Madhuri weds surgeon in US

November 4: Word is finally out. On October 17, actress Madhuri Dixit, oomph queen and reigning muse of artist M F Husain tied the knot with a US-based doctor. Madhuri got married in a very hush-hush ceremony to Dr Shriram Nene, a surgeon and physician settled in Los Angeles, and flew back to Mumbai today, alone.

Rumours of Madhuri’s marriage have been travelling the grapevine for months, and film glosses had long speculated on her US doctor connection. According to Madhuri’s secretary Rakeshnath, Nene is a friend of her brother Ajit Dixit, also settled in the US. The two met at Ajit’s house last month; Nene proposed and Dixit accepted, said Rakeshnath.

After an insignificant debut in Abodh, Madhuri began climbing to the top after her Ek Do Teen dance number in N Chandra’s Tezaab. Scores of hits and critical sucesses followed, including Ram Lakhan, Dil, Beta, Khalnayak and Prahaar . Her last hit was Dil To Pagal Hai two years ago.

According to Rakeshnath,Madhuri will continue to work on `select projects’. For now, though, there are just two films in the making: Boney Kapoor’s Pukar with Anil Kapoor and, of course, M F Husain’s Gajagamini.