Madhuri is a complete actor: Madhurima Tuli

Madhurima Tuli who is making her debut with 'Cigarette Ki Tarah' talks about her favourite actress and her upcoming projects

Tell us how you signed this film?
I did a short film for an NGO in Madhya Pradesh. I met an actor there who introduced me to the makers of Cigarette Ki Tarah. Initially I was a little apprehensive but when I heard the script and songs, I decided to do it.

Tell us something about your role?
I am playing Jessica in the film. She is bold and a beautiful girl from Goa. She hails from a rich background and is a bit arrogant. She has shades of grey in her character but she is a very nice girl at heart.

You have been doing television and films down south...
Yes, before Cigarrate Ki Tarah I did a Kannada film with Subhash Ghai's production house, which is going to release in January. I have also done many ads on television and have been face of some reputed brands.
Since the film is releasing today, are you nervous?
After a lot of delays, my first film is seeing the daylight, I am happy and relieved and hopefully from here onwards, things will only be better for me.

What else is in the pipeline?
I have signed a film with a big producer but cannot talk about it right now. They will announce the project in January since the film is slated to release in February, March next year.
Who are your screen idols?
Madhuri Dixit! I have been her hardcore fan since I started seeing her films. She is a complete actor with a gorgeous smile. 

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Madhuri Dixit is the Best: Anil Kapoor

The event was Color's Golden Petal Award 2012 to felicitate characters from their shows saw many Bollywood stars and Celebrities. Anil Kapoor and Salman Khan had the T.V.Serial girls going crazy with their presence. Raveena Tandon Thadani, Kirron Kher, Malaika Arora Khan, and Farah Khan were present too.

Madhuri Dixit Nene made a late entry and sat with her Ex Co-Star Anil Kapoor and shared few jokes. Both Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit went on the stage for performance and danced to the tune of 'My name is Lakhan' from the yesteryear's classic 'Ram Lakhan' which had them both playing the lead.

On the stage, Anil Kapoor said "I have worked with lots and lots of Actresses but i still find Madhuri Dixit to be the best." Salman Khan who was sitting in the front row along with Malaika Arora Khan also agreed to Anil's comments.

Madhuri Dixit received the trophy of Golden Petal Awards for her show 'Jhalak Dikhla Ja' and Bigg Boss won the trophy for the best reality show. As soon as the host announced Bigg Boss as the best show on Colors, 'Spare Me' girl Pooja Misrra was seen cheering.

Sudhanshu Vats, CEO Viacom18, and Raj Nayak, CEO Colors were also present in the show. The awards event will air soon on the channel.

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Madhuri Dixit launches own mobile application

After launching a personal website, Bollywood's dancing diva Madhuri Dixit has taken a new step to get closer to her fans through a mobile application.

The application, available on all iOS devices, complements her official web page www.madhuridixit-nene.com.

"People carry a phone with them all the time, so an app (application) is a wonderful device to stay connected with fans in their time and space," the 45-year-old said in a statement.

The application, currently available on all iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod), will connect Madhuri's fans to her pictures, videos and exclusive content on beauty, fashion and dance.

It will soon also be available on Android phones.

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Juhi joins Madhuri's Gulab Gang

After roping in Madhuri Dixit for "Gulab Gang", now filmmaker Anubhav Sinha has cast Juhi Chawla for the film and says it will be great to see them together for the first time on big screen.

"Actually, there were two reasons to cast Juhi Chawla for the film. The very first thing is that it was a creative decision taken by all of us... and we thought it would be great to see two iconic stars - Madhuri and Juhi - together in the film, " Sinha, who is producing the film, told.

"I couldn't have pulled off a better cast than the two most iconic female stars, Madhuri and Juhi, together for the first time on Indian screen, " he added.

Inspired by Sampat Pal-led Gulabi Gang in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, which fights for the rights of women in the region, the film will be directed by Soumik Sen. Filming will start in December and the "first schedule will be shot in Bombay", Sinha told.

"We were working on the looks of the actresses, now we are ready to roll. Since the film is based in rural India, both of them will be seen in a de-glam avatar and will have a rustic look, " he added.

Earlier, the plans were to release "Gulab Gang" on Women's Day, but Sinha said that "things got a little delayed and now I feel the film will release after March".

"Gulab Gang" also stars Mahie Gill and Shilpa Shukla.

