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Aliases: मीनाक्षी शेषाद्रि , Meenakshi Seshadri

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Sindri, Bihar, India

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Movie Involvements: 44

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Meenakshi Seshadri (born 16 November 1963) is an Indian actress, model and dancer who mainly appeared in Hindi films. She was one of the highest paid actresses of her times. Her appearance in a Tamil film, paired with Prabu fetched her more credits. Meenakshi has appeared in a range of movies from comedy, drama, and action to romance. She won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at age 17. Seshadri made her film debut in Painter Babu (1983) and received wider public recognition with the film Hero (1983), which was followed by a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s. She was noted for her performances in films, including Hoshiyar (1985), Bewafai (1985), Meri Jung (1985), Swati (1986), Dacait (1987), Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987), Shahenshah (1988), Mahaadev (1989), Jurm (1990), Ghayal (1990), Ghar Parivar, Damini (1993), and Ghatak (1996) among others.[3] Whereas she received immense critical acclaim for her films such as Swati (1986), Dahleez (1986), Satyamev Jayate (1987 film), Awaargi (1990) and Damini (1993). She went on to establish herself as one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses in the 1980s and 1990s, and was acknowledged for several of her performances, her beauty, and her accomplished dancing. After the release of her film Ghatak, she left the film industry to raise her children and resides in the US, with her husband and children. She has been partially active in the US, where she runs her dance school "Cherish Dance School". Recently, a documentary was also made on her life called Meenakshi Accept Her Wings.

Most Famous Work

Indian Idol
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6

Indian Idol

(2004) Self
Vijay
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4

Vijay

(1988) Sapna
Ghayal Once Again
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6

Ghayal Once Again

(2016) Varsha (flash back)
Damini
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8

Damini

(1992) Damini Gupta
Ghatak
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7

Ghatak

(1996) Gauri
Shahenshah
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6

Shahenshah

(1988) Shalu
Satyamev Jayate
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5

Satyamev Jayate

(1987) Seema
Ghayal
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7

Ghayal

(1990) Varsha Bharti

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2016 Varsha (flash back)
2004 Self
1998 N/A
1997 N/A
1996 Gauri
1994 Anjali
1993 Laila Jaan / Leela
Punam Verma
N/A
Madhu (Jaswant's love interest)
1992 N/A
Hema
Damini Gupta
Shalu Sharma
N/A
1991 Seema
Menaka
N/A
1990 Lajjo
Meena S. Varma (as Meenakshi Sheshadri)
Varsha Bharti
Seema
Rani
Dr. Naina
Meena
1989 Geeta
Radha
N/A
Mala
Kiran Thakur
Mangala
N/A
N/A
1988 Jamuna
N/A
N/A
Sapna
Shalu
N/A
1987 Meena
Seema
Anita
Javli
N/A
1986 Natasha
Naini Saxena
Rani
Swati
Padma
Meenu/Asha
1985 Rupa/ Deepa
Radha
N/A
Vinny
Sarita
Geeta Mathur
Basanti
Meena Kapoor
Poonam
N/A
1983 Radha Mathur
Rinku
Year Character Movie/Tv

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