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Madhuri and Deepika tell you why a personal touch in work is important

Like Madhuri Dixit, Deepika Padukone too is an outsider who currently reigns supreme after a few initial hiccups in her cinematic journey.

In the 1990s, Madhuri Dixit headlined films in which she eclipsed her male co stars with her charismatic presence and stellar dancing prowess. One of the first few female superstars, she was an inspiration for many and so the phrase, Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon. Like Madhuri, Deepika Padukone too is an outsider who currently reigns supreme after a few initial hiccups in her cinematic journey. Today, she is the most bankable actress both in advertising and Bollywood.

Madhuri Dixit: I started doing movies at a time when we used to walk on set not knowing what dialogues we were going to say or what's going to happen. There used to be a writer on set busy writing the lines and we mugged it up then and there. Everything was spontaneous. I think in today's time the industry is more streamlined.

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