BESOTTED FOR TIME MADHURI DIXIT & SHRIRAM NENE

It takes only three winks for your heart to skip a beat, to know the one standing opposite is the one you'll stand by forever, destined to be together. Madhuri Dixit Nene knew that Dr Sriram Nene would understand even the deepest recesses of her jumbled heart.

The Dhak Dhak Girl of Bollywood and a cardiovascular surgeon from the USA, Dr Shriram Nene, celebrated 23 years of being together this October as their beautiful love story continues to be one of B-town's most praised and inspiring romances. Their love has only deepened with time in an industry known for testing love and its boundaries between two professionals. While their love story has been nothing less than a fairytale, they've had their fair share of ups and downs, but they've stuck by each other through storms and calm winds.

The Origins

Madhuri Dixit Nene is a name synonymous with a performer par excellence a name that has adaa in every move. Born and raised in a Marathi-Brahmin Koknastha family in Mumbai, she dreamed like any child, aiming to become a microbiologist. After six months of college, she dropped out to focus on her acting career in Bollywood. She made her acting debut in 1984 with Abodh," but her rise to fame and popularity truly began with the romantic thriller Tezaab" 1988). Her consecutive charismatic onscreen performances constantly left the country in awe; every 90s girl aspired to be her.

On the other end was Dr Shriram Madhav Nene, a successful cardiovascular surgeon born in London and raised in the States. His parents were immigrants from India who left the country in 1962. Despite having a highly demanding and fruitful career as a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon in the United States, satiety and belief that his abilities and contribution were limited, curing only a few patients at a time. The decision was made to combine his original training as a software and hardware engineer with his commitment to patient care as a cardiovascular surgeon and develop a system that could scale medicine. With this goal in mind, Nene shifted to India in 2011.

The First Meet