Any iconic roles played by madhuri dixit

Great dancer, expressive actress and a very good actress when required but is a role that played that became iconic and demands for remake, all her body of work revolves around her iconic dance numbers, but trying to think a role or a dialogue that has become remembered or iconic.

The character she played in Anjaam. I was a kid when I watched that movie but when I watched the movie few years back, I realized how brilliantly she played that character and was every bit convincing. I will add a few more later.

She was equally good in Beta. The title of the movie was Beta but Bahu took away all the limelight.

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Have you watched Abodh, her debut movie? Do try watching and you would get how good of an actress she is/was.

Ps Hum Aapke Hain Kaun is still my all time favorite.☺️

i know this forum will say it was nothing special but her role as nisha in HAHK is iconic and is still popular among new generation. Iconic isn't the number of artistic performances one has given but the role which is loved by massed and passed the test of time. So nisha is most iconic role by actress in 90s

Lajja was her most under-rated role. She was also brilliant in Pukaar, Dedh Isqiya and Prem patigya other than her usual celebrated performances.

I agree with what you’ve said but are they considered iconic today, like kajols character from KKHH is considered iconic even today. Beta she was brilliant but the dakdak song took away the limelight away from her role, and now we only remember when hearing this movie is her dakdak song

I love Shivani from Anjaam. So kickass.

Iconic roles means a character that we can identify still today, a remembered dialogue and brilliant performance.

Nisha from hum aapke hain... Koun?

HAHK was her film. That one film is enough for her.

Originally posted by: harun98

Great dancer, expressive actress and a very good actress when required but is a role that played that became iconic and demands for remake, all her body of work revolves around her iconic dance numbers, but trying to think a role or a dialogue that has become remembered or iconic.

No, Madhuri Dixit is very good, oftentimes brilliant actress. The fact that she's a brilliant dancer, too, shouldn't detract attention from her acting chops and versatility. There are many Iconic scenes of hers, including those in uderrated gems such as Dedh Ishqiya.

Let's start with the goldmine that is Devdas, a film whose emotional core is Madhuri's performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3478sBsHhNE Has there ever been a more iconic introduction of a character in BW cinema? No, didn't think so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bczh6qsdwWk&t=2s

That's how you serve tea to vile, smug hypocrites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEJJJQQKCSk

HAHK is a goldmine of iconic scenes, but the uhu-uhu + the roller skates drive into the scene are hilarious. Like others said, one shouldn't underestimate Nisha. It's a tricky character to play. Could any of the current 20-something actresses pull it off? No, because they lack the passion and the charm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KTwuN0fLjc

Lajja, Wajood, Prem Granth, Mrityudand, Anjaam - MD's characters in those were more woke than all of today's BW. No wonder those films failed at the domestic box office.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEo_f9WE3h4

Starting from 1:39, Madhuri's character is dealing with sexual harassment at work, shaming the monster for everyone to see.

Madhuri gave a riveting, multifaceted performance in Anjaam. The final five minutes prove that revenge is best served hot, with a trident and raw energy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glLRVupBpA8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41NvHUecCmk

Some of Madhuri and other actresses' scenes in Mrityudand still strike deep... Amazing work from all involved.

On a lighter note, Beti in Beta is such a well executed character. I love the scene in the shed where her and Anil's characters hide (52:20). Madhuri is fabulous with all of her costars (be it male or female), but the jodi with Anil is truly special. Indra Kumar managed to capture that special thing even in Total Dhamaal, where their characters are on a brink of divorce:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKUnpd6TNzQ

I like the part of Tezaab where Mohini puts Munna's love to test (12/20 on YT). It's like an emotional seesaw and Madhuri did it like a seasoned pro. Ditto to Ganga in Khalnayak - a character which adopts various masks throughout the film. E.g., she exaggerates for the sake of other characters at the workplace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_jgiWWi-fs

goes undercover, pretends to be an ordinary dancer, kinda falls for the thug, gets busted, suffers, is stripped of dignity and drops the act only in the final scene in the courthouse, and in the meantime pokes a bit of fun at other actresses' popular performances:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD2FPV-UIxY

Finally, the cishet film that never was, a.k.a. Dedh Ishqiya, which did what Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga could have have only dreamt to do, and where Madhuri and Huma create something special (if only Sonam had 1/10 of those actresses' talent...). Its subtle, otherwordly beauty is best summed up by this fanvid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyrLR4UfcwA