Mein Madhuri Dixit banna chahati hu! Part 1 (Series - Her).

 Dance was my passion. Whenever a new song of Madhuri was released, I used to get the video cassette home and watch it on repeat. I perfected the steps and swayed and twirled to the music.


Madhuri's songs drove me crazy!


Humko aajkal hai intezaar....The song would play and my body would gyrate automatically catching every beat.


Phasi gori chane ke khet mei....And my hands stretched out with thumbs pointing upwards, me making circles, imitating the signature step.


How could you not shake your leg to Ke Saraa saraa... or a Tumma tumma?

Won't it be unfair to your limbs?


I used to dress up like her and perform at the family functions or college annuals.


I loved grooming up myself. The makeup room, the lights, the smell of the cosmetics, the confidence that stepped a notch higher as I saw my reflection in the mirror - Glittering from top to bottom, glowing face, shiny hair, dazzling outfit, Aww! I was in love with me.






Studies wasn't my predilection. I remember I bunked classes in college, saying I was not feeling well, just to watch Madhuri's new releases. The single screen theatres had cheaper tickets, so I would take a balcony seat for matinee shows. And when Madhuri showed her thumkas and latka-jhatkas, I was tempted to whistle just like the audience in the stands. Once my P.E. teacher and me, both had caught each other red handed, whistling in the theatre on a weekday.


Remember the evergreen 'Ek do teen' song? I've danced to it, more times than  Madhuri counts numbers, in the song.


There was this aura that haloed Madhuri, which lured me, into being her. Her movements, stance, her confidence and smile, her Ahaaas and Ohoos, all that was so mesmerising.


I practised her dialogues in front of the mirror.

Adorned in a white salwar-kameej, holding the end of my dupatta and fidgeting with it, in a mellow voice, "Kahin na kahin, Koi nai Koi, mere liye banaya gaya hai, aur kabhi na kabhi mei usey jaroor milungi...".


Dressed in a blue saari, I would blurt with a smirk....."Kyun? Hum Aapke Hai Kaun?"


With glycerin in my eyes, tears pouring, I would say...."Hum saath nahi jee sakte to kya hua, saath mar to sakte hai...".


I decided to do a portfolio so that I could somehow get into the industry and try my luck.


When I got to know that this portfolio business is expensive, I decided to do part-time jobs. I took dance lessons for school children, I helped the teachers to choreograph annual functions, I also did some sangeet gigs for weddings.





I used to keep listening to Madhuri's interviews on TV, "I think there is no Mantra for success. One just has to be positive and keep doing good work. One must keep moving forward and not think much" ~ Madhuri Dixit.


Inspired by her words, I had decided to work hard to make my dream come true. It wasn't just a wild fantasy for me, it was the purpose of my life. To be her, to be famous, glamorous, a star, a celebrity.


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A fiction tale. First part of the series 'Her'. What did you want to be in your 20's? So many girls in this country want to be Madhuri Dixit, just like the protagonist of my story. Let's see how things work for her.....



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AUTHOR'S NOTE: "Yeh ishq nahi aasan, itna hi samajh lijiye, ek aag ka dariya hai, aur doob kar jana hai..." ~ Madhuri Dixit (100 Days movie).

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