Madhuri Dixit

       

Madhuri Dixit was born on 15 May 1967 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She belongs to Marathi-speaking Chitpavan family. She always desired to be a dancer since the age of 3 and went on to practice the art of kathak and later on to become a trained professional Kathak dancer. She went on to prove herself as one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses, acknowledged for several of her performances, beauty, smile and accomplished dancing. On 17 October 1999, Dixit married Dr. Shriram Madhav Nene, a Cardiovascular Surgeon from LosAngeles, California. They have two sons, Arin (b. March 2003) and Rayaan (b. March 2005).

           Dixit made her film debut in Abodh (1984) and received wider public recognition with Tezaab (1988). Some of her popular films include such box-office hits as Ram Lakhan (1989),Tridev (1989), Parinda (1989), Dil (1990),Saajan (1991), Beta (1992), Khalnayak (1993), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) Raja (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) like Mrityudand (1997), Pukar (2000), Lajja (2001) and Devdas (2002).

          Dixit has won six Filmfare Awards, four for Best Actress, one for Best Supporting Actress and one special Film fare award for completing 25 years in Bollywood. She holds the record for the highest number of Best Actress nominations at Film fare. In 2008, she was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India, for her overall contribution to the Indian film industry.

Madhuri Dixit with her husbands and sons