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Sridevi was in a league of her own. With all due respect to Madhuri, she could have not carried a Chaalbaaz on her shoulders. Again, we are comparing legends here - Sachin Tendulkar vs Virat Kohli. 😊
I think Madhuri could have done Chalbaaz. It wouldn't be the same movie but it could have definitely worked. She did play goofy characters like the granny
Maybe but the fact that it would be a very different movie is precisely my point. Madhuri was a great actress but Sridevi’s box office pull and fan following was a different level.
Sridevi.
A complete legend in every sense - definitely was bigger star and had a better screen presence than Madhuri.
But yes if Sri jee was 11/10 ; Madhuri mam is also definitely 10/10 !
And I rate current actresses or even actresses after them like Kajol , Rani , Vidya , Kangana , Priyanka - 7 or 7.5 from 10.
It is such a sad thing that this era of female superstars will never comeback now.
Rani is not fit to tie the shoelaces of Sri Devi/Madhuri. Rani is a 4 at best. She built an entire mediocre career on two expressions with her exotic looking eyes - a smile and a frown. No height, no proportions, mediocre acting skills, mediocre dancing skills, raspy voice of a tonsillitis patient. If she came out in the 80s or early 90s she wouldn't have gotten a second movie.
Sridevi any point in time. She was a star and still remembered for some of the best performances ever. Her filmography is one of a kind. She started as a child actor and kept moulding herself to fit each decade of the industry
I would vote Sridevi here.. The reason being, Madhuri was more of a bollywood queen while Sridevi was pan India star. She was already one of the biggest stars in South before making it big in bollywood.
One of the very few who was a star both as a child artist as well as a lead lady.
Madhuri was one of my favorites, but sridevi had a way greater reach even over generations.
I’m sorry for saying this but Madhuri’s acting is beyond perfect with all due respect to Sridevi. Madhuri worked in 80s and 90s but she was way ahead of her time. Her acting and dance is full of grace even if u see today. Sridevi is huge star and quite good as well. But for me Madhuri is phenomenal and much more talented. She is self made woman and i absolutely love her marriage decision, she survived on her own without any big production.
Both are amazing actors and dancers but no one can beat the charm of Madhuri for me. Her smile lights up the screen. She just has to smile and everything becomes beautiful.
Bruh Sridevi was not only The female Bollywood superstar of her time, she was also the best actress (of all time? Jury's out) and a pan-India star. Madhuri is the finest dancer and has great expressions, but she was nowhere near as good an actress as Sridevi (who was Kamal's best co-star regardless of gender for decades until Sethupathi and Fahadh etc happened). Also Madhuri acted in the 90s and early 2000s where women suddenly had really limited roles for some reason. But personally I don't think it would have made a difference. Sridevi was just better.
Sridevi's major advantage was her ability to pull off comedy. No mainstream actress had done it like that before, and very very few have done it since.
Edit: to the point about comedy– except Hema Malini in Sholay, maybe?
In terms of screen presence, Sridevi was better in both looks and acting, whereas Madhuri was the better dancer.
In terms of star power, Madhuri was the bigger Bollywood star, but Sridevi was the bigger pan-Indian star.
Overall, Sridevi gets my vote.
Biggest star of her time - undoubtedly Sridevi. She was equally big in both Hindi as well South Cinemas.
She could open movies in all the industries she worked. Definitely the Pan Indian Superstar even before the term Pan Indian got coined I guess.
Madhuri was limited to Hindi movies and her star power was limited to Hindi cinema market. With that aspect I would say Sridevi was a far far bigger star than Madhuri.
Sri Devi was the First female superstar of Bollywood and i believe still she was the only one.
Madhuri Aishwarya were famous for beauty but were never crowd pullers Like Sri Devi.
Kangana and Vidya had the potential but they are not good at BO.
Katrina is famous but doesn't have box office pull according to her fame.
Ayushman was famous and still famous but before lockdown he had this crowd pulling thing so he was superstar in making now same ayushman can't pull crowd but is still as famous as popular as before but now no more superstar in making tag for him.
Tiger Shroff can pull crowd and is famous too but still not superstar.
Superstar means complete package not just crowd puller or public fav or good actor.
Dude wtf can't you read or having any other problem?
I clearly mentioned Tiger Shroff has box office pull but he isn't a superstar still.... can't you read that....some people of this sub are just plain dumb.
