Madhuri has her hands full with two films and an ongoing reality show.
Mumbai:
Actress Madhuri Dixit, who ruledthe 1980s and 1990s in Bollywood feels that contrary to the perception that hercontemporary actresses have faded into oblivion, they are in factgoing strong even today.
The dhak dhak girl, whose item song Ghagra withRanbir Kapoor is topping the charts, is one of thejudges on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and hastwo films Gulaab Gang, and Dedh Ishqiya in her hand.
Even though actors Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, AamirKhan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn--all in their 40s--are rulingBollywood even today, heroines who featured opposite them intheir heydays have either faded away from arc lights or contentwith character roles, but Madhuri believes it is not the case.
"It is great to see all actors up there. They all haveworked hard. Juhi Chawla, Kajol, Sridevi all are doingwonderful work today. One should not generalise that actressesof our times are not around, it is not right,"she said.
"All these ladies are doing good work. They are goingstrong. They are making their own space," the actress added.
Even after her marriage with US-based Dr Shriram Nenein 1999, Madhuri continued to act in films.
"I have always worked. Even after getting married andgoing there (US) I did Devdas, Lajja, Pukar, HumTumhare Hai Sanam, Aaja Nach Le, Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. I dida lot of work after marriage. So it was not that I left andwent. I have always been here," she said.
Madhuri dismissed reports that she will be performing aspecial song in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming magnum opusRam Leela with Ranveer Singh.
"Nobody has approached me for the song. And there is notalk about it. I don't know from where these stories arecoming from," she said.
Madhuri is excited about the first look of her upcomingfilm Gulaab Gang which will be unveiled at the InternationalIndian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) to be held in Macau.
She will be attending the event post her shoot forJhalak Dikhla Jaa.
When asked whether she will be doing some intimate sceneswith actor Naseeruddin Shah in upcoming film Dedh Ishqiya, asequel to 2010 hit Ishqiya, the 46-year-old repliedcautiously.
"I will do things that I am comfortable with. When peoplewill see the film they will know," she said.
Madhuri is portraying the role of Begum Para in AbhishekChoubey's directorial venture Dedh Ishqiya, which is said tobe different from the one played by Vidya Balan in Ishqiya.
Also, the first part was peppered with expletives usedby Vidya, but the second installation is learnt to havestruck out cuss words from dialogues.
"My character does not need to do all that (use cusswords or foul language). She is a begum and she won't betalking in that sort of a language," said Madhuri.
The dhak dhak girl, whose item song Ghagra withRanbir Kapoor is topping the charts, is one of thejudges on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and hastwo films Gulaab Gang, and Dedh Ishqiya in her hand.
Even though actors Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, AamirKhan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn--all in their 40s--are rulingBollywood even today, heroines who featured opposite them intheir heydays have either faded away from arc lights or contentwith character roles, but Madhuri believes it is not the case.
"It is great to see all actors up there. They all haveworked hard. Juhi Chawla, Kajol, Sridevi all are doingwonderful work today. One should not generalise that actressesof our times are not around, it is not right,"she said.
"All these ladies are doing good work. They are goingstrong. They are making their own space," the actress added.
Even after her marriage with US-based Dr Shriram Nenein 1999, Madhuri continued to act in films.
"I have always worked. Even after getting married andgoing there (US) I did Devdas, Lajja, Pukar, HumTumhare Hai Sanam, Aaja Nach Le, Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. I dida lot of work after marriage. So it was not that I left andwent. I have always been here," she said.
Madhuri dismissed reports that she will be performing aspecial song in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming magnum opusRam Leela with Ranveer Singh.
"Nobody has approached me for the song. And there is notalk about it. I don't know from where these stories arecoming from," she said.
Madhuri is excited about the first look of her upcomingfilm Gulaab Gang which will be unveiled at the InternationalIndian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) to be held in Macau.
She will be attending the event post her shoot forJhalak Dikhla Jaa.
When asked whether she will be doing some intimate sceneswith actor Naseeruddin Shah in upcoming film Dedh Ishqiya, asequel to 2010 hit Ishqiya, the 46-year-old repliedcautiously.
"I will do things that I am comfortable with. When peoplewill see the film they will know," she said.
Madhuri is portraying the role of Begum Para in AbhishekChoubey's directorial venture Dedh Ishqiya, which is said tobe different from the one played by Vidya Balan in Ishqiya.
Also, the first part was peppered with expletives usedby Vidya, but the second installation is learnt to havestruck out cuss words from dialogues.
"My character does not need to do all that (use cusswords or foul language). She is a begum and she won't betalking in that sort of a language," said Madhuri.