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Can't wait to start shooting with Madhuri

While Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan and Naseeruddin Shah won the hearts of film buffs with their performances in the film Ishqiya, audiences are now eagerly waiting for the film's sequel Dedh Ishqiya. 

But Arshad himself seems to be the most eager of all to start shooting for the film. The reason? Hear it from Arshad himself. "I absolutely enjoyed working with Vidya (Balan) in Ishqiya.
She is a dear friend and I will miss her while shooting the sequel. But I can't wait to start shooting with Madhuri Dixit. I mean, no one can beat her right?" said an excited Arshad at a recent event.

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Oops! Kareena picked over Madhuri!

Apparently, the Bollywood make up artist chose Kareena Kapoor over Madhuri Dixit for a make up session before an awards gala

It was all about who would look like a million bucks. When it comes to putting their best face forward for the red carpet and the flashbulbs, actresses leave nothing behind. They demand and obtain what they want in the one-upmanship of the looks department.

Kareena Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit were both keen to have Bollywood make up artist Mickey Contractor apply his deft strokes for the People's Choice Awards. The event was held on Saturday night at Film City. But Mickey could oblige only one and it was Saif Ali Khan's Begum who managed to have Mickey do her make up.
Says an onlooker, Mickey was heard talking about his dilemma in Gujarati about choosing Kareena over Madhuri. At events he prefers to do the make up of only one actress. He is not keen to multi-task.

Adds the onlooker, Everyone is aware of frayed nerves before a big event. Costumes and make up is one region where no one wants to rub any actress off. It often leads to hushed whispers that do the rounds of vanity vans.

Madhuri had recorded her dance performance a day earlier - on Friday for the awards show. Mickey had done her make up for her act. So the actress assumed that he would also apply his magic tools on the following day as well for the red carpet and awards gala. 
But as the onlooker states, Madhuri was taken aback when she was told that Mickey would be doing Kareena's make up on the big day. She kept telling him that he could do hers as well as Kareena's make up. But he preferred to stick to the newlywed Bebo.

He was apparently overheard saying that as Kareena had told him in advance that she wanted him on the awards day, it was a first come-first serve situation. 

While on the other hand Madhuri felt that as he had done his make up for her performacce a day earlier, he would do it for the main event as well. Mads had apparently fetched a lot of compliments for her make up on that day and wanted to do a repeat the next day as well. But Bebo certainly spoilt her flawless act on the red carpet.

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Bollywood Hotties come together as People's Choice Awards come to India

Popular international awards ceremony will bring many Bollywood bigwigs under one roof

The awards ceremony will bring Bollywood bigwigs like newlyweds Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor who will make their first public appearance, Madhuri Dixit, Priyanka Chopra among others under one roof

For the first time ever in the almost four-decade history of the franchise, the acclaimed People's Choice Awards arrives from the shores of America to India. It's the only awards show in India honouring various fields of our pop culture across Bollywood, music, television and sports.

The USP of the awards format is in the fact that it adheres to the motto of the people, for the people and by the people! The People's Choice official website at www. PeoplesChoiceIndia. com houses the voting platform where fans determine the winners for the annual awards show.
Priyanka Chopra launched the People's Choice Awards in India

The awards ceremony, to be held today (October 27) at Film City will bring Bollywood bigwigs like Madhuri Dixit, newlyweds Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Sonu Nigam, Parineeti Chopra, Ram Kapoor and Sakshi Tanwar under one roof where they will put up a stellar performance for the audience. Ayushmann Khurrana will be the host for the evening and will enthrall the audience with his great comic style.

Speaking at a media briefing, Priyanka Chopra says, I have seen the US version of these awards a lot of times, and I think Colors is the best platform to be presenting these awards. I love live acts, and I always try and do something different, and that's what I will be doing at the People's Choice Awards this time too

Akash Sharma, co-founder and MD, Bulldog Media & Entertainment, the format holders of the franchise for the Indian territory & the company behind bringing the successful entertainment franchise to India says, When Bulldog was invited to the People's Choice Awards in the US a few years ago, I knew it was an amazing franchise. But what hit us the most was that this was a show that gave a voice to the people.

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Madhuri Dixit makes even Geeta Kapoor nervous

Choreographer Geeta Kapoor says she was nervous before working on Madhuri Dixit's dance steps for an upcoming award gala 

Choreographing for the eternal dhak-dhak girl of Bollywood is no easy task. No wonder that choreographer Geeta Kapoor was quite nervous before working with Madhuri Dixit for an upcoming awards show on Saturday.

