Meet actress who gave blockbusters with Amitabh, Mithun, Sunny, refused working with Madhuri, left Bollywood, now...

Born as Shashikala Seshadri in a Tamil Brahmin family, Meenakshi debuted with a forgettable role in Painter Babu. Before her acting career, Meenakshi Seshadri won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at the age of 17.

After Painter Babu, Meenakshi was seen opposite Jackie Shroff in Hero, and the blockbuster success of this film established Meenakshi as the leading lady in Bollywood. Over the years, Meenakshi was seen in several successful films, with superstars, including Amitabh Bachchan's Shahenshah, Sunny Deol's Ghayal, Damini, and Ghatak, Anil Kapoor's Meri Jung, and many other films

As News18 reported, when Tinu Anand was working on the film 'Shanakht', Meenakshi was offered the second lead and Madhuri was offered the main lead role. But the Damini actress did not like this. Before this, Meenakshi was offered the lead role in almost every film and Madhuri was in the second lead. That is why Meenakshi refused to work in this film. However, later the film was shelved for unknown reasons. 

During the making of Damini, director Rajkumar Santoshi proposed to Meenakshi for marriage, but she rejected him. Then Rajkumar wanted to replace her in the film, but Yash Chopra and Amjad Khan stepped in to resolve the issues. Both decided to put personal conflict aside and focus on the project. As a result, Damini became a career-defining movie for Meenakshi.

In 1996, after Ghatak's release, Meenakshi went to the US with her husband Harish Mysore (married in 1995). Meenakshi and Harish are parents of two children, and the actress is running her own dance school in Carrollton called Cherish Institute of Dance.

After nearly 27 years, Meenakshi is keen on making a comeback. In an interview with ETimes, the actress said it would be interesting to see what kind of roles will be offered to her. In another interview, Meenakshi also said that she would like to break the norm, and do an item song at 60. 

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