INDIAN HOT ACTRESS MADHURI DIXIT PROFILE, PICTURES, BIODATA, MOVIES LIST, AWARDS, HONOURS, RECOGNITIONS

MADHURI DIXIT PROFILE:



Birthname: Madhuri Shankar Dixit


DOB: 15th May, 1967


Status: Married toSriram Nene.


Has Dated: Sanjay Dutt


Debut movie: Abodh in 1986

No. of marriages: One


Most remembered for: Nisha Choudhary in Hum Aapke Hain Kaun


Litigations: None


Jail term served: None


Famous pairing: Anil Kapoor

Favourites


Designer: Manish Malhotra


Holiday Destination: Denver, Mauritius


Endorsements: Emami, Lux


Madhuri Dixit - ‘Madhubala of the nineties’ and ‘ Maryln Monroe of Bollywood’, is one of the most famous and successful Bollywood actresses till date. She is one of those actors who have struggled in their life to reach the no 1 slot in the Indian film industry. She dominated Bollywood, in the 1990s, as a leading actress and an accomplished dancer. In recognition of her great talent, she was awarded 5 Filmfare Awards, 4 Star Screen Awards, 2 Zee Cine Awards and 1 IIFA Award. In 2008, she was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, by the Government of India. She also topped Rediff's list of the ‘Best Bollywood Actresses Ever’, on Women's International Day, in 2007.
 
Personal Life
Madhuri Dixit Nene was born as ‘Madhuri Shankar Dixit’ on 15th May 1967, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She is one of the four children of Shankar Dixit and Snehlata Dixit, of a Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin family. After completing her graduation, Madhuri attended Parle College and completed her Bachelors Degree in Microbiology. While studying, she also trained as a Kathak dancer. Though she wanted to be a micro-biologist, life took a different turn and she ended up as one of the most successful actresses in Bollywood.

Madhuri Dixit married Dr Sriram Madhav Nene, an Indian doctor who resides in USA, in the year 1999. Sriram is an UCLA-trained cardiovascular surgeon who practices in Denver and belongs to a Marathi Konkanastha Brahmin family. The couple has two sons Arin (born March 2003) and Ryan (born March 2005). Presently, Madhuri resides in Denver (Colorado, USA), along with her husband and kids.
 
Film Career
Madhuri Dixit started her career in 1984, with the film ’Abodh’, offered to her by Rajshri Productions. The film failed to create any ripples at the box office and was forgotten soon. Thereafter, she was seen in a number of unnoticeable films, like Awara Baap and Swati. It was only in 1986 that she was discovered by Subhash Ghai, who gave her a small dance sequence in ‘Karma'. Though the dance sequence was edited out in the final cut, Ghai promised to give Madhuri better roles in the future.

He also kept a condition, that Madhuri will stop doing tiny roles in insignificant films. She agreed and Ghai ended up giving Madhuri, first, ‘Uttar Dakshin', and then, a proper launch in ‘Ram Lakhan' (1988). However, before Ram Lakhan could make it to the box office, Madhuri’s ‘Tezaab’ hit the theaters. Her dance sequence in the film, ‘Ek, do, teen’ took the nation by storm and established Madhuri in the top league of actresses. ‘Tezaab’ went on to complete a golden jubilee and was one of the biggest hits of the year.
 
Madhuri’s superb performance in ‘Tezaab’ and ‘Ram Lakhan’ was followed by her excellent act in ‘Dil’ (1990). The film not only got her the first Filmfare Award of her career, for Best Actress’, but also established a rapport with Indra Kumar. In the coming years, she starred in two hit films by Kumar, ‘Beta’ (1991) and ‘Raja’ (1995). The first half of 1990s saw Madhuri delivering a hit almost every year. This included films like Saajan (1991), Beta (1992), Khalnayak (1993), Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994) and Raja (1995).

In 1996, she was seen in ‘Prem Granth’, a film that bombed at the box office, but managed to win her critical acclaim. She starred in a number of films the same year, but none of them were successful. Just when critics were planning to write her off, ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ (1997) happened. The film was not only a blockbuster, but also got her Filmfare Award for ‘Best Actress’. The same year, she was also seen in Prakash Jha's 'Mrityudand', a film that established her as a serious actor and won her Best Actress awards at the Star Screen Awards & Sansui Awards.
 
