Madhuri praises young actors

The younger lot of actors today are more prepared about everything, including dance, feels actor Madhuri Dixit (right) who says that in her time it was a tough battle.

“It’s great, when you are coming into the industry you should be equipped with everything and we weren’t. I was trained in a different dance form... I was trained in kathak,” Madhuri said.

Talking about her struggle, the 48-year-old dancing diva recalls the tough time she had while learning the dance moves for one of her most popular and memorable song Humko Aaj Kal Hai from Sailaab (1990).

“There were lots of things, as you are learning everyday. I remember I was doing this song Humko Aaj Kal Hai, and in the initial beats I had to go down lying on the floor,” she recalled. “It was a typical Bollywood number and I did not know how to do it. And once when I was rehearsing for it, I banged my head so hard on the floor that there was a big boil,” she said.

Madhuri, who is known for her dancing skills, is amazed at the way heroines today dance. “A lot of girls are good at dancing like Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonakshi Sinha. I was surprised to see Alia Bhatt dancing on one of the shows, Shraddha Kapoor did a good job in ABCD 2,” Madhuri said.

“We learnt as we went by, so it was a tough battle Earlier, accessibility was not there, but today there is,” she added.