Madhuri Dixit’s husband Dr Nene wasn’t interested in considering her as potential wife, had to be talked into meeting her: ‘The industry is crazy’ | Bollywood News
Madhuri Dixit’s husband, Dr Sriram Nene, has often spoken about not knowing who she was before they tied the knot in 1999. The truth is that Madhuri was inarguably the biggest Bollywood actress of her generation, and she was the peak of her career at that point. But Dr Nene wasn’t interested in considering someone from the film industry as a potential wife, because he’d grown up in Los Angeles and had closely interacted with Hollywood folks. He didn’t have a high opinion of them, but after meeting Madhuri’s brother and liking him, he reconsidered. Dr Nene recalled the story at a Google Fireside chat around a decade ago. He said, “My folks are from Mumbai. I spoke Marathi, but I didn’t know Hindi. We didn’t watch Hindi movies growing up. The other thing is, I was at UCLA, and we took care of a lot of the Hollywood industry. And I’ll be very candid with you, the industry there is completely crazy. The types of people that you meet… The last thing I want …