Madhuri Dixit Biography: Birthday, Early life, Career, Awards, Personal Life, Family, Net Worth

Madhuri Dixit Biography: Madhuri Dixit is a well-known Indian actress known for her roles in the films ‘Beta,’ ‘Saajan,’ and ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!’ She began her career in the 1980s and rose to prominence after starring alongside veteran actor Anil Kapoor in the film ‘Tezaab’. She then appeared alongside Aamir Khan in the film ‘Dil’. Born into a middle-class household in Mumbai, she began dancing lessons at a young age. She began acting as a child and struggled for several years as the majority of her early features were flops.

Madhuri Dixit Biography

Name:	Madhuri Dixit
Net Worth In Indian Rupees:	250 Crore INR
Salary:	12 Crore +
Net worth:	$34 million
Age:	55 Yrs
Date of Birth:	May 15, 1967
Gender:	Female

Early Years

Madhuri Dixit (now Madhuri Dixit Nene) was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 15 May 1967 to a traditional Maharashtra Marathi Kokanastha Brahmin family. Madhuri Dixit is the youngest child of her parents, Shankar and Snehlata Dixit, and has three older siblings, including two older sisters and one older brother. She developed an interest in dance at a very young age, and at the age of three, she began eight years of Kathak training. Later, Madhuri Dixit herself became a prominent Kathak dancer with professional training.

She remembers receiving her first scholarship as a kathak performer at the age of nine. She also recalls that her name first appeared in a newspaper as a result of her dance performance. explains that she was seven or eight years old when she performed at the Guru Purnima festival, and a journalist subsequently wrote, “This little girl stole the show.” This gave her a sense of accomplishment and bolstered her confidence in her passion for dancing.

Career

Madhuri Dixit made her film début in 1984 with ‘Abodh.’ The film failed to attract much interest. Over the next few years, she appeared in several inconsequential films, including the 1985 and 1986 dramas ‘Awara Baap’ and ‘Swati’. In the 1988 film ‘Tezaab,’ opposite Anil Kapoor, she ultimately landed her breakthrough role. The film received positive reviews, and Madhuri’s performance was praised. She received her first Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination.

She entered the 1990s with a flourish, having appeared in nine films in 1990. However, the majority of these films were box-office failures. With the publication of the romantic drama ‘Dil,’ in which she starred opposite Aamir Khan, her fortunes improved. The film was a huge success and garnered Madhuri Dixit her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress. In the 1992 film ‘Beta,’ in which she co-starred with Anil Kapoor, she portrayed an educated young woman who rebels against her evil stepmother-in-law. The film’s success garnered the actress a second Filmfare Best Actress Award.

Madhuri Dixit kicked off the new millennium with the films Pukar’ and ‘Gaja Gamini.’ In the 2001 film ‘Lajja,’ she portrayed a woman contending against gender discrimination. The following year, she co-starred with Shah Rukh Khan in ‘Devdas’ as a courtesan in love with an alcoholic. As she was expecting her first child during filming, the actress took a break to focus on her family.

Madhuri Dixit has also appeared in television programmes. She served as a judge on the dance competition series ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ (2016) and in the first and second seasons of ‘Dance Deewane’ (2018-19) on Colours TV.

Madhuri Dixit Net Worth

The estimated total net worth of Madhuri Dixit is 34 million US dollars or approximately 250 crores of Indian rupees. She charges Rs 4-5 crores per film and Rs 24–25 crores per season of reality television. The majority of Madhuri’s revenues come from brand endorsements, for which she charges an astounding Rs. 8 crores. Additionally, over the past three years, Madhuri Dixit’s net worth has increased by 40%. With such an enormous net worth and income, she also has a generous and giving spirit. Madhuri has also adopted a Maharashtra village.

Accolades

Dixit has received six Filmfare Awards from record-breaking seventeen nominations, including four Filmfare Awards for Best Actress for the films Dil (1990), Beta (1992), Hum Aapke Hain Kaun! (1994), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), and a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Devdas (2002). She received a Filmfare Special Award for 25 years of service in the Indian film industry.[258] In 2008, the Government of India awarded her Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour in India, for her contributions to the arts.

Family

She was born into a middle-class Marathi Brahmin family to Shankar Dixit and Snehlata Dixit, who have since passed away. Her mother passed away on March 12, 2023, in Mumbai at the age of 90.  She has a sibling named Ajit Dixit and two sisters named Rupa and Bharati. She is of the Hindu faith.

Personal Life

Madhuri Dixit was linked to many of her male co-stars, including Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, and Mithun Chakraborty, at the height of her career. By announcing her marriage to Dr Shriram Madhav Nene, a cardiovascular surgeon from Los Angeles, she put an end to all media speculation regarding her personal life. The couple sealed the knot in a traditional Hindu ceremony on October 17, 1999. Reports indicate that Dr Nene was unaware of Madhuri’s celebrity status at the time of their wedding!

After her marriage, Madhuri Dixit relocated to the United States. The couple had two sons, Arin (2003) and Ryan (2005), in the years that followed. In 2011, the family relocated and returned to Mumbai.