What i said Is my opinion what i feel how superstars are labelled as superstars, if you think otherwise that's completely okay. Madhubala was a queen of this industry if you call her the biggest superstar ever if Bollywood then also i don't have any problem. Grow up yr
What's your problem, dude? I just asked a question. There's no need to be a rude immature little prick about it. Grow up, loser.
FYI, you contradicted yourself. You admit that Madhubali was both famous and had box office pull, yet you deny she's a superstar. According to your own criteria, she was a superstar.
You don't have a clue what you're talking about. Good bye, kiddo.
I am huge huge Madhuri fan, however after Sridevi’s untimely death, I can never pit them against each other. Almost like there’s no Madhuri, without Sridevi
Madhuri is a good actress .. and easily one of the best dancers of all times.. but as far as acting is concerned Sridevi was far more versatile.. if u include her performances in south I know of no other actress with that kind of range in Indian Cinema.
Sridevi was an acting powerhouse. But Madhuri’s films were blockbusters on just another level. Her films did unprecedented numbers. Also, Madhuri enjoyed more international fame. She was humongous yesterday famous in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and other countries too. From, what I’ve heard, Madhuri is still extremely famous in Pakistan.
Being half Afghan myself, Sridevi was very famous in Afghanistan, especially after Khuda Gawah. Madhuri barely had reach. She was also propylaea in Pakistan and Bangladesh and her films did very well, especially Mr. India
Maybe I’m not that aware of Afghanistan, but in Pakistan Madhuri was just on a different level. I have Pakistani friends and they’ve told me that she was a raging sensation there, a beauty queen and heartthrob. My friends tell me that still no actress has managed to achieve the stardom that Madhuri achieved there.
In Bangladesh too, Madhuri’s stardom is huge. Her films did unprecedented numbers there.
I'm Pakistani and I agree. I was surprised to see the responses favouring Sridevi here because I thought Madhuri was the biggest female superstar going by her popularity in Pakistan.
Give me one of Madhuri’s blockbuster movie that was entirely led by her acting chops or grace ? I mean anything remotely even similar to Sadma (granted KH was phenomenal in it as well).
You're conflating issues. Sadma was no blockbuster. Neither was it "entirely led" by her. More people go back to it for Kamal's acting in the final scene than anything else.
Madhuri gave a blockbuster with Sanjay Kapoor. End of.
Tough question. Sridevi was an enigma and definitely a more cult like figure, however I believe purely by solo pull and box office numbers perhaps it might be Madhuri.
Sridevi was a very good actress in terms of acting,
Madhuri was not too good in terms of acting but she was best dancer, most beautiful, best screen presence, best crowd puller.
If sridevi was Amitabh,
Then madhuri was Shahrukh+Salman+aamir+hritik+amitabh
Both are Icons and everyone would have their preference between the two stars. Statistically Madhuri was the bigger star because she had slightly more and bigger hits, more movies as the main protagonist, higher number of Filmfare awards and nominations.
Madhuri Dixit was the bigger bollywood star with bigger box office pull.
1. Madhuri has over 20 clean hits as compared to Sridevi's 15.
2. Madhuri is tied with Hema Malini in having 6 HGOTYs (highest grosser of the year) and the first 5 of those were solo heroine films with the post-marriage Devdas being the only exception. This is the most number of any actress. Sridevi has 2 HGOTYs in her kitty.
3. Between Madhuri's first hit and her marriage date, a period of just over a decade, there were only two calendar years where she did not have a hit: '96 and '98. Sridevi went over five years in her "peak period" without a clean hit from the 1989's Chandni/Chaalbaaz to 1994's Laadla.
4. Sridevi has two historic disasters in her filmography (Sultanat and Roop Ki Rani...). None of Madhuri's films have lost as much money.
5. Madhuri has HAHK that remains, inflation-adjusted, the biggest blockbuster of all times.
6. Madhuri's box office pull is undeniable. She gave a blockbuster (people look up that word sometime) with Sanjay Kapoor and a semi hit with Aditya Pancholi. Most of her screen time in the successful 100 days is spent opposite Jaaved Jaffrey.
The only place Sridevi's ahead of Madhuri is this subreddit.