At the event, Madhuri will be performing on selected tracks from her previous films.

Our source says, Mads is known to be extremely particular about who she will be working with. So far, most of her steps were choreographed by Saroj Khan. However, this time she wanted to experiment with her style. The organisers roped in Geeta for the act.
Geeta, who has never worked with Mads before was naturally anxious about her upcoming task.

She tells us, I literally had jitters, as Madhuri is a perfectionist. But it went well. She took personal interest in everything that was being done.

Our informers also tell us that designer Manish Malhotra has been roped in to give Mads a 'special' look for the awards show.

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Let's defeat evils in our lives this Dussehra, says Bollywood

As the nation celebrates Dussehra Wednesday, a large number of Bollywood celebrities hope they will be able to defeat evil in their lives, while others simply wish love and happiness to fans, friends and loved ones

They took to twitter to wish and share their views. This is what they have to say:

Hema Malini: May God bless you with all success on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra and may you be capable of defeating all evils of your life.

Arshad Warsi: Lets conquer our eternal 5 evils - 'Kaam', 'Krodh', 'Lobh', 'Moh', and 'Ahankar' for a better world... Happy Dussehra to you and your family.

Madhuri Dixit: Happy Dussehra everyone!

Bipasha Basu: Shubho Dashami and Happy Dussehra to all!

Manoj Bajpayee: Ravan will burn today (Wednesday) and hopefully all the evils inside us will evaporate in the air.

Madhur Bhandarkar: Goodness always wins over evil. May this festive season bring lots of joy to you and your family - Happy Dussehra.

Tusshar Kapoor: Happy Dussehra to you all, may good overpower all the evil in our lives too!

Dia Mirza: Shubho Bijoy and Happy Dussehra!

Shreyas Talpade: Happy Dussehra everyone. God bless.

Sonu Sood: Happy Dussehra to all... Keep smiling always.

Sanjay Gupta: Happy Dussehra guys. Have a day full of 'masti', food, friends and family. And an evening of crackers. Jao, Raavan jalao!

Vishal Dadlani: Happy Dussehra. Thank you all for making 2012 such a super year.

Divya Dutta: Good morning! Happy Dussehra. All remembering childhood days when we used to make Raavan with 'patakhas' and burn it.

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B-town wishes love, luck to all on Navratri

Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Madhur Bhandarkar have wished love and good luck to family, friends and fans on the occasion of Navratri.

The nine-day celebrations started Tuesday and the celebrities took to Twitter to extend their wishes.

Here's what they wrote:

Amitabh Bachchan: For those particularly in West Bengal and with Ma Durga... SHUBHO MAHALAYA, and in others Maa ki Chowki, and Navratri!

Madhur Bhandarkar: May goddess Durga bring happiness, peace and prosperity into your life. Jai ma Durga. Shubh Navratra.

Madhuri Dixit: Navratri ke avsar par sabko meri shubhkamnayein!

Raveena Tandon: Fasting starts today. Navratri! Just praying for love and peace! May this world become a safer place to live in for our children! Jai Mata Di!

Manoj Bajpayee: Happy Navratri to all of you! May Ma bless you with peace and happiness!

Ronit Roy: May Ma Durga bestow upon you all the love, luck and happiness in the world. Wish you all a very Happy Navratri. Jai Ma Durga.

Sophie Choudry: Happy Navratri to you all! Let the festivities begin!

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Madhuri congratulates rival Sridevi on English Vinglish success

Actress Sridevi's comeback film "English Vinglish" Thursday turned to be the biggest premiere of the year so far where the entire film fraternity came to cheer this diva who is appearing on the big screen after 15 years.

Sridevi graced the premiere with her family including Boney Kapoor, daughter Jhanvi and Kushi.

Sridevi's 15-year-old daughter Jhanvi said: "I am so proud she is the coolest mom."

Among other celebrities and women actresses who came to cheer Sridevi were Tabu, Jaya Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Shilpa Shetty, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Kangna Ranaut, Tisca Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Ayesha Takia, Konkona Sen Sharma and Sonali Kulkarni. 

Shilpa who seems to be a huge fan of Sridevi told reporters: "Sridevi is in her own league and we are nothing in front of her."

Madhuri came with her husband Sriram Nene. Madhuri was a rival of Sridevi in the 1980s.
Madhuri said: "I wish her all the best."

