Initial movies of Top Stars – V

Madhuri Dixit – Before Madhuri became a big “Ek Do Teen” queen in the movie Tezaab (1988) directed by N. Chandra and starring Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Chunkey Pandey and Kiran Kumar, she did quite a few small roles and movies like (i) Swati (1986) directed by Kranthi Kumar and starring Meenakshi Sheshadri, Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Vinod Mehra and Akbar Khan; this was Madhuri’s first released film (ii) Abodh (1986) directed by Hiren Nag and starring Meenakshi Sheshadri, Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore (iii) Mohre (1987) directed by Raghuvir Kul (iv) Awara Baap (1987) directed by Sohanlal Kanwar and starring Rajesh Khanna and Meenakshi Sheshadri (v) Hifazat (1987) directed by Prayag Raj starring Ashok Kumar, Nutan and Anil Kapoor; this was her first film with Anil Kapoor (vi) Uttar Dakshin (1987) directed by Prabhat Khanna and starring Rajnikant, Jackie Shroff and Anupam Kher.

Tabu – Before getting head break as a lead actress in movies like (i) Vijaypath ((1994) directed by Farogh Siddiqui and starring Ajay Devgan (ii) Pehla Pehla Pyaar (1994) directed by Manmohan Singh and starring Rishi Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Amrish Puri and (iii) Prem (1995) directed by Satish Kaushik and starring Sanjay Kapoor and Pehla Pehla Pyaar, she acted in Hum Naujawan (1985) directed by Dev Anand and starring Dev Anand, Richa Sharma and Anupam Kher.