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Updated August 13th, 2018 at 14:42 IST

Remember Meenakshi Seshadri? Here's what she is upto now

Remember Meenakshi Seshadri from 1993 hit film 'Damini' starring Sunny Deol and Rishi Kapoor, here's what the yesteryear actress is up to now

Reported by: Nilanjana Roy
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Remember the titular character from the 1993 hit film 'Damini' starring Sunny Deol and Rishi Kapoor in the lead? Yes, we are talking about one of the finest and beautiful actresses of Bollywood, Meenakshi Seshadri. A Tamilian by birth, Meenakshi worked mainly in Bollywood and has delivered some major blockbuster hits. She was one of the actresses of the 90's to have been paired opposite popular actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, to name a few. 

ONE OF THE LEADING LADIES OF BOLLYWOOD:

Not many are aware, but before coming to Bollywood, Meenakshi started her career as a model and at a very early age the actress participated in many beauty pageants. Meenakshi made her Bollywood debut in the year 1983 with the movie 'Painter Babu' which starred veteran actor Manoj Kumar's brother Rajiv Goswami but the film was a box-office disaster. The actress shot to fame with the 1983 blockbuster film 'Hero' and it also marked the debut of Jackie Shroff. From there on she went on to star in several hit Bollywood films like 'Dilwaala', 'Love Marriage', 'Dacait', 'Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati', 'Ghar Ho To Aisa', 'Jurm, Aadmi Khilona Hai', 'Ghayal' to name a few. Her last film was in the year 1996, 'Ghatak: Lethal'. She also appeared in Shekhar Suman's show 'Movers and Shakers'. 

 

PERSONAL LIFE:

Meenakshi was reportedly in a romantic relationship with the ace singer of the era of 90's, Kumar Sanu. But the relationship did not work out as Kumar was a married man. The actress later got into a relationship with director Rajkumar Santoshi. Santoshi has directed the Seshadri in films like 'Damini', 'Ghayal', 'Ghatak: Lethal'. In the year 1997, she left the movies after getting married to an investment banker, Harish Mysore. 

WHAT IS SHE UP TO NOW?

She is a mother to a daughter and two sons. After marriage, she moved to the United States and settled there permanently. Alongside acting, Meenakshi is also a trained Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer and she now runs a dance school in the US. 

Let us go down the memory lane and take a look at some hit songs picturized on the actress:

 

 

 

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Published August 13th, 2018 at 14:42 IST

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