Published: 11:29 AM, 03 June 2026
Madhuri feels comedy is often tougher than intense roles
The upcoming Netflix film Maa Behen brings Madhuri Dixit back to comedy after a long gap. The actor, who has done her fair share of work across every genre over a career spanning four decades, talks to Hindustan Times about the Suresh Triveni directorial, the delight of getting new material at this stage of her career, and the challenges of comedy.
When the trailer for Maa Behen was released last month in Mumbai, Ravi Kishan, who has a supporting role in the film, said, "This is an avatar Madhuri has never been seen in." Ask her about the joy of getting new and different roles so deep in her career, and the actor has a succinct response. “It feels amazing! You immediately say yes.”
Madhuri says one of the reasons Maa Behen spoke to her was the narration given to her by director Suresh Triveni. “As a director, he is very dangerous,” she says with a laugh, “When he performs, he is very amazing. Then you think, 'That's the bar. You have to match up or do better'. I enjoyed the narration so much that I told him, 'Ek aur narration lein kya'. I saw the whole movie in my mind. I hadn't done a comedy in a long time. In between, I had done more dramatic and serious roles. It's like a breath of fresh air of how chaotic everything is. And the characters are very real, very relatable.”
