This superstar once competed with Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Kajol, one-sided love ruined her career, she was unable to…; Her name is…
GH News April 02, 2025 05:06 PM

There have been many actresses in Bollywood in the last few decades who have impressed the audience with their beauty and talent. However when it comes to longevity actresses film careers were not as long as those of actors. Today we will talk about one actress who was able to make a big name in Bollywood without any godfather. She made her debut in 1983 with Manoj Kumars production Painter Babu but she reached the heights of stardom with her second film itself.
After 1983s Hero she became an overnight star and worked with the biggest superstars of Bollywood. From Amitabh Bachchan to Mithun Chakraborty Rajinikanth Sunny Deol and Govinda her chemistry with these stars was so natural that she became the first choice of many film makers. However her smooth Bollywood career was derailed due to her argument with a director.
We are talking about actress Meenakshi Seshadri who gave many hits including Meri Jung (1985) Swati (1986) Dilwaala (1986) Dacait (1987) Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987) Parivaar (1987) Shahenshaah (1988) Mahaadev (1989) Awaargi (1990) Jurm (1990) and Ghar Ho To Aisa (1990). Seshadris consecutive hit films made her a tough competition for hit actresses like Sridevi Madhuri Dixit Kajol and Juhi Chawla.
Meenakshi Seshadris career turned upside down
In 1990 Meenakshi worked with Sunny Deol and director Rajkumar Santoshi in Ghayal. Both films were blockbusters with the first being praised as a powerful woman-oriented film. However during the shooting of Damini Raj proposed to Meenakshi for marriage but she rejected his offer. When Raj tried to convince her they had a fight.
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As a result Raj decided to remove her from Damini and agreed to cast another actress. However after the intervention of the Cine Workers Association she was reinstated in the film. Later they worked together again in Ghatak. It was one of the highest-grossing films of 1996. This was her last film as she moved to the United States after marriage.
In 1995 Meenakshi retired from acting and married investment banker Harish Mysore. They had a registered marriage in New York. She then moved to Plano Texas. The couple has two children a daughter Kendra and a son Josh.
What does Meenakshi Seshadri do now?
Meenakshi used to run her own dance school in Carrollton called Cherish Institute of Dance. The school was known as an assembly of talented dancers a voluntary body to enhance multiculturalism revealing the best talent of people of all ages. In an old interview with Bollywoodjournalist.com Meenakshi said “It was not all that easy for me to settle down in the US.” As she mentioned in the 2004 interview “Belonging to a very Indo-centric background life abroad shook me.”
She has now moved to Washington D.C. with her husband and son while her daughter is studying elsewhere in the U.S. According to reports she has not restarted her dance school in Washington.