Vintage Bollywood is any day more talented and more colorful than modern-day Bollywood. Vintage Bollywood was having “talent powerhouses”. Today will talk about actresses. Many actresses had great acting talents like Rekha, Vijyanthimala, Samita Patil, and Shabana Azmi, etc, many were good at doing comedy like Archana Puran Singh, Tunn Tunn, etc., and many were so pretty like Madhu Bala, Juhi Chawla. One actress who was complete in every sense is Madhuri Dixit Nene. She acted as a veteran art Actress in Mrityudand, Lajja, Devdas, Anjaam, Prem Pratigya, etc. She looked beautiful in Hum Apke Hain Koun!, Dil to Pagal hai, Sajan, etc. Her Comic timing is so Absolute in films like Raja, Koyla, Total Dhamaal, etc. Moreover, she is still the most versatile dancer in Bollywood. Outrightly labeled as the dancing queen or biggest dancing superstar of Bollywood.
It is not that she is the only one who is versatile. But what makes Madhuri in her own unique league as the biggest female superstar of Bollywood? Here are the following 10 unknown special things of Dhak Dhak Girl Madhuri Dixit
1. UnMatched Dancing Ability of Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri before coming to Bollywood had already won the National Talent Scholarship in Kathak it is evident that she is still unmatched in her dancing moves and expressions. Madhuri Dixit is the only actress who has performed a maximum number of dance styles right from contemporary style to classical, from folk to lyrical hip hop. She has performed in rare styles too like Flaminco and Ariel.
2. Acted in Both Commercial and Art Films
Before the 2000s, Bollywood used to have two kinds of cinema. One is commercial and the Second is Art Cinema. Madhuri Dixit was all the ways commercial actress, she was a box office queen and the most popular megastar in the 1990s. But to be in an Art movie one must have very strong acting ability like Samita Patil and Shabana Azmi. Madhuri acted in three art films Dhairavi, Mrityudand, and Prahaar. All three were highly acclaimed. Madhuri acted with full confidence with powerful actors like Ompuri, Shabana Azmi, etc. Azmi said Madhuri is a very talented actress.
3. Highest-paid Actresses of most of the 1990s
The Era of the Nineties belongs to Madhuri since she was a highest-paid actress from 1993 to 2000 and one of the highest-paid movie stars from 1994 to 2000.
4. Only Actress to have All Time Blockbuster Movie to her Credit
Madhuri Dixit is credited with having 3rd biggest blockbuster movie of all time (Inflation adjusted) due to her immense popularity and stardom, Hum Apke Hain Kaun! is more of a Madhuri Film. Salman Khan was not then a big star. On the other hand, Madhuri Dixit was immensely popular and was the top actress of that time.
5. A Real-life Action Professional
Very less people know that Madhuri is trained in taekwondo. She has a blue senior belt. She has done action in many films and in many movies, she has done action sequences by herself.
6. The stardom of Madhuri Dixit is still unmatched
Madhuri is said to have enjoyed the stardom that no other Bollywood actress has sought. Her immense popularity and love from her fans still made Madhuri as most iconic megastar of Bollywood. Even during the 1990s, her dialogues, her dance moves, and her clothes became the trend.
- She has a famous lake in Arunachal Pradesh, named after her.
- Madhuri Dixit is having a record of having the maximum number of nominations at Filmfare.
- Parvez Musharaf saw Pakistani people singing “Kashmir lelo Madhuri dedo” in the Sharjah cricket stadium. Also, a Pakistani soldier uttered the same sentence “Kashmir lelo Madhuri dedo” and to the reply, martyr Capt. Vikram Batra shot the soldier and said “With love from Madhuri”.
7. One of the Longest Leading Actress’s Careers Ever
Made a debut in the 1984 film Abodh still coming as the lead actress in the upcoming film Dhamaal 4. After a total of 35 years of a long-lasting career, Padam Shree Madhuri Dixit is still coming in films as a lead actor. Even on the OTT platform the character and story revolves around. Even in a few supporting characters e.g. Lajja, Devdas, and Kalank, She is playing a very important role. Humari Baat feels Madhuri Dixit should not act as a supporting actress in any of her films, because she is the lead actress and should have to perform as lead role only.
8. Worked in Many Female-Centric Films
Prem Pratigya, 100 Days, Sangeet, Anjaam, Prem Granth, Mrityudand, Gajgamini, Aaja Nachle, Dedh Ishqiya, Gulaab Gang, Bucket List, The Fame Game, Maja Maa, etc are a few of her female-centric films. Even in her other movies like Beta, and Raja, audiences were bound to call the film Beta as Beti and Raja as Rani. Even the director of the film has claimed this. In a fully male-chauvinistic film like Khalnayak, Subhash Ghai carved a special yet powerful female character keeping her stature in mind.
9. Inspiration for many new Bollywood actresses
Rani Mukerji, Vidya Balan, Kangana Ranaut, Alia Bhatt, Anushka, etc. are great acting talents of Bollywood now but they are self-proclaimed Madhuri Fans. Watching Madhuri’s Ek Do Teen, Vidya was inspired to be a junior Madhuri Dixit. Rani Mukerji is always a great admirer of Madhuri Dixit. She is a self-proclaimed “team Madhuri “. Priyanka confessed to being a Madhuri Dixit Fan. Kangana Ranaut too admires and loves Madhuri Dixit. She is fond of dancing and acting. Madhuri Dixit is one rare Bollywood celeb with whom Kangana has a very friendly vibe.
10. Madhuri Dixit is still relevant
She is the honorable personality of Bollywood One actress who has maintained a very dignified, highly professional career, non-controversial, and highly moral behavior. She has rare friends in Bollywood. As per sources she comes, does her professional stuff, and goes back home. Many tried hard to connect her to controversial stuff but she remained silent and busy doing her artistic stuff to silent irrelevant noise on social media. She makes reels, gives cooking tips, and shares a very romantic bond with her family. She is still doing films every year. She judges two dance reality shows Jhalak Dikhlaja and Dance Deewane on TV. If we compare, No actress from her generation has more followers than Madhuri. She is a popular brand endorser too.
