Madhuri Dixit was the Bollywood queen of the ‘90s. But the journey to ultimate stardom was not an easy one for her. She started her career with Abodh in 1984. She continued to juggle between small roles and her studies till director Subhash Ghai told her to focus on her career.
Talking about this transition, Madhuri told an online news portal, ” I did my first film Abodh which did not do well and then I went back to college, but by then the bug had bit me already. I liked acting and being in front of the camera. So I did small roles in 2-3 movies like Awara Baap, Swati… They told me 10 din ka hi role hai so I can do it and then resume studies. We did that.”
She also spoke of her meeting with Subhash Ghai and how he convinced her to concentrate on movies, “I did a small song in Karma when Subhash ji met me. At that time, since we were not from the industry, we did not know what small role or big role meant, how… But Subhash ji told me that if I stop doing small roles, he would cast me in his film which he was doing, which was Ram Lakhan. Then, we had to make this decision to devote my time completely to this and not juggle.”
When asked if she ever faced rejection because of how she looked, Madhuri said, “Never on my face. At the most, they would say bahot dubli hai, she is very skinny but I overcame that. Then Tezaab happened and then it didn’t matter if I was skinny to them, everyone was fine then.”