Madhuri recalls when her son annoyed of her stardom

Madhuri Dixit starrer film ‘Maja Ma’ released on October 6. In a recent conversation with Hindustan Times the actress talks about how big of a culture shock it was for her sons when she moved back from the quiet life of US back to a starstruck Mumbai.

Madhuri married Dr Sriram Nene and moved to the United States in 1999. The couple raised their two sons--Arin and Ryan--in the US before the family moved back to India in 2011. In a recent chat with Hindustan Times, Madhuri revealed that when they moved back, her sons, who were 8 and 6 back then, were taken aback by the stardom she had in India.

In the past, Madhuri has spoken about how she and her family were able to enjoy a quiet life in the US, able to avoid fans for the most part. So being followed by paparazzi was something her sons had never experienced. She said, “Initially, when we moved her, my kids were not aware of how things work here. When I moved back, it was different with the paparazzi. Everybody is everywhere. You go to a restaurant or anywhere and they are outside. That was something that took them by surprise.”

She said that when people viewed her as Madhuri, the star, it often even annoyed the boys. Madhuri recalled one such incident and said, “Once my younger son Ryan came home and he said something weird happened. When I asked him, he said, ‘one of my friends asked me, who is your mother and I said she is just my mother’. And his friend replied, ‘we know Madhuri Dixit is your mother and you are so lucky she is your mother’. And Ryan said, ‘but mom, you are just my mother!’”