The next major film for Madhuri Dixit came in 2000, Pukar, which also bagged her IIFA Best Actress Award. The same year, she was seen in Gaja Gamini (2000), made by M.F. Hussain, who considers Madhuri as his muse and the embodiment of womanhood. The film saw her representing the various forms and manifestations of womanhood. Though it was not a commercial success, the film did get her critical acclaim. The year 2002 saw Madhuri starring in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ‘Devdas’.

The film was also featured at the Cannes Film Festival and won Madhuri Filmfare Award as well as Star Screen Best Award, for Supporting Actress. Thereafter, she took a brief sabbatical from movies, to concentrate on her family. She was seen on-screen in 2006, after a gap of four years, performing on the songs of Devdas, for Filmfare Awards. The sabbatical came to an end in 2007, when her film ‘Aaja Nachle’ was released. Though it did not turn a box office hit, the film definitely got Madhuri rave reviews.
 
Honors and Recognitions

1997: Kalabhinetri Award by the Government of Andhra Pradesh
2001: National Citizen's Award  
2007: Bollywood's Best Actress Ever
2008: Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, by Government of India
2008: Honored at IFFLA (Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles)
 
Awards

1990: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Dil
1992: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Beta
1994: Filmfare, Star Screen Best Actress Award for Hum Aapke Hain Kaun
1995: Star Screen Award Best Actress for Raja
1997: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Dil To Pagal Hai, Star Screen Award Best Actress for Mrityudand
1998: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female for Dil To Pagal Hai
2000: IIFA Best Actress Award for Pukar
2002: Filmfare, Star Screen Best Supporting Actress Award for Devdas, Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Female for Lajja
 
Filmography

1984 - Abodh
1985 - Awara Baap  
1986 - Swati  
1987 - Mohre, Hifazat, Uttar
1988 - Khatron Ke Khiladi, Dayavan, Tezaab
1989 - Vardi, Ram Lakhan, Prem Pratigyaa, Ilaaka, Mujrim, Tridev, Kanoon Apna Apna, Parinda, Paap Ka Anth  
1990 - Maha Sangram, Kishen Kanhaiya, Izzatdaar, Dil, Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin, Jeevan Ek Sangharsh, Sailaab, Jamai Raja, Thanedaar
1991 - Pyaar Ka Devata, Khilaaf, 100 Days, Pratikaar, Saajan, Prahaar
1992 - Beta, Zindagi Ek Jua, Prem Deewane, Khel, Sangeet  
1993 - Dharavi, Sahibaan Sahibaan, Khalnayak, Phool, Dil Tera Aashiq, Aansoo Bane Angaray  
1994 - Anjaam, Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!
1995 - Raja, Yaraana
1996 - Prem Granth, Paapi Devta, Raj Kumar  
1997 - Koyla, Mahaanta, Mrityudand, Mohabbat, Dil To Pagal Hai
1998 - Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan (Special appearance), Wajood
1999 - Aarzoo
2000 - Pukar, Gaja Gamini
2001 - Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke Neha, Lajja
2002 - Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, Devdas
2007 - Aaja Nachle 

INDIAN HOT ACTRESS SRIDEVI PROFILE, PICTURES, BIODATA, AWARDS, HONOURS

SRIDEVI PROFILE


Name                    : Sridevi
Original Name       : Shree Amma Yanger
Nick Name            : Puppy
Birth Date              : 13 August, 1963
Birth Place             : Sivakasi, Tamilnadu
Height                    : 5′ 7
Hair Color             : Black
Education               : British School, graduate at Oxford, master’s at London School of
                                                                              Economics in 

International Relation
Marital Status         : Married
Languages              : Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil
Spouse                   : Boney Kapoor
Daughter                : Jahanvi, Khushi
Debut Film             :  Kandhan Karunai (Tamil – Child Artist: 1967)


Mini Biography
Sridevi was born on August 13, 1963 in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India. She has a sister named Srilatha and a stepbrother named Satish. Her dad passed away during the year 1991, while her mom died during 1997.


She started her career at a very early age in 1967 as a child artiste in a Tamil movie 'Kandhan Karunai'. She also starred as a child actress in a Telugu movie 'Bangarakka' in 1977, and in a Malyalam movie 'Kumara Sambhavan' in 1969.

