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Madhuri Dixit (Marathi: (born Madhuri Shankar Dixit on
May 15, 1967) is an award-winning Indian Bollywood
actress. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, she
dominated Hindi cinema as a leading actress and an
accomplished dancer. Appearing in numerous commercial
successes and delivering a myriad of
critically-acclaimed performances, Dixit has
established herself as one of the most respected and
prominent female actors in Bollywood. In 2008, she was
awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest
civilian award, by the Government of India.
Madhuri Dixit made her acting debut in Abodh (1984).
After a few minor and supporting roles, she landed the
lead female role in Tezaab (1988), which shot her to
stardom. She then went on to star in the hit films
such as Ram Lakhan (1989), Parinda (1989), Tridev
(1989), Kishen Kanhaiya (1990), Dil (1990), Saajan
(1991), Beta (1992), Khalnayak (1993), Hum Aapke Hain
Kaun! (1994), and Raja (1995).
After a year of little success, Madhuri Dixit appeared as Pooja
in the Yash Chopra blockbuster Dil To Pagal Hai
(1997), for which she won her fourth Filmfare Best
Actress Award. In the same year, Dixit starred in
Prakash Jha's critically acclaimed Mrityudand. The
film straddled the boundary between an art and a
commercial film. It won the Best Feature Film at the
Cinéma Tout Ecran in Geneva, the Bangkok Film Festival
and the Sansui Awards (Critics' Choice). Her
performance in the film also landed her Best Actress
awards at the Star Screen Awards and Sansui Awards.
In 2002, she starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas
with Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai. Her performance
was applauded and earned her a Filmfare Best
Supporting Actress Award. The film attracted worldwide
attention and was featured at the Cannes Film
Festival..
Madhuri Dixit has been the muse for the famous Indian
painter M.F. Hussain who considers her the epitome of
womanhood. Hence he made a film named Gaja Gamini
(2000) in which Madhuri acted. The film was intended
as a tribute to Ms. Dixit herself. In this film she
can be seen portraying various forms and
manifestations of womanhood including the muse of
Kalidasa, Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, a rebel and a musical
euphoria etc. On December 7, 2006, Dixit returned to
Mumbai along with her husband and sons to start
filming for Aaja Nachle (2007). The film released in
November 2007 and despite the critics panning it,
Madhuri Dixit 's performance was well received, with the New
York Times commenting about her that "she's still got
it". On Women's International Day in 2007, Dixit
topped Rediff's list of the Best Bollywood Actresses Ever.