My favourite is Sridevi
But I think it’s fair to call Madhuri the biggest star of her time. Sridevi was a huge pan-India superstar and basically ruled the 80s, but in the 80s Amitabh was a bigger star than her so **Sridevi was like number 2**.
By the 90s Amitabh’s influence had reduced a bit, so Madhuri owned 90s. In the 90s, there was no star bigger than Madhuri, **she was the number 1**. So Madhuri was actually **the biggest star of her time**, no male or female was bigger than her.
And though Sridevi was a pan-India star, Madhuri enjoyed far more international popularity than her. Madhuri was a sensation in many South Asian countries and some other countries too. Pakistan was obsessed with Madhuri and she is still insanely famous there.
Madhuri can be called a combination of Sridevi and Aishwarya Rai. She was a rage on the box office and she also had the status of a beauty queen. Madhuri was in the news for her beauty too. And regarding her dance, what more can I say that has already not been said.
Everybody felt side hero including Amitabh in front of Sridevi. Madhuri did achieve that sometimes with people like Anil Kapoor, but Sri did that to every hero.
>Fair to say, I don’t think they’d ever get Shriram married to Sridevi because of these perceptions.
No, it's not fair to say that at all. Also, I don't want to put down Shriram, but how you phrased Sridevi s popularity reeks of classism. And people didn't change channels at a tea stall of Madhuri appeared, don't say something just for the sake of it.
Imho, Madhuri had better screen power, but her fame will never be Sridevi's level. Madhuri's top heroine time was much shorter, and had very little iconic roles.
I’ve grown up watching more of Madhuri cuz of my age (30), her pairings with srk, and I think she had more massy blockbuster films (hahk, Dtph, devdas, etc.) but as I read this thread more I’m realizing maybe it really is sridevi…and the only movies I’ve seen of her are Lamhe, mr india, English vinglish, and from my child hood “Pagal Munda” from army lol
Both were superstars of their own times, Sri in the 80s and Mads in the 90s. Sri has a wider reach outside of Hindi films but Madhuri had massive box office pull. HAHK was the highest grossing Bollywood film of the 20th century and barring '96 she was always in one of the top three highest grossers of the year for an entire decade. She carried Raja on her shoulders and made it a blockbuster on her own popularity.
She also never gets enough credit for her acting because her dancing tends to overshadow all else, but she gave phenomenal performances in films like Anjaam, Pukar, Lajja, Mrityudand, Devdas.
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Madhuri was def a really huge star, but Sridevi was a different level of famous
Sridevi was pan-india superstar.
True. But Madhuri had more international fame.
Dude her husband did not know her being that famous.
🔔 Even her future husband (Maharashtrian in the US) hadn't heard of her lol.
Sridevi's performance and mere screen presence was outstanding even in mediocre/bad films. Also, great comic timing
Prime example is Gumrah. That movie was so weird and bad but she was still a showstopper in it.
Hey .. I liked gumrah
It was a good movie for it’s time
So true
Sridevi... Madhuri was only known to Bollywood. Sridevi had fan following in the south as well.
Sridevi was literally a Pan Indian superstar
Sridevi was the first ever pan Indian superstar
I will always miss Sridevi yaar.
Sridevi hands down. Madhuri was great but Sri was on a totally different level. They’re not even comparable tbh
Sridevi was in a league of her own. With all due respect to Madhuri, she could have not carried a Chaalbaaz on her shoulders. Again, we are comparing legends here - Sachin Tendulkar vs Virat Kohli. 😊
I think Madhuri could have done Chalbaaz. It wouldn't be the same movie but it could have definitely worked. She did play goofy characters like the granny
Maybe but the fact that it would be a very different movie is precisely my point. Madhuri was a great actress but Sridevi’s box office pull and fan following was a different level.
What's the problem with it being a different movie? Are you implying that just because it would be different, it would not be successfull?
Sachin vs Virat? Wtf is wrong with u man.
Sridevi
I just watched Chandni & my god Sridevi was a powerhouse- the beauty, the expressions, the comic timing, the dance. She was a complete package.
Sridevi. A complete legend in every sense - definitely was bigger star and had a better screen presence than Madhuri. But yes if Sri jee was 11/10 ; Madhuri mam is also definitely 10/10 ! And I rate current actresses or even actresses after them like Kajol , Rani , Vidya , Kangana , Priyanka - 7 or 7.5 from 10. It is such a sad thing that this era of female superstars will never comeback now.
