Madhuri Dixit in 2026: Maa Behen and Kon Honar Crorepati

Madhuri Dixit has had a busy year across streaming and television. Maa Behen reached Netflix on June 4, and she began hosting the Marathi game show Kon Honar Crorepati on October 12. This profile covers both, and her earlier screen work in 2026.

Maa Behen

Maa Behen premiered on Netflix on June 4, 2026. Suresh Triveni directs. Madhuri Dixit stars with Triptii Dimri, Dharna Durga and Ravi Kishan. Reviews praised the feminist satire and physical comedy but found the thriller element uneven, according to the reviews we reviewed and the film's Wikipedia page. As a streaming release, it has no box office data.

Mrs Deshpande

The Indian Express reviewed Mrs Deshpande as "more off than on". We cite it as one outlet's opinion of that series.

Kon Honar Crorepati

From October 12, 2026, Madhuri Dixit hosts the Marathi version of the game show Kon Honar Crorepati. It is a television commitment and not a film. We did not find viewership figures.

The Padma Shri photograph

The cover photograph shows then President Pratibha Patil presenting the Padma Shri to Madhuri Dixit in 2008. It is an official photograph, now in the public domain under India's Government Open Data licence.

Suresh Triveni's year

Triveni directed both Maa Behen and Subedaar, which premiered on Prime Video on March 5 with Anil Kapoor. Both went to streaming and both drew mixed reviews. It is a coincidence of schedule that two of his films reached platforms within three months.

What the film is about

According to the film's Wikipedia page, Maa Behen is a black comedy thriller. Madhuri Dixit plays Rekha, a widow in a housing colony who has raised two daughters, played by Triptii Dimri and Dharna Durga. A night-time crisis forces the three women together, and a neighbour becomes the centre of the chaos as the family's old resentments surface. Ravi Kishan is also in the cast.

Vikram Malhotra's Abundantia Entertainment and Suresh Triveni's Opening Image Films produce it. The film was released digitally on Netflix, as the Wikipedia entry puts it, and has a plot built around secrets, a ransom call and a wedding in the colony.

Why a streaming title suits the format

A black comedy that stays largely in one colony and over a few days is the kind of story that works at home screen scale. That is an observation about the genre, not a claim made by any source. The reviews we saw focused on the performances and the satire, not on the platform.

Her television turn

Hosting Kon Honar Crorepati from October 12 puts Madhuri Dixit in a regional language format, Marathi, that connects to her roots. The show is a television commitment, and we did not find ratings. It is simply a second public platform for her in the same quarter.

What we do not know

We do not know how many people watched Maa Behen. We do not know whether Madhuri Dixit has a theatrical release lined up for 2027. And we have found no official statement from her on the reception of Mrs Deshpande.

The bottom line

Madhuri Dixit's 2026 is streaming films, a series and a regional television show. The reviews we found are mixed but notice her comic timing in Maa Behen. There is no box office to report, and none should be expected.

Sources

*Cover photo: Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Wikimedia Commons, *[*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_President,_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_presenting_the_Padma_Shri_Award_to_Ms._Madhuri_Dixit.jpg*](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_President,_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_presenting_the_Padma_Shri_Award_to_Ms._Madhuri_Dixit.jpg)* (GODL-India).*