Editing Madhuri Dixit (section)

== Early life and background ==
Madhuri Dixit was born on 15 May 1967 into a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] [[Kokanastha Brahmin]] family in [[Bombay]] to Shankar and Snehlata Dixit.<ref name="IE_May2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/lets-get-to-know-madhuri-dixit-better_1595676.html |title=Let's get to know Madhuri Dixit better! |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=24 April 2016 |website=Zee News |last=Handoo |first=Ritika |archive-date=24 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524221639/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/lets-get-to-know-madhuri-dixit-better_1595676.html |url-status=live |quote=A star kid was born to Shankar and Snehlata Dixit, a Marathi family.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Priya |date=30 May 2013 |title=Shah Rukh is not a good dancer but has charisma: Madhuri |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shah-Rukh-is-not-a-good-dancer-but-has-charisma-Madhuri/articleshow/20330177.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=25 May 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107182802/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shah-Rukh-is-not-a-good-dancer-but-has-charisma-Madhuri/articleshow/20330177.cms |url-status=live |quote=..We both come from similar backgrounds and are Konkanastha brahmins..}}</ref> She has two elder sisters and an elder brother.<ref name="IE_May2015">{{cite news |title=Happy Birthday Madhuri Dixit: 'Dhak Dhak' girl turns 48 |url=https://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/happy-birthday-madhuri-dixit-dhak-dhak-girl-turns-47/ |work=The Indian Express |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=18 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192829/http://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/happy-birthday-madhuri-dixit-dhak-dhak-girl-turns-47/#2madhuri_dixit_parents |archive-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> She kindled an interest in dance at an early age of three, and went on to train in [[Kathak]] for eight years; later on becoming a professionally trained [[Kathak]] dancer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dance me no nonsense |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/article145715.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=6 January 2011 |location=Chennai, India |first=Anjana |last=Rajan |date=4 March 2010 |archive-date=2 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702193342/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/article145715.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Madhuri's Ardent Admiration for Kathak |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=175494 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=4 October 2011 |location=New Delhi |first=Pallab |last=Bhattacharya |date=26 February 2011}}</ref>

{{blockquote|I received a scholarship as a Kathak dancer when I was nine. I even remember that it was due to a dance performance that the first time my name had appeared in the paper. I was seven or eight years old at that time and had performed at the Guru Purnima festival. And there was a journalist who was there and he had written this article saying that 'this little girl stole the show' – something like that. I was over the moon. So dance gave me a sense of achievement. Of worth."<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy birthday, Madhuri: 15 things you didn't know about the Dhak Dhak Girl |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/happy-birthday-madhuri-15-things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-dhak-dhak-girl/story-ful1XrKllegmFnIgTxvdnL_amp.html |website=Hindustan Times |date=15 May 2017 |access-date=12 February 2019 |archive-date=20 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520035925/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/happy-birthday-madhuri-15-things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-dhak-dhak-girl/story-ful1XrKllegmFnIgTxvdnL_amp.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

Dixit received her education at Divine Child High School in [[Andheri]]. Apart from her studies, she participated in extra-curricular activities, such as dramatics.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Madhuri Dixit got her Bollywood debut? |url=https://www.indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/how-madhuri-dixit-got-her-bollywood-debut/lite/ |website=The Indian Express |date=11 September 2015 |access-date=12 February 2019 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213005749/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/how-madhuri-dixit-got-her-bollywood-debut/lite/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Aspiring to become a [[microbiologist]], Dixit enrolled at the [[Sathaye college]] in [[Vile Parle]] (Mumbai) where she studied [[microbiology]] as one of her subjects in BSc.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema |last=Ganti |first=Tejaswini |year=2004 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=0-415-28854-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant/page/134 134] |url=https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant |url-access=registration}}</ref> However, six months after she had commenced her course, Dixit decided to discontinue studies and pursue a full-time career in films.<ref>{{cite web |title=AIB Podcast with Madhiri Dixit Nene (26 May 2018) |url=https://in-vid.net/video/aib-podcast-feat-madhuri-dixit-oG-9BZiocYg.html |website=AIB podcasts |publisher=AIB |access-date=31 May 2018 |archive-date=13 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113043049/https://in-vid.net/video/aib-podcast-feat-madhuri-dixit-oG-9BZiocYg.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>