Yes, Madhuri Dixit’s back in India for a longish holiday. Her first public appearance at the Filmfare Awards got her a standing ovation.
Now, the actress plans to make a Bollywood comeback. She tells Subhash K Jha more about her plans.
After the kind of response you got for your performance at the Filmfare Awards, are you planning to return to cinema?
Yes, I will probably do one film a year. There are lots of offers, and I need to listen to the scripts and decide what to do. It has to be a project convenient both for me as well as the producer, in terms of location, etc. Looking after my home and children, I can still take time off for one movie, but coming down here for the shooting would be tough. We must remember that a lot of Bollywood movies are now made in the US.
Would it be difficult for producers in Mumbai to reach you in LA?
The world is becoming such a small place. People sitting in Hong Kong do business with people in India. So, communication is no problem.
What prompted that live performance at the Filmfare Awards?
I didn’t think I was going to perform. I was in Mumbai to chill out, have a holiday. Filmfare approached me and Rikku persuaded me. As I wasn’t out of shape, he thought I could do it. Also, considering I had been with the industry for so long, I thought it would be nice to catch up with all my colleagues through my performance.
Most people feel there can never be another Madhuri Dixit.
Audiences still send me fan mail. To be loved and cherished is a beautiful feeling. Talent never dies. I was very apprehensive about dancing on stage. I hadn’t done it for four years. To my surprise, it wasn’t difficult. Even Saroj (Khan) said it didn’t look as if I had been away for so long. Acting and dancing is hard to forget.
We noticed you only danced to songs from Devdas.
Yes, I have had the chance to perform my earlier hit songs at the Filmfare Awards. I had never performed the Devdas tracks before. They have a great dignity about them, and a touch of the classical. That element in dancing is really close to my heart.
