Madhuri Dixit Birthday | 15 May | Bio | Age | Photography

Birth Details

Date of Birth: May 15, 1967

Day: Monday

Time of Birth: 18:15:00

Place of Birth: Mumbai

Longitude: 72 E 50

Latitude: 18 N 58

Time Zone: 5.5

Zodic Signs

Rasi/ Moon Sign: Cancer

Nakshatra or star constellations: Pashyami

Star Sign/ Zodiac Sign/ Sun Sign (Western): Taurus

Star Sign/ Zodiac Sign/ Sun Sign (Indian): Taurus

Personal Information

Madhuri Dixit is a native of Mumbai, India. She was born on 15 May 1967 in a Maharashtrian Chitpavan Brahmin family to Shankar and Snehlata Dixit. Madhuri attended Divine Child High School and Mumbai University and studied to be a microbiologist. She has always desired dance since the age of 3 and went on to practice the art of Kathak and later on to become a trained professional Kathak dancer.

Married to Dr. Shriram Madhav Nene, has 2 sons Arin and Raayan. She likes dancing since her childhood and before coming to Bollywood she learnt Dancing in many profession.

She is known as the "Dhak Dhak Girl", she is famous for her dance in the song "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" from the film Beta. She is also known for her dance sequences accompanying Bollywood songs such as "Ek Do Teen" (from Tezaab), "Humko Aaj Kal Hai" (from Sailaab), "Bada Dukh Deenha" (from Ram Lakhan), "Chane Ke Khet Mein" (from Anjaam), "Didi Tera Devar Deewana" (from Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!), "Choli Ke Peechhe" (from Khalnayak), "Akhiyan Milaun" (from Raja), "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" (from Yaraana), "Kay Sera Sera" (from Pukar), "Badi Mushkil" (from Lajja), "Maar Daala" (from Devdas), "Aaja Nachle" (from Aaja Nachle), and "Ghagra" (from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani).

Career and Business

In 1990, Dixit starred in the romantic drama Dil opposite Aamir Khan. She played the role of a rich and arrogant girl who falls in love with a poorer boy and later leaves her home to marry him. The film became the biggest box office hit of the year in India and Dixit's performance earned her the first Filmfare Best Actress Award of her career.

She was also seen in the dramas Sailaab opposite Aditya Pancholi and Kishen Kanhaiya opposite Anil Kapoor the former flopped while the latter went on to become the third biggest hit of the year. After the success of Dil, Dixit became one of the leading actresses of Bollywood. The following year, she starred in the super-hit movie Saajan opposite Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt. This became the year's highest-grossing movie. Dixit's performance earned her the fourth nomination for the Filmfare Best Actress Award.

In 1992, Dixit featured in the film Beta opposite Anil Kapoor. Dixit's performance of Saraswati earned her critical acclaim. Upperstall.com praised Dixit's work: "She made Beta her own film totally stealing a march over the film's hero, Anil Kapoor.

While the highlight of the film was undoubtedly Dhak Dhak Karne Laga – probably the sexiest and most popular dance of Madhuri's career, her blazing performance – that of a woman married to an illiterate, well-meaning man and who exposes her scheming mother-in-law whom her husband dotes on – had film reviewers gushing with several people jokingly saying the film should have been called Beti instead!" Dixit's performance in Beta won her a second Filmfare Best Actress Award. Following the film's success, Dixit became famously known as the "Dhak Dhak Girl" for her performance in the famous song "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga".

In 2001 Dixit won ₹ 5,000,000 on Kaun Banega Crorepati, a game show then in its first season on the air. She directed that her winnings be donated for the welfare of victims of an earthquake in Gujarat and to an orphanage in Pune.

In 2009 Dixit performed for NDTV Toyota Greenathon—India's first-ever nationwide campaign for saving the environment and creating awareness about environmental issues. NDTV organised India's first 24-hour live telethon, a fund-raising event that brings in people to donate money to support TERI's initiative—Lighting a Billion Lives which aims at providing solar power to villages without electricity. Dixit became a part of this great social cause, and she performed her hit numbers on the live show.