before abandoning a flourishing career to get married and settle in the United States. After a 12-year gap, the gorgeous actress is moving back to Mumbai with her family to relaunch her career.
"For all my fans, we r relocating W to India! It will b good to b back home," Dixit wrote on her Twitter account Sept. 17 night.
The actress, now 44, is married to Dr. Sriram Nene and the couple lives in Denver, Colorado, with their two sons, Arin, 8, and Ryan, 6.
According to news reports, Dixit has, with the help of longtime manager Rikku Rakeshnath, started scouting for schools for her sons, and is looking for the best opportunity to start working in Mumbai.
Her husband, a cardio-vascular surgeon is reportedly looking at opportunities to work in India.
The family will live in Dixit's flat in the Juhu suburb of Mumbai, home to many Bollywood stars.
Dixit told the Mumbai Mirror that her husband has a few options in Mumbai that he wants to explore. "I think this was going to happen one day anyway... it's preordained. We are all very excited, the kids especially," she told the paper. "Everything is changing rapidly in India. It is a land of opportunities. There is so much to do here." The actress left Bollywood at the peak of her career. She has appeared in numerous films -- both commercial and art-house ones.
She vowed audiences with her brilliant smile and dancing skills and even became the muse for renowned painter M.F. Husain who made the film "Gaja Gamini" (2000) as a tribute to her. Another film, "Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon!," was released in 2003 and starred Antara Mali as a young actress aspiring to become the new Madhuri Dixit in Bollywood.
The actress, now 44, is married to Dr. Sriram Nene and the couple lives in Denver, Colorado, with their two sons, Arin, 8, and Ryan, 6.
According to news reports, Dixit has, with the help of longtime manager Rikku Rakeshnath, started scouting for schools for her sons, and is looking for the best opportunity to start working in Mumbai.
Her husband, a cardio-vascular surgeon is reportedly looking at opportunities to work in India.
The family will live in Dixit's flat in the Juhu suburb of Mumbai, home to many Bollywood stars.
Dixit told the Mumbai Mirror that her husband has a few options in Mumbai that he wants to explore. "I think this was going to happen one day anyway... it's preordained. We are all very excited, the kids especially," she told the paper. "Everything is changing rapidly in India. It is a land of opportunities. There is so much to do here." The actress left Bollywood at the peak of her career. She has appeared in numerous films -- both commercial and art-house ones.
She vowed audiences with her brilliant smile and dancing skills and even became the muse for renowned painter M.F. Husain who made the film "Gaja Gamini" (2000) as a tribute to her. Another film, "Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon!," was released in 2003 and starred Antara Mali as a young actress aspiring to become the new Madhuri Dixit in Bollywood.
After her move to Denver in 1999, Dixit graced the silver screen in 2007 in "Aaja Nachle," for which she was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress award.
She also had a successful stint on Indian television, shuttling between Mumbai and Denver for most of this year, to judge "Jhalak Dikhla Jaa," a popular dance show.
Now she is closely associated with the TV channel FoodFood, with Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, and is reportedly going to host a pro- gram on the channel.
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 awards, with 13.
In 2008, she was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth- highest civilian award.
A trained Kathak dancer, she made her acting debut in Rajshri Productions' "Abodh," in 1984.
Even though the film was not successful at the box office, minor and supporting roles continued to follow.
She attained stardom after she landed the lead role in N.Chandra's 1998 blockbuster "Tezaab" for which she received her first Filmfare nomination. The following year, she starred in three more films opposite her "Tezaab" co-star Anil Kapoor – "Ram Lakhan," "Parinda" and "Tridev." In 1990, Dixit starred in Indra Kumar's romantic- drama, "Dil," opposite Aamir Khan. Her portrayal of Madhu Mehra, a rich and arrogant girl who falls in love with a poor boy and later leaves her house to marry him, earned her the first Filmfare Best Actress Award of her career.
After "Dil," she starred in several successful films like "Saajan" opposite Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt (1991), "Beta" opposite Anil Kapoor (1992), "Khalnayak" opposite Sanjay Dutt (1993), "Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!" opposite Salman Khan (1994), and "Raja" opposite Sanjay Kapoor.
(1995).
She also had a successful stint on Indian television, shuttling between Mumbai and Denver for most of this year, to judge "Jhalak Dikhla Jaa," a popular dance show.
Now she is closely associated with the TV channel FoodFood, with Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, and is reportedly going to host a pro- gram on the channel.