Besides the leading ladies, many actors and film makers came to support her and they included megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Ashutosh Gowariker, Ramesh Sippy, Sanjay Kapoor and Anees Baazmee. 

Directed by Gauri Shinde and produced by R. Balki "English Vinglish" releases Oct 5.

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Sridevi-Madhuri Finally Come Together, to dance to each other's tunes

Years ago the only filmmaker who dared to bring the two warring divas Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit together was Ramesh Sippy. He cast them together in Zameen. But the film got shelved. That was the end of all endeavour to bring the two screen queens into the same line of vision.

The two divas finally came together on the dance reality-show Jhalak Dhikhla Jaa. One doesn't know how historic the audience would consider this belated union of the two hottest star-actresses from the 1990s.

Sridevi and Madhuri were both adamant on outdoing one another in who would appear happier in the other's company.
"As soon as the camera was switched on, they behaved like long-lost sahelis, giggling whispering to one another , admiring each other's clothes and jewellery, much to the amusement of Karan Johar who is also a judge on the show," says the eyewitness from the Jhalak Dikhla Ja set.

Sridevi's cold-war with Madhuri dates back to the time when both were vying for the No.1 spot at the boxoffice.With the two hits Mr India and Chandni ,Sridevi had a marked edge over her rival.No filmmaker succeeded in bringing them together.

The highpoint on Jhalak Dikhla Jaa was when the two ladies took the floor to dance to one another's songs.

Says our eyewitness, "Sridevi danced to Madhuri's Dhak dhak and Madhuri danced to Sridevi's "Mere Haathon Mein Nau-Nau Chudiyan". Madhuri's fellow-judges Karan Johar and Remo d'Souza seemed quite taken up with Sridevi's presence. They even showered rose petals on Sridevi".

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First look: Kareena and Madhuri groove together

Kareena Kapoor with judge Madhuri Dixit on the sets of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa

Bebo made her dance to her favourite Madhuri number Nazrein Mili Dil Dhadka from Beta. Even though Mads forgot a step, Bebo did not!

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Ranbir woos Madhuri with Main shayar toh nahin

Ranbir Kapoor literally fell flat on the floor when he got a chance to dance with his childhood crush, actress Madhuri Dixit on his father's evergreen romantic number "Main shayar toh nahin".

Ranbir paid a visit to the sets of dance reality show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5" to promote his forthcoming release "Barfi!". There was no way he could have missed the chance to match steps with the dancing diva.

So, he requested her to join him on the dance floor on the song "Main shayar toh nahin" from his dad, actor Rishi Kapoor's film "Bobby".

Once she agreed and danced with him, Ranbir jumped all over the stage like a teenager, says a source.

Whenever Madhuri took his name on the set, Ranbir blushed like a school child and hid his face. He fell flat on the floor after Madhuri danced with him, and the actress was quite shocked with his craze for her.

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First Look: Aiyyaa Rani is fan of Sridevi, Madhuri and Juhi

Rani Mukerji's character in "Aiyyaa" takes inspiration from not one, or two but three actresses - Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla. 

"My character is a huge fan of Sridevi, Juhi and Madhuri. She dreams about them and goes into a fantasy world all the time," Rani said at the first look of her film held here Thursday. 

She came dressed as her character, Meenakshi Deshmukh, in an elegant yellow and green traditional Maharashtrian nauvari sari. 

Rani revealed that her character is not "normal at all". "She is completely mad and very filmy woman." 

Co-produced by Anurag Kashyap and Viacom 18 and directed by Sachin Kundalkar, "Aiyyaa" also stars southern actor Prithviraj and is due to release Oct 12. 

Rani said she took a lot of help from her director to get the right Marathi look and feel. 
"Sachin wanted a typical Marathi flavour right from costumes to dialect and pronunciation. You will see a lot of Marathi and south Indian flavour in the film." 

After critical acclaim for her intense and bold portrayal of a journalist in "No On Killed Jessica", Rani said she was looking for a light-hearted film and that is when "Aiyyaa" came to her. 

"When Anurag came to me, I told him I don't want to do dark films. I told Anurag I want to do happy films and he told me he is offering me one," she said. 

"I wanted to do something different with him since I have known him for long. I know his quirky side. Since I had done dark films like 'No One Killed Jessica' and will be doing 'Talaash', I wanted to do something light," she added.

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The real Gaja Gamini!