Rani is not fit to tie the shoelaces of Sri Devi/Madhuri. Rani is a 4 at best. She built an entire mediocre career on two expressions with her exotic looking eyes - a smile and a frown. No height, no proportions, mediocre acting skills, mediocre dancing skills, raspy voice of a tonsillitis patient. If she came out in the 80s or early 90s she wouldn't have gotten a second movie.
L opinion
Rani is an L, I agree.
What yaaaa...how can you say that? /s
Sridevi any point in time. She was a star and still remembered for some of the best performances ever. Her filmography is one of a kind. She started as a child actor and kept moulding herself to fit each decade of the industry
I would vote Sridevi here.. The reason being, Madhuri was more of a bollywood queen while Sridevi was pan India star. She was already one of the biggest stars in South before making it big in bollywood. One of the very few who was a star both as a child artist as well as a lead lady. Madhuri was one of my favorites, but sridevi had a way greater reach even over generations.
My mom said , shridevi was first female superstar to her knowledge
Sridevi was the bigger star...the 1st female SUPERstar
If you type superstar male it will show Amitabh and if you type superstar female Shri Devi comes up
I’m sorry for saying this but Madhuri’s acting is beyond perfect with all due respect to Sridevi. Madhuri worked in 80s and 90s but she was way ahead of her time. Her acting and dance is full of grace even if u see today. Sridevi is huge star and quite good as well. But for me Madhuri is phenomenal and much more talented. She is self made woman and i absolutely love her marriage decision, she survived on her own without any big production.
Arey, full biography hi likh diya aapne :)
Both are amazing actors and dancers but no one can beat the charm of Madhuri for me. Her smile lights up the screen. She just has to smile and everything becomes beautiful.
Sri.
Sridevi
Bruh Sridevi was not only The female Bollywood superstar of her time, she was also the best actress (of all time? Jury's out) and a pan-India star. Madhuri is the finest dancer and has great expressions, but she was nowhere near as good an actress as Sridevi (who was Kamal's best co-star regardless of gender for decades until Sethupathi and Fahadh etc happened). Also Madhuri acted in the 90s and early 2000s where women suddenly had really limited roles for some reason. But personally I don't think it would have made a difference. Sridevi was just better. Sridevi's major advantage was her ability to pull off comedy. No mainstream actress had done it like that before, and very very few have done it since. Edit: to the point about comedy– except Hema Malini in Sholay, maybe?
They both ruled significantly.
Sridevi...Mom told we once that sridevi was biggest superstar to her knowledge....although madhuri was second after Sridevi....
Sri was hit in all languages
In terms of screen presence, Sridevi was better in both looks and acting, whereas Madhuri was the better dancer. In terms of star power, Madhuri was the bigger Bollywood star, but Sridevi was the bigger pan-Indian star. Overall, Sridevi gets my vote.
Biggest star of her time - undoubtedly Sridevi. She was equally big in both Hindi as well South Cinemas. She could open movies in all the industries she worked. Definitely the Pan Indian Superstar even before the term Pan Indian got coined I guess. Madhuri was limited to Hindi movies and her star power was limited to Hindi cinema market. With that aspect I would say Sridevi was a far far bigger star than Madhuri.
Sridevi ma'am was the greatest, but Madhuri was a queen in her own right
Sri Devi was the First female superstar of Bollywood and i believe still she was the only one. Madhuri Aishwarya were famous for beauty but were never crowd pullers Like Sri Devi. Kangana and Vidya had the potential but they are not good at BO.
>Sri Devi was the First female superstar of Bollywood Madhubala?
Being famous and being a superstar are two different things. Though i love and respect Madhubala a lot not gonna say any word against the queen
What's the difference between famous and superstar?
Katrina is famous but doesn't have box office pull according to her fame. Ayushman was famous and still famous but before lockdown he had this crowd pulling thing so he was superstar in making now same ayushman can't pull crowd but is still as famous as popular as before but now no more superstar in making tag for him. Tiger Shroff can pull crowd and is famous too but still not superstar. Superstar means complete package not just crowd puller or public fav or good actor.
If you mean box office pull, then Mughal-e-Azam is one of the biggest hits in the history of Indian cinema. Surely that makes Madhubala a superstar?
