Loved for her smile, acting and dancing, the ‘Dhak Dhak girl’ of Bollywood, Madhuri Dixit Nene still rules the showbiz even after spending almost 25 years in industry.
Her journey in Bollywood is not hidden from anyone, she is one who is blessed with great acting as well as dancing skills, but do you know how she really got a chance in Bollywood?
She wasn’t a star kid or born with a silver spoon, she actually earned it.
Madhuri got her debut role in Bollywood with ‘Abodh’ (1984) by chance.
Don’t agree with us? Well, that’s what the actor said in her recent interview with actor Anupam Kher, on his chat show “The Anupam Kher Show – Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai”.
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Madhuri said, “There was a person Govind ji, who used to work for Rajshri Productions and his daughter was in the same class as my elder sister. In school, he knew that I used to dance, act in plays and give speeches. “Then Rajshri had announced that a new film production will begin and they were looking for a young innocent face. That’s when he approached me.”
However, Madhuri added that her parents said ‘no’ for the project as they wanted her to pursue her education.
“Govind asked my parents to meet Rajshri heads to perhaps change their mind, so we went to their office. We felt we were in a home and not the ‘filmy’ kind… but they were simple and nice people. I still remember that they asked me to read a few lines from a book in Hindi to see if I had a Maharashtrian accent when speaking, but I didn’t. Then later I had a proper screen test and they asked me to dance as well, which I did. Looking back, I feel like I didn’t have any qualms about performing and was very carefree about the whole process,” she added.
After the success with ‘Abodh’, Madhuri never looked back as she went on and on with some incredibly awesome films like‘Ram Lakhan’, ‘Dil’, ‘Beta’, ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!’, ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’, ‘Devdas’,‘Gulaab Gang’ to name a few.