Madhuri Dixit is a native of Mumbai, India. She was born Madhuri Shankar Dixit to Shankar and Snehlata Dixit, of a Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin family. Dixit attended Parle College and wanted to be a micro-biologist. She is trained as a Kathak dancer, in the Indian classical tradition.

Madhuri dixit, a great actress of Bollywood industry was a top-line model before entering this industry. Her first Hindi movie was ‘Abodh’, a released and forgotten movie. Then Madhuri’s God father Subhas Ghai gave her the proper launch through the movie ‘Ram Lakan’. But she became very famous after her Ek-do-teen dance number in ‘ Tezaab ‘.

Madhuri Dixit has been the muse for the famous Indian painter M.F. Hussain who considers her the epitome of the Indian woman. She also appeared in his film “Gaja Gamini”(2000). “Gaja Gamini” was intended as a tribute to Dixit’s talent and beauty.

She married an Indian-American, Dr. Sriram Madhav Nene, in 1999. A UCLA-trained cardiovascular surgeon who practices in Denver, Nene is also from a Marathi Koknastha Brahmin family. She has two sons, Arin (born in March 2003 in Colorado) and Ryan (born on March 8, 2005 in Colorado).