The two divas Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla have been Bollywood contemporaries since the 1990s but Madhuri and Juhi have only come together now for Gulaab Gang . Where Juhi avoided Madhuri, thinking of her as a competition, the latter never thought of Juhi as a competitor but an inspiring spirit.
Madhuri disclosed in an interview: “I never thought of her as my competitor. I never had any qualms about working with anyone. This is my thinking that we are actors not horses running towards one finish line. It is a creative field and we like certain roles and work with people we like. It is not that I have not worked in two-heroine projects earlier. I worked with Preity Zinta( Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke), Aishwarya Rai ( Devdas)s and Karisma Kapoor (Dil To Pagal Hai).” She further continued that it was wonderful to work with Juhi: “She is a good actor. It is inspiring to see another good actor work with you. I think our scenes are very tight and I would definitely love to work with her again.”
In her interviews, Juhi has said that there was a lot of competition between actors at that time.
She adds: “I would say that earlier there were a few chances me and Madhuri could have worked together, but at that time I didn’t do the film because Madhuri was there in the films. I thought if she is there, then what would I do? Comparisons were bound to happen, so to avoid all that tension, I didn’t do those films.”
“I am so glad that I am playing a villain in the film. So you can’t compare the two of us. I neither had to dance nor sing. All that has been done by Madhuri,” said Juhi, who essays a politician in the film.
Gulaab Gang emphasises on women empowerment and have women only in lead characters. The film stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Divya Jagdale and Priyanka Bos in other important roles. The director Soumik Sen has himself given music to the film, releasing on March 7
