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Pretty much like Kajol, Madhuri got married and concentrated on starting a family, having shifted base to USA. Even so, the decade got a few glimpses of the star with the million-dollar smile returning every now and then for a movie or television show.
It was her grey, mildly obsessive, jilted lover act in Rajkumar Santoshi's Pukar that marked the beginning of 2000 followed by a myriad of characters in M F Husain's eclectic and quirky, Gaja Gamini.

Apart from sporting elaborate Ritu Beri outfits in 2001's Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke, the silly movie or her badly-written character did nothing for the actress. She was much more irreverent and hard-hitting as an unmarried, pregnant actress in Santoshi's flawed but engaging take on various facets of the Indian woman, Lajja.
Her poetic portrayal of Chandramukhi in Bhansali's Devdas (2002), after the unintentionally hilarious Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, appeared to be Madhuri's glorious goodbye to celluloid. Everyone admired this performance and she won all the awards in town.

A five-year sabbatical from films finally came to an end with Yash Raj's Aaja Nachle. The dance-filled musical starring Madhuri as a choreographer and play director was touted as the ideal comeback but failed to create any ripples.
At the end of 2010, the actress hit the Indian shores to judge the dance-based reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Ja.

Image: Madhuri Dixit