Madhuri had a lack of competition did she? So are you saying that Sridevi, Kajol, Manisha Koirala, Karishma Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Rani Mukherjee, Priety Zinta, ashwariya Rai (to name just a few of those around during the height of Madhuri mania)have no talent at all? All of them have done much better films and given much better performances than the actresses doing the rounds today, and would make much more worthy competition.
Surely only someone with little understanding of the film industry would suggest that the current 'top' actresses would be seen as competition to anyone. Do you really think that presence of Kareena, Priyanka, and the Arora sisters would have made any differene to Madhuri's career had they entered the industry at the same time.
And speaking of competition, Madhuri has never shyed away from appearing in films with her competition of all ages, e.g Manisha, Karishma and Priety...in fact it was Juhi Chawla who turned down Dil To Pagal Hai for fear of being compared.
