I was told I only belonged to commercial cinema: Madhuri Dixit

In her 35th year in Hindi film industry, Mhuri Dixit Nene is content, for she has done films of “all kinds” despite being told that she would be suitable for only commercial cinema and would fail in ors.

actor has featured in blockbusters like 'Hum Aapke Hai Koun!', 'Saajan', 'Dil To Paagal Hai' and has also starred in critically-acclaimed projects like 'Mrityudand', 'Lajja' among ors.

“From beginning of my career, I’ve done different kinds of films. But I was always told I should do only commercial films because I belong to that setup, especially when I was doing ‘Mrityudand’. People said I cant do an art film but I did,” Mhuri told PTI.

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“It may t have been a big hit but people liked me in that and it gave or’s opportunity to do same. You need to break through, t only for yourself but for ors,” she ded.

Mhuri said doing cinema one believes in can often be tricky as one “has to go against preconceived tions on what a star should be like”.

“You’ve to keep your he on your shoulders while working in films and keep working with a lot of belief in yourself, without thinking so much about failure or success. You need to push envelope. If it fails, it’s ok. If it works, it gives ors opportunity to do something different. For women it’s wonderful to take risks,” she ded.

Since her comeback to films with Aaja Nachle in 2007, Mhuri will be seen in a comedy for first time with Total Dhamaal.

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actor said she boarded project as it gave her opportunity to do something she hn’t done in a while: let her hair down and submit to an “outlandish, crazy world” of director Indra Kumar’s comedy.

“You can’t have ‘sensibilities’ when you’re doing a film like this. You’ve to leave your intelligence behind and just enjoy what you’re doing. Take things at face value and just have fun, without thinking too much.

“re has to be spontaneity when you’re doing comedy. You can’t hesitate. You have to just go for it. We all did just that: h a blast, laughed a lot while making it and hope it translates on screen,” she ded.

film stars Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Arsh Warsi, Javed Jaffrey, Sanjay Mishra among ors. 'Total Dhamaal' will release on February 22.