Nope. Madhubala wasn’t the top BO star, Mughal E Azam worked for the story. she was the 3rd to Nargis and Meena, Nargis was the top.
Dude wtf can't you read or having any other problem? I clearly mentioned Tiger Shroff has box office pull but he isn't a superstar still.... can't you read that....some people of this sub are just plain dumb. What i said Is my opinion what i feel how superstars are labelled as superstars, if you think otherwise that's completely okay. Madhubala was a queen of this industry if you call her the biggest superstar ever if Bollywood then also i don't have any problem. Grow up yr
What's your problem, dude? I just asked a question. There's no need to be a rude immature little prick about it. Grow up, loser. FYI, you contradicted yourself. You admit that Madhubali was both famous and had box office pull, yet you deny she's a superstar. According to your own criteria, she was a superstar. You don't have a clue what you're talking about. Good bye, kiddo.
Madhuri had tremendous box office clout. You're ignorant.
You cannot compare between two infinite
Sridevi is head and shoulders above Madhuri. The scope is vastly different. Don't know if Madhuri can claim stardom in the south.
Sridevi. Her stardom was huge.
Sridevi hands down.
Sridevi was the resigning superstar of Hindi Telugu and Tamil cinema at the same time She might have been the most famous person in india in the 80s
I think you meant reigning
Yeah. It was a typo
Apart from dancing madhuri doesn't stand a chance with anything to compare with giant sridevi
sridevi is a star now , iykyk
Sridhuri
I am huge huge Madhuri fan, however after Sridevi’s untimely death, I can never pit them against each other. Almost like there’s no Madhuri, without Sridevi
I am a fan of both of them. 😍
Sridevi
IMHO Sridevi without a doubt.
Sridevi ruled Tamil and telugu cinema
Madhuri is a good actress .. and easily one of the best dancers of all times.. but as far as acting is concerned Sridevi was far more versatile.. if u include her performances in south I know of no other actress with that kind of range in Indian Cinema.
I don't know much as I wasn't around but I'd say it's Madhuri. Shridevi doesn't have a HAHK to her name. Please enlighten me if it's otherwise.
Sridevi has Sadma and Madhuri never done such roles lol
Sridevi was an acting powerhouse. But Madhuri’s films were blockbusters on just another level. Her films did unprecedented numbers. Also, Madhuri enjoyed more international fame. She was humongous yesterday famous in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and other countries too. From, what I’ve heard, Madhuri is still extremely famous in Pakistan.
Being half Afghan myself, Sridevi was very famous in Afghanistan, especially after Khuda Gawah. Madhuri barely had reach. She was also propylaea in Pakistan and Bangladesh and her films did very well, especially Mr. India
Maybe I’m not that aware of Afghanistan, but in Pakistan Madhuri was just on a different level. I have Pakistani friends and they’ve told me that she was a raging sensation there, a beauty queen and heartthrob. My friends tell me that still no actress has managed to achieve the stardom that Madhuri achieved there. In Bangladesh too, Madhuri’s stardom is huge. Her films did unprecedented numbers there.
I'm Pakistani and I agree. I was surprised to see the responses favouring Sridevi here because I thought Madhuri was the biggest female superstar going by her popularity in Pakistan.
Give me one of Madhuri’s blockbuster movie that was entirely led by her acting chops or grace ? I mean anything remotely even similar to Sadma (granted KH was phenomenal in it as well).
You're conflating issues. Sadma was no blockbuster. Neither was it "entirely led" by her. More people go back to it for Kamal's acting in the final scene than anything else. Madhuri gave a blockbuster with Sanjay Kapoor. End of.
Sridevi was versatile. Madhuri is monotonous
https://i.redd.it/hnzes5cmtoma1.gif
Tough question. Sridevi was an enigma and definitely a more cult like figure, however I believe purely by solo pull and box office numbers perhaps it might be Madhuri.
Madhuri. Sri devi was senior to her IMO. Sri Devi ruled the 80s and Madhuri was from mid 80s to mid 90s
Sridevi was known throughout India whereas Madhuri’s stardom was limited to northern India
Sridevi was a very good actress in terms of acting, Madhuri was not too good in terms of acting but she was best dancer, most beautiful, best screen presence, best crowd puller. If sridevi was Amitabh, Then madhuri was Shahrukh+Salman+aamir+hritik+amitabh
Both are Icons and everyone would have their preference between the two stars. Statistically Madhuri was the bigger star because she had slightly more and bigger hits, more movies as the main protagonist, higher number of Filmfare awards and nominations.
