Madhuri Dixit gets married
BOMBAY, Nov 5: Hindi movie queen Madhuri Dixit has married a US-based Indian surgeon in a strictly private ceremony held in Los Angeles last month.
The 33-year-old Indian film diva was married on October 17 according to ancient Hindu Vedic rites, according to press reports on Friday.
Following the secretive ceremony - attended only by family and close friends - Dixit and her bridegroom, Shreeram Nene, honeymooned in Hawaii.
The Times of India said the marriage had been arranged by her brother who is a computer engineer, and took place only after the families compared the couple's horoscopes.
"I had to get married some time, so why is everyone surprised? If I kept it quiet, it was because I wanted to announce it at the right time," Dixit said, after flying back alone to Bombay.
"I will continue to act in movies, but only in worthwhile projects," she said, adding that she planned to migrate to the United States where her two sisters and brother also live.
Normally marriage spells an end to the movie career of an Indian movie actress.
Dixit began acting in Hindi films in the 1980s. Her greatest success was the 1995 tearjerker Hum Apke Hain Kaun (What do I mean to you?), which broke all box-office records.
Dixit was also then the most highly paid actress, commanding the equivalent of 214,000 dollars per film.
She continues to be a leading star, but has faced challenges to her once-undisputed No 1 status from a new breed of actresses.-AFP |