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 awards, with 13.
In 2008, she was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth- highest civilian award.
A trained Kathak dancer, she made her acting debut in Rajshri Productions' "Abodh," in 1984.
Even though the film was not successful at the box office, minor and supporting roles continued to follow.
She attained stardom after she landed the lead role in N.Chandra's 1998 blockbuster "Tezaab" for which she received her first Filmfare nomination. The following year, she starred in three more films opposite her "Tezaab" co-star Anil Kapoor – "Ram Lakhan," "Parinda" and "Tridev." In 1990, Dixit starred in Indra Kumar's romantic- drama, "Dil," opposite Aamir Khan. Her portrayal of Madhu Mehra, a rich and arrogant girl who falls in love with a poor boy and later leaves her house to marry him, earned her the first Filmfare Best Actress Award of her career.
After "Dil," she starred in several successful films like "Saajan" opposite Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt (1991), "Beta" opposite Anil Kapoor (1992), "Khalnayak" opposite Sanjay Dutt (1993), "Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!" opposite Salman Khan (1994), and "Raja" opposite Sanjay Kapoor.
(1995).
Her performance in "Beta" as Saraswati, a woman married to an illiterate, well-meaning man who exposes her scheming mother-in-law, won her a sec- ond Filmfare Award best actress award, while her role as Nisha Mathur, a modern yet family-or ented young girl in "Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!" fetched her the third award in the category. The film became one of the biggest hits in the history of Hindi cine- ma.
After "Raja," her career went into a slump during 1996 and much of 1997, but she bounced back with Yash Chopra's "Dil To Pagal Hai" (1997) with Shah Rukh Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Akshay Kumar, for which she won her fourth Filmfare Best Actress Award.
The same year, she was seen in Prakash Jha's critically acclaimed "Mrityudand" for which she won the Star Screen best actress award. In 2001, she starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's epic production "Devdas" with Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai. Dixit's performance as Chandramukhi, a courtesan, earned her a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. The film was also featured at the Cannes Film Festival.
Dixit is also known and widely admired for her dancing skills.
Some of her famous dance sequences include "Ek Do Teen" ("Tezaab"), "Humko Aaj Kal Hai" ("Sailaab"), "Dhak Dhak" ( "Beta"), "Chane Ke Khet Mein" ("Anjaam"), "Didi Tera Devar Deewana" ( "Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!"), "Choli Ke Peechhe" ("Khalnayak"), "Akhiyan Milaun" ( "Raja"), "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" ( "Yaraana"), "Kay Sera Sera" ("Pukar"), and "Maar Daala" ("Devdas").
On Women's International Day in 2007, Dixit topped Rediff's list of the "Best Bollywood Actresses Ever," while in 2010, The Economic Times named her in the list of the "33 Women Who Made India Proud." In May 2008, the Indian Film Festival at Los Angeles presented a tribute to her and in March 2010, she received a Filmfare Special Award in honor of her 25 years in Bollywood.
After "Raja," her career went into a slump during 1996 and much of 1997, but she bounced back with Yash Chopra's "Dil To Pagal Hai" (1997) with Shah Rukh Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Akshay Kumar, for which she won her fourth Filmfare Best Actress Award.
The same year, she was seen in Prakash Jha's critically acclaimed "Mrityudand" for which she won the Star Screen best actress award. In 2001, she starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's epic production "Devdas" with Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai. Dixit's performance as Chandramukhi, a courtesan, earned her a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. The film was also featured at the Cannes Film Festival.
Dixit is also known and widely admired for her dancing skills.
Some of her famous dance sequences include "Ek Do Teen" ("Tezaab"), "Humko Aaj Kal Hai" ("Sailaab"), "Dhak Dhak" ( "Beta"), "Chane Ke Khet Mein" ("Anjaam"), "Didi Tera Devar Deewana" ( "Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!"), "Choli Ke Peechhe" ("Khalnayak"), "Akhiyan Milaun" ( "Raja"), "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" ( "Yaraana"), "Kay Sera Sera" ("Pukar"), and "Maar Daala" ("Devdas").
On Women's International Day in 2007, Dixit topped Rediff's list of the "Best Bollywood Actresses Ever," while in 2010, The Economic Times named her in the list of the "33 Women Who Made India Proud." In May 2008, the Indian Film Festival at Los Angeles presented a tribute to her and in March 2010, she received a Filmfare Special Award in honor of her 25 years in Bollywood.
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