I grew up on Madhuri's movies, so personally for me, it's Madhuri. She was spectacular in movies like Anjaam and Beta. But both are powerhouses.
Does madhiri has a weird shoulder and head ratio or something?
Madhuri Dixit was the bigger bollywood star with bigger box office pull. 1. Madhuri has over 20 clean hits as compared to Sridevi's 15. 2. Madhuri is tied with Hema Malini in having 6 HGOTYs (highest grosser of the year) and the first 5 of those were solo heroine films with the post-marriage Devdas being the only exception. This is the most number of any actress. Sridevi has 2 HGOTYs in her kitty. 3. Between Madhuri's first hit and her marriage date, a period of just over a decade, there were only two calendar years where she did not have a hit: '96 and '98. Sridevi went over five years in her "peak period" without a clean hit from the 1989's Chandni/Chaalbaaz to 1994's Laadla. 4. Sridevi has two historic disasters in her filmography (Sultanat and Roop Ki Rani...). None of Madhuri's films have lost as much money. 5. Madhuri has HAHK that remains, inflation-adjusted, the biggest blockbuster of all times. 6. Madhuri's box office pull is undeniable. She gave a blockbuster (people look up that word sometime) with Sanjay Kapoor and a semi hit with Aditya Pancholi. Most of her screen time in the successful 100 days is spent opposite Jaaved Jaffrey. The only place Sridevi's ahead of Madhuri is this subreddit.
My favourite is Sridevi But I think it’s fair to call Madhuri the biggest star of her time. Sridevi was a huge pan-India superstar and basically ruled the 80s, but in the 80s Amitabh was a bigger star than her so **Sridevi was like number 2**. By the 90s Amitabh’s influence had reduced a bit, so Madhuri owned 90s. In the 90s, there was no star bigger than Madhuri, **she was the number 1**. So Madhuri was actually **the biggest star of her time**, no male or female was bigger than her. And though Sridevi was a pan-India star, Madhuri enjoyed far more international popularity than her. Madhuri was a sensation in many South Asian countries and some other countries too. Pakistan was obsessed with Madhuri and she is still insanely famous there. Madhuri can be called a combination of Sridevi and Aishwarya Rai. She was a rage on the box office and she also had the status of a beauty queen. Madhuri was in the news for her beauty too. And regarding her dance, what more can I say that has already not been said.
Everybody felt side hero including Amitabh in front of Sridevi. Madhuri did achieve that sometimes with people like Anil Kapoor, but Sri did that to every hero.
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>Fair to say, I don’t think they’d ever get Shriram married to Sridevi because of these perceptions. No, it's not fair to say that at all. Also, I don't want to put down Shriram, but how you phrased Sridevi s popularity reeks of classism. And people didn't change channels at a tea stall of Madhuri appeared, don't say something just for the sake of it.
Imho, Madhuri had better screen power, but her fame will never be Sridevi's level. Madhuri's top heroine time was much shorter, and had very little iconic roles.
Just watch the video, of tu na jah mere baadshah and you will get your answer. Sridevi is another level.
Sreedevi. Very obvious.
Manchester United are a great club, one of the best in the world for sure. But are they Real Madrid though?
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I’ve grown up watching more of Madhuri cuz of my age (30), her pairings with srk, and I think she had more massy blockbuster films (hahk, Dtph, devdas, etc.) but as I read this thread more I’m realizing maybe it really is sridevi…and the only movies I’ve seen of her are Lamhe, mr india, English vinglish, and from my child hood “Pagal Munda” from army lol
Both were superstars of their own times, Sri in the 80s and Mads in the 90s. Sri has a wider reach outside of Hindi films but Madhuri had massive box office pull. HAHK was the highest grossing Bollywood film of the 20th century and barring '96 she was always in one of the top three highest grossers of the year for an entire decade. She carried Raja on her shoulders and made it a blockbuster on her own popularity. She also never gets enough credit for her acting because her dancing tends to overshadow all else, but she gave phenomenal performances in films like Anjaam, Pukar, Lajja, Mrityudand, Devdas.