‘Madhu i
Dixit
got
ma ied!’:
IAS
office
Tuka am
Mu dhe
ecalls
f ie d’s
‘hea tb eak’
ove
Madhu i’s
ma iage
to
D
Sh i am
Ne e
du i g
UPSC
days
IAS
office
a d
Maha asht a
Food
a d
D ug
Admi ist atio
Commissio e
Tuka am
Mu dhe
ece tly
ope ed
up
about
a
u usual
memo y
f om
the
yea s
he
spe t
p epa i g
fo
the
UPSC
Civil
Se vices
exami atio .
Du i g
a
ope
i te view
titled
U stoppable
Tuka am
at
Pu e’s
Balga dha va
Ra gma di ,
the
bu eauc at
ecalled
how
his
f ie d
Pa kaj,
who
late
became
a
Customs
Commissio e ,
o ce
left
him
wo ied
by
sudde ly
bu sti g
i to
tea s
afte
lea i g
about
Bollywood
sta
Madhu i
Dixit’s
ma iage
to
D
Sh i am
Ne e.The
i cide t
took
place
a ou d
1998-99,
whe
the
two
we e
p epa i g
fo
the
UPSC
Mai s
exami atio .
Thei
lives
evolved
a ou d
books,
with
both
f ie ds
studyi g
late
i to
the
ight
a d
sleepi g
o ly
fo
a
few
hou s.“We
both
used
to
study
late
i to
the
ight.
He
would
sleep
a
hou
o
two
late
tha
me.
I
used
to
sleep
a ou d
two
o
th ee
i
the
mo i g,
while
he
would
sleep
a ou d
th ee
o
fou
a d
wake
up
a
little
late,”
Mu dhe
ecalled.
‘I
do ’t
k ow
whethe
the e
we e
actual
tea s’
Mu dhe
said
he
would
esume
studyi g
afte
waki g
up,
ofte
sitti g
i
a
co ido
betwee
his
oom
a d
the
lib a y.
O e
mo i g,
at
a ou d
10
o
10.30
am,
Pa kaj
app oached
him
f om
behi d,
put
his
a m
a ou d
his
eck
a d
sta ted
c yi g.
Fo
Mu dhe,
the
sight
was
ala mi g,
especially
because
his
f ie d
offe ed
o
immediate
expla atio .“Seei g
him
c y
shocked
me.
I
asked
him
what
had
happe ed.
But
he
kept
c yi g.
I
do ’t
k ow
whethe
the e
we e
actual
tea s
i
his
eyes,
but
he
was
maki g
those
weepi g
sou ds,”
Mu dhe
said.The
IAS
office
admitted
that
he
bega
fea i g
that
somethi g
te ible
had
happe ed
to
his
f ie d.“I
asked
him
what
happe ed
a d
sta ted
getti g
sca ed.
He
sudde ly
came
to
me
while
I
was
deeply
i volved
i
my
studies
a d
sta ted
telli g
me
somethi g,”
he
ecalled.
The
easo ?
Madhu i
Dixit
had
got
ma ied
Pa kaj
eve tually
asked
Mu dhe
whethe
he
had
ead
the
ewspape
that
mo i g.
Mu dhe
checked
it
but
i itially
failed
to
u de sta d
what
could
have
caused
his
f ie d
such
dist ess.The
myste y
was
fi ally
solved
whe
Pa kaj
evealed
the
easo
behi d
his
tea s.“He
said,
‘Hey,
Madhu i
got
ma ied!’
I
said,
‘So
what?’
The
he
eplied,
‘Madhu i
Dixit…’”
Mu dhe
ecalled.The
u expected
evelatio
b ought
laughte
f om
the
audie ce.
What
Mu dhe
had
assumed
was
a
se ious
pe so al
t agedy
was,
i
fact,
his
f ie d’s
eactio
to
the
ma iage
of
Madhu i
Dixit.The
act ess
ma ied
ca diovascula
su geo
D
Sh i am
Ne e
i
1999.
At
the
time,
she
was
o e
of
Hi di
ci ema’s
biggest
female
sta s,
havi g
delive ed
popula
films
such
as
Tezaab,
Dil,
Beta,
Hum
Aapke
Hai
Kou ..!
a d
Dil
To
Pagal
Hai.
Mu dhe
keeps
his
ow
Bollywood
c ush
a
sec et
The
sto y
atu ally
led
to
a
mo e
pe so al
questio
fo
Mu dhe:
which
Bollywood
acto
o
act ess
did
he
admi e
du i g
those
days?Mu dhe,
howeve ,
decided
that
eveali g
the
a swe
might
ot
be
the
wisest
choice.“As
fo
who
I
liked,
I
wo ’t
da e
to
eveal
that
ight
ow.
My
ma ied
life
is
goi g
smoothly,”
he
quipped.His
espo se
o ce
agai
had
the
audie ce
laughi g.Du i g
the
i te actio ,
Mu dhe
also
spoke
at
le gth
about
his
childhood,
educatio ,
UPSC
jou ey
a d
ca ee
i
public
se vice,
while
also
offe i g
glimpses
i to
the
lighte
mome ts
f om
his
yea s
of
p epa atio .
