Bollywood's master choreographer isn’t known to be particularly sugary and kind to stars, forget probing journalists. So I try to be as well mannered as possible when I meet Saroj Khan at Mumbai’s Riverdale Studios where she is shooting for her forthcoming television show Nachle Ve With Saroj Khan where she shares her dancing skills with viewers. “I don’t have to tolerate star tantrums - that’s one good thing about a show like this,” says Khan, offering us a taste of her candour.

Born on the 15th of May 1967, Madhuri Dixit is among those Indian actresses who became the predominant face of Bollywood for almost a decade between the 1980s and 1990s.