She made her foray on the Bollywood tinsel screen in 1975 with the smash-hit 'Julie' in which she played the younger sister of the lead actress. Thereafter she has gone on to act in adult roles in over 200 movies, 63 in Hindi; 62 in Telugu; 58 in Tamil; and 21 in Malyalam - in a career that has spanned from 1967 through to 2007.


Sridevi is perhaps the only Bollywood starlet that had attained and remained as the number one actress for over a decade. One of her most popular song is 'Hawa Hawaaii...' from 'Mr. India'.

She has approximately 12 awards, which include "Best Actress' awards for her performance in Hindi blockbusters: 'Lamhe', 'Chandni', & Chaalbaaz'.


She has also appeared in the TV series 'Malini Iyer', judged a TV show 'Kaboom' as well as appeared in numerous print and TV ads. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Asian Academy of Film & Television.

Sridevi went on to get married to her co-star, Anil Kapoor's older brother, Boney, on June 2, 1996. They are now parents of two daughters: Jhanvi and Khushi.



Spouse
Boney Kapoor (2 June 1996 - present) 2 children
Mithun Chakraborty (1986 - 1987) (annulled)

Trivia
Tamil/Telugu/Hindi megastar


Sister-in-law of megastar Anil Kapoor.


Daughter-in-law of Surinder Kapoor and sister-in-law of Sanjay Kapoor.


She is on the Board of Director at the Asian Academy of film and television.

Has two daughters named Jhanvi and Khushi, both named after the heroines in husband Boney Kapoor's films Judaai (1997) and Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000).


In the 1980s, Jaya Prada and Sridevi were fierce rivals. They were of a similar age, from the south and considered contenders for the coveted number one slot in Hindi cinema. In public, each would give the other the cold shoulder. Once, during the shooting of a K. Bappaiah film called Maqsad, Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra locked the two warring queens in the same makeup room hoping they'd make up. No such thing happened. Two hours later, when they opened the door, they found the actresses sitting at opposite ends of the room in silence.

Sridevi was offered a role in Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg. She refused because it wasn't a starring role and it would have meant taking a hiatus from Bollywood, at a time, when she was at the peak of her career.


She was cast in a dual role in 1993's Baazigar. However, the director felt that the audience would never be able to sympathize with Shah Rukh Khan's character if he 'killed' Sridevi on Screen. The role was re-written and two different actresses (Shilpa Shetty and Kajol) were hired to play the roles originally meant for La Devi.


Was the original choice for the role in 'Beta' that made Madhuri Dixit a superstar. She turned the role down, because she felt she was already doing too many films with Anil Kapoor.

At the height of her career, Sridevi received countless marriage proposals from wealthy American and British born Indians who saw her as the perfect trophy wife. One of her rumored suitors was Hollywood movie producer Ashok Amritraj.


She was the sole income earner in her family. She financially supported her mother, stepfather, sister and stepbrother.



Personal Quotes
To be very honest, the characters I have played in the south has been much, much more challenging and exciting then what I have done in Hindi cinema


The character I was supposed to play in "Yugpurush" is a very good character. There was only one thorn in the flesh, I was supposed to be playing a prostitute. Somewhere I think I have developed a mental block against playing a prostitute. I get uncomfortable and so I guess I won't be able to do full justice to the character.

Believe it or not, I don't have an ego. That is one of the first lessons I learnt when I entered this line. Every thing here is so uncertain. One moment you are a goddess and the next moment you are out of work. And under the circumstances the ego is hardly any help. I don't believe in it and I think every actor or actress should learnt to crush their ego even before they learn to act. But here the equation is very strange, so many people who don't know to act also have an ego


During work, I don't like fights and tensions. Jayapradha and I initially did not get along. However, when we realised that the press was thriving on our cold war, we decided to make up. Strangely, the fights never affected our work. If you see Tohfa (1984) or Maqsad (1984) you will never sense the hostility. Thank God, we are on talking terms now, no more of those pointless controversies.


Awards and honors:


Filmfare Awards


1982 – Filmfare Best Actress Award (South-Tamil) for Meendum Kokila
1990 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Chaalbaaz
1992 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Lamhe
1993 – Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) for Kshanam

Honours:


1997 – “Kalasaraswathi” award by the Government of Andhra Pradesh
2003 – “Lachchu Maharaj Award”
2008 – FICCI “Living Legend in Entertainment” award.