Bollywood superstar Madhuri Dixit Nene recalls bizarre fan encounters while promoting Mrs Deshpande. From a fan claiming she was “adopting” him to US neighbors almost calling the cops on fans “casing” her house, the actress shares the fascinating and frightening reality of her life in the global spotlight.
The ‘Dhak Dhak’ girl of Bollywood, Madhuri Dixit Nene charmed her way into the hearts with her million dollar smile, strong -screen presence and a rare off-screen grace. In a recent candid interview while promoting her latest release, ‘Mrs Deshpande’, the actress walked down the memory lane to recall a bizarre encounter he had with fans both in India and during her “quiet” years in Denver, USA with husband Dr. Sriram Nene and kids, Arin and Ryan.
Madhuri Dixit moved from Andheri to Juhi after ‘Tezaab’
Speaking to Mid Day, Dixit delved into her early career, after the massive success of the Anil Kapoor starrer, ‘Tezaab.’ She revealed that she lived in Andheri at the time. The actress recalled a particularly “scary” encounter that eventually forced her family to relocate to Juhu for better security. When Madhuri’s mother opened the door, the man insisted that Madhuri had called him there to “adopt him.”Madhuri Dixit recalled, “I used to live in Andheri first and Tezab had released and I had not moved from there. I was still living there. So, he came to my house, rang the doorbell and he had come with all suitcases and everything, a big, big elderly guy and my mom opened the door and says, yeah he says and he wouldn’t leave. So, then we had to get our neighbours you know mobilised and we said please do something because so then they had to like gently tell him that see look there’s that explain to him and somehow they got rid of him, put him in a cab and said go back to where you came from. ”
Madhuri Dixit recalls an incident from Denver
In the same interview, Madhuri Dixit recounted how she enjoyed a period of anonymity when she had moved to Denver, Colorado after her wedding to Dr. Sriram Nene. She called how her neighbors saw them only as a heart surgeon’s family until the “secret” got out. Dixit said as word spread among the Indian community in Denver that the superstar lived there, cars began frequenting and slowing down in front of her house.Dixit said, “Once in a while I used to get spotted. And slowly as the word spread that, you know, I’m living in Denver, people started like coming in cars, passing my house. They go slow? They know this is the house. This is the house. And trying to see if I’m there, if I’m doing something in the garage or the garage is open if I’m there.”She continued, “So once my neighbours didn’t know that, we never told them. It was just like, he’s a heart surgeon and it’s just a family and having kids. So my neighbour who lives opposite to me, they were all Americans all around me. So he called me and he says, you know what? I think somebody’s casing your house. And I saw this car pass four or five times and they’re slowing down your house and they’re kind of keeping an eye on your house. So do you want me to call the cops? Because I’m very concerned. And casing the house means somebody’s trying to rob you. So I’m like, no, no, no, no, no, don’t do that. You don’t know what’s going on.”The actress share how she then had to explain that the people spotted outside her house weren’t thieves, but fans hoping to catch a glimpse of her in the garage or yard. Once her identity was “busted,” her neighbors were shocked. One neighbor even became so addicted to her musicals that he would ask for a new movie every weekend.
About ‘Mrs. Deshpande’
A thriller series, ‘Mrs. Deshpande’ has been directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and co-written by Kukunoor and Rohit G. Banawlikar. It features Madhuri Dixit Nene in the titular role alongside Priyanshu Chatterjee, Siddharth Chandekar and Kavin Dave in pivotal roles. It is now streaming on JioHotstar. Go to Source