Madhuri Dixit admits to having an elephant's memory when it comes to recollecting dance steps from her many films

Madhuri Dixit is unarguably one of the finest dancers that Bollywood has ever had. And when it comes to remembering her dance steps, the actress says she has an elephant's memory.

Recently, on the sets of dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, contestant Rashmi Desai requested Mads to perform one of her popular dance numbers on camera, the actress did so with elan.

And when Rashmi asked Mads as to how she remembered each and every dance step, the actress admitted to having a photographic memory.

She says, When Sarojji choreographed my songs, I used to remind her that we had already completed certain steps. In return she would say Arey Madhuri, tumhe kyun yaad rehta hai itna sab? Well said, then.

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Madhuri's Gulab Gang shooting to start in October

Actress Madhuri Dixit, who is making her second comeback in Bollywood with Anubhav Sinha's first outing as a producer with "Gulab Gang", is excited about the project and says that film goes on the floors next month.

"Reviewing the costumes and schedule for 'Gulab Gang' with Soumik Sen... 'Gulab Gang' looks way cool. Something for everyone...acting, dancing, song, and action sequences. Excited, " the 45-year-old tweeted. "Shooting starting in October. The film should release in March, " she further posted.

Madhuri, last seen on the big screen in "Aaja Nachle" in 2007, took a break from showbiz when she married US-based surgeon Shriram Nene and shifted to Denver, US from Mumbai to start a family. Now she is back in tinsel town and is currently seen judging season dance reality show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5".

The actress will also be seen in Vishal Bhardwaj's "Dedh Ishqiya", a sequel to 2010 hit "Ishqiya".

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Madhuri Dixit's Dedh Ishqiya postponed again

Actor Arshad Warsi, who will reprise his role of Babban in "Dedh Ishqiya", reveals that the shooting of the film has been postponed once again. It will now go on the floors in January next year.

Actress Madhuri Dixit is making a comeback with this film, a sequel to the 2010-hit "Ishqiya".

"I have finished three movies, they are going to release whenever they have to. I am chilling now, I was supposed to start shooting for 'Dedh Ishqiya' which has been postponed to January, so I am taking a good time," Arshad Warsi said while launching the book "Don't Think of a Blue Ball" by Malti Bhojwani. 

"I am off to Canada in about three days, I am on the board of directors for the International Indian Film Festival, Toronto, so I am going there," the 44-year-old added. 
Shooting for "Dedh Ishqiya", to be directed by Abhishek Chaubey, was initially supposed to start in September 2011 but was moved forward to November and later February 2012 due to Abhishek's wedding. 

Then the news came that the film will go on floors in September this year.

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Madhuri Dixit to turn producer?

A Juhu birdie overheard some talk about Madhuri Dixit being keen to start a production house

Apparently the actress is exploring the options of being on the other side of filmmaking as well! Is that the reason Mads is looking at properties in the suburbs? For office space perhaps?

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Happy Onam, tweets B-town

"Happiness", "prosperity" and "love" are what Bollywood celebrities like Madhuri Dixit, Prabhu Deva and Farhan Akhtar wish for friends and fans celebrating the harvest festival of Onam Wednesday.

Here is what the actors had to say --

Madhuri Dixit: "Happy Onam to all!!"

Prabhu Deva: "Happy Onam friends. Celebrate with 'athapoo pookolam' (rangoli) and enjoy Onam 'sadhya' with 'ada pradhaman', 'aviyal', 'elseri', 'upperi', 'olan', 'kalan', sambar, etc etc."

Resul Pookutty: "A very, very happy and prosperous Onam to you all..."

Farhan Akhtar: "Happy Onam. Wish you all peace and joy."

Madhur Bhandarkar: "Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous Onam."

Anupam Kher: "Happy Onam to all."

Neil Nitin Mukesh: "Wishing everyone a happy Onam. God bless."

Shreyas Talpade: "Happy Onam!"

Sunidhi Chauhan: "A very Happy Onam to you all."

Shreya Ghoshal: "Wishing all a very happy Onam. May loads of happiness and prosperity usher in your lives."

Raveena Tandon: "Happy Onam to all my friends!! God bless! Love and happiness, may this be a super duper year for all!!"

Ranvir Shorey: "Happy Onam!"

Santosh Sivan: "Hey wishing all a wonderful Onam!!"

Siddharth: "Happy Onam to all my friends from Kerala... as for me, off for an epic Onam sadhya lunch at my friend's place. Time to look for the loose pants!"

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