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Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit look stunning in rare pic from Devdas premiere. Check out more pics from 2002 event here
Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit starred as Paro and Chandramukhi in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 film Devdas, opposite Shah Rukh Khan.
It's been 22 years Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas but even now, fans love talking about it. On Thursday, a picture from the Mumbai premiere of the film in 2002 surfaced on Reddit. It features lead stars Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit, looking absolutely stunning. (Also read: Shah Rukh Khan’s Devdas may not be most accurate adaptation of the classic but remains the grandest)
Paro and Chandramukhi's ethereal beauty
The photo shows Aish and Madhuri in beautiful sarees and radiant smiles, posing happily at the premiere. Aishwarya is in a blush pink saree while Madhuri is in a silver-black one. The photo has been slightly retouched for clarity.
Fans of the two were in awe of their beauty. “This is where bollywood peaked,” read a comment on Reddit. “Aww Madhuri's smile melted me,” commented another. “Gorgeous women both of them! I will say to me Madhuri has always been the most classic Indian beauty I’ve ever seen. Her smile is just so captivating and magnetic. She reminds me of old age actresses like madhubala or Marylin Monroe. Her in khalnayak remains the most beauty women I’ve ever seen,” wrote another person. “The brightness of maduhri’s smile needs to be scientifically studied,” read a comment.
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More pictures from premiere
The premiere was also attended by film's lead star, Shah Rukh Khan. Guest list included Rekha, Madhuri's husband Dr Sriram Nene and painter MF Hussain. Check out more photos here:
The film also had a grand premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. It was attended by Aishwarya, Shah Rukh, and Bhansali. Aishwarya's yellow saree look from the premiere has been etched in Bollywood history as one of her most stunning looks ever.
Shah Rukh played Devdas Mukerjee in the musical, grand retelling of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's epic novel. He was a zamindar's son with huge ego and a traumatic childhood, who loses the love of his life, Paro (Aishwarya) due to his pride. As she is married off to another man, Dev suffers a heartache so horrible, he nurses it with never-ending stream of alcohol and visits to ‘tawaif’ Chandramukhi's (Madhuri) court. Aishwarya and Madhuri's song Dola Re Dola from the film was a massive hit too.
The film won multiple awards and established Bhansali as one of the most prominent directors in Bollywood. Devdas was lauded for its grand sets, stunning costumes, memorable performances and beautiful songs.
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