Madhuri Dixit on Thursday launched the trailer of her upcoming Amazon Prime Video movie home ma With co-starring Gajraj Rao, Ritwik Bhowmik, Srishti Srivastava and Barkha Singh.
After the trailer launch occasion, Madhuri spoke about how she is having fun with this part of her life as an actress who initiatives for the streaming platform.
On getting finest roles first in Netflix’s The Fame Game and now in Amazon Prime Video’s Maaja Ma, Madhuri Dixit mentioned, “I’m working with Total Dhamaal, Kalank. Then The Fame Game occurred and I assumed I acquired to play an excellent position. It had good depth. There had been many emotions. She is a star, a mom, a spouse. So, I’m fortunate that I get so many roles. I’m having fun with it.”
Madhuri reveals how her position in Maaja Maa is completely different from her earlier OTT challenge. She mentioned, “The character I played in Maaja Maa is not the same as the character I played in The Fame Game. There she brought a lot of stuff because she is a big star. She is a mother and hers. Has a family but also had a career so no one can take her lightly but with this character in Maaja Maa, she is a perfect mother, wife and she is very famous in her community and upwards She’s not a professional. She’s a very ‘every day’ kind of dependable woman. This is her story.”
Madhuri Dixit then opened up about selecting roles that inform tales about girls. “It’s about women empowerment and I love doing roles like these. Raja, Mrutyadand, Anjaam Dekh Toh has always been like this. I am keen to do roles with an essence,” she added.
Madhuri added that introduction of OTT Has impressed feminine actors to do good work of their forties. “I have played a mother in the past as well. But then I guess they didn’t know what to do with women in this age group. OTT and the kind of stories being told, there is no commercial barrier to make the film a hit. Of course, commercial movies are changing too. Watch movies like Badhaai Ho, where there is a female protagonist. She was not like a 16-year-old girl running around trees. Stories are maturing, audiences are maturing, and storytelling is maturing. People are consuming better content. Many stories are being made about women. So there are a lot of good roles for female actors,” she mentioned.
Madhuri Dixit additionally spoke about how 90s heroines are taking part in extra developed roles than their male counterparts, 90s heroes.
She mentioned, “It always happens right. Women are more mature than men (smiles). You have to go to your higher intelligence and think about it. I can’t even blame the heroes because the way they are.” industrial movies are made, they should sing, dance and every little thing. So, they’re all the time looking out for one thing that may hold them younger, which isn’t dangerous.”
Madhuri concluded, “As a woman, I think whatever I am doing or Juhi doing or Raveena doing or any of us doing, is wonderful as we move forward in life. And we are true to ourselves on screen as well.”
Maaja Ma will stream on Amazon Prime Video from October 7.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
