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Madhuri Dixit’s sons were weirded out after watching her get high on drugs in a movie, Dr Nene confessed she isn’t ‘comfortable’ letting family watch her films

In an old interview, Madhuri Dixit and her husband, Dr Sriram Nene, reflected on exposing their kids to her movies.

madhuri dixit dr sriram neneMadhuri Dixit and Dr Sriram Nene tied the knot in 1999.

Actor Madhuri Dixit left her fans shocked when she backed away from the film industry at the peak of her career, after marrying Los Angeles-based cardiovascular surgeon Dr Sriram Nene in 1999. Madhuri would eventually return to Mumbai to restart her acting career, and Dr Nene would follow in 2011. Over the years, they’ve spoken about moving base, and the difficulties moves as massive as this presented. They also have two sons, Arin and Ryan, who are both in college now. In an old interview with NDTV, Madhuri admitted that she felt completely out of place when she first moved to the US.

She said, “Indians are everywhere. Some of them did recognise me, when I would go grocery shopping. Sometimes, you meet another Indian when you’re picking up tamatar and gobi. They were so courteous and so nice, they’d just tell me that they love my movies. They’d respect the fact that it was my private moment and that I should be left alone. But sometimes, it would get scary for me, because I’d just started driving there. I would struggle to find addresses, because I’d never done that in India. Here, a driver would just take me where I wanted to go, but there, I had to find my own way. Those were the times when I’d hope someone recognises me and tells me that I’m going the wrong way.”

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In the same interview, Dr Nene said that although he knew his way around celebrities before getting married, he wasn’t familiar with Madhuri’s work. And because she’s uncomfortable watching her films with the family, he didn’t get much of an opportunity to catch up later either. Madhuri recounted a story of when one of her sons watched the song “Bhang Ke Nashe Mein,” in which she gets ‘high’ on drugs. She said, “My kids get a little skittish when they’re watching my movies. They were watching Koyla on TV, and I left. When I returned, I saw a note on the computer. It said, ‘Dear mom, why are you acting so weird in this movie?'”

Dr Nene said that they have a rule where they don’t ‘talk shop’ at home, which means that Madhuri wouldn’t bring her stardom home. “All of her awards and stuff were kept at the office. She doesn’t want the kids, or us, to be affected. I’ve been to some of her film premieres, but she’s not very comfortable watching her films with family. So, watching them separately is an odd thing,” he said.

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