Madhuri Dixit To Play The Lead In Netflix’s Suspense Family Drama Titled ‘Heroine’

It has been a long time since we saw Madhuri Dixit on the big screen. Well, we surely don’t know when is the next time we will see her on the big screen but now according to media reports she will be seen in a Netflix series!

Yes, you read it right. The actress with a million-dollar smile is all set make her digital debut with a Netflix series. It will be a suspenseful family drama.

A media portal has quoted a source as saying, "The makers were mulling over three-four titles and finally agreed to go ahead with 'The Heroine' as it perfectly justifies the subject of the series which reflects on the lives led by people in the entertainment industry. New York-based director Sri Rao who has written the show and is also directing it has already started the pre-production and will soon conduct the reading sessions before they begin the filming in the last week of March. The series will have an ensemble cast which is more or less locked but is not being revealed at this moment due to strict agreement with the streaming giant."

The story of the web series is about a global superstar whose life changes when she migrates to a different country where nobody knows her. The story will be one of a kind with the life of an actress coming out into the open. The lies that are so much rampant in the entertainment industry are to be brought into the forefront in the series that is set in the American suburbs. And what’s more the series is said to be influenced by Madhuri’s own time spent in the US after she got married to Dr Nene.

This is not the first time that the actress has collaborated with Netflix, for her Marathi home production titled 155^th August. 'Heroine' will be her first project as an actress with the web platform.  "I’ve been working in films for decades now and facing the camera have always been one of my greatest joys. But this is the first time I’ll be working on a series, and I’m both excited and nervous. It will be a completely new experience because while you have to be judicious when telling a story on film, you have the luxury of time in a series," stated the actress while the launch of the series in the bygone year.

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