She opened Eye Candy after working as a store manager and a stint in the insurance industry. She and her friends had been having trouble finding clothing in that area and wrote up a business plan for a plus-size store as an assignment for an entrepreneurship class.Īfter graduating with a degree in fashion, she went on to earn a master’s in fashion merchandising from the University of North Texas. The script is very good and I think it's a complete entertainer," said a confident Madhuri.Fernandez, who grew up in San Antonio, came up with the idea for Eye Candy Boutique while an undergraduate at Texas State University. "I am not nervous, I am very excited about it. How the film does is very important."ĭedh Ishqiya is a sequel to Ishqiya, a film that made its lead actress Vidya Balan a name to reckon with.Ĭo-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj and Raman Maroo, Dedh Ishqiya will release on January 10. She has many multi-layered kind of a woman. She has been completely unimpressed for two years, but in the third year Babban (Arshad) comes," she said.īegum Para in Dedh Ishqiya marks her second innings in filmdom post marriage and when asked how important is the film for her, she said: "Everybody wants to see me after a gap. "So every year she organises a swayamvar for her. She is a widow and her late husband's wish was that if she ever marries again, she should marry a poet. "Begum Para is a beautiful character written by Abhishek. It's a role that appealed to me," said Madhuri who has some bold scenes with Naseeruddin Shah in the film, which also stars Arshad Warsi. When they narrated the script to me, I was very excited. "For women, it's a great time to be in the industry. Director Abhishek Chaubey is presenting her as a widow looking for a husband and she organises a poetry competition in her house every year where prospective grooms come and try to woo her. Her role in Dedh Ishqiya is certainly a giant leap for the actress. In between, she made a special appearance in the Ghaghra song in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Interestingly, in both the films, female characters are central to the story lines. Four years later, the actress returned to India for good and she hasn't had to hunt for work.įirst, she got busy as one of the judges with the fourth and the fifth seasons of the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and then two films - Dedh Ishqiya and Gulaab Gang - fell into her lap. In 2007, she attempted a comeback with Aaja Nachle, which bombed at the box office, and she went back. She is also known for her acting prowess in off beat films Prahaar and Mrityudand, which saw her in a non-glamorous avatar.Īfter ruling the roost for years, Madhuri shifted base to Denver when she married US-based doctor Sriram Nene in 1999. With the lethal combination of oomph and talent, Madhuri rose on the film firmament in the late 1980s and 1990s with blockbusters like Tezaab, Ram Lakhan, Dil, Beta and Saajan. (Women are) very beautifully portrayed on the screen," the actress told IANS in an interview. "I am so thankful that our cinema has come a long way, and I am happy that women are portrayed as characters and not just eye candy in the films. "The more depth in the character the more fun you get to perform," Madhuri said when asked how comfortable she was with the bold role in Dedh Ishqiya, which brings her out of her comfort zone. Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit is set to make a comeback on the screen in a never-seen-before avatar in ready-to-release Dedh Ishqiya, a hinterland based thriller-drama, and thanks Indian cinema for evolving and making way for strong female characters.
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