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How Madhuri got her Bollywood debut

How Madhuri got her Bollywood debut
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Actress Madhuri Dixit says she landed her debut Bollywood role with 1984 film “Abodh” by chance. “There was a person Govind ji, who used to work for Rajshri Productions and his daughter was in the same class as my elder sister. In school, he knew that I used to dance, act in plays and give speeches. Then Rajshri had announced that a new film production will begin and they were looking for a young innocent face. That’s when he approached me,” she recalls, adding that her parents initally said no but changed their mind after they visited the office. “I still remember that they asked me to read a few lines from a book in Hindi to see if I had a Maharashtrian accent when speaking, but I didn’t,” she continues. “Then later I had a proper screen test and they asked me to dance.”

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Never got pocket money: Deepika

The Goan Network
Published Sep 13, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
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Never got pocket money: Deepika

Deepika Padukone, who is one of the highest paid actresses of Bollywood, says she does not understand monetary investments as her father and former badminton champion Prakash Padukone manages her finances. "My father takes care of my investments so I don't know much about it (where and how the money is invested)," said Deepika. "I give money to my father and he takes good care of it. When I was small, I did not get pocket money.”

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