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.
Meenakshi Seshadri Biography / Wiki
| Name | Meenakshi Seshadri |
| Also Know | मीनाकà¥à¤·à¥€ शेषादà¥à¤°à¤¿, Meenakshi Seshadri |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Sindri, Bihar, India |
| Date of Birth | 1959-11-13 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 62 |
| Deathday |
Meenakshi Seshadri Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Damini | Damini Gupta | 1992-09-04 | The theme revolves around the character Damini who represents truth and innocence. After her marriage in renowned wealthy family, Damini happens to se… |
| Swati | 1986-05-02 | Sharda, a nurse and single mother, raises her daughter Swati as an independent, articulate young woman. Swati is a strong advocate of women’s rights i… | |
| Nache Nagin Gali Gali | 1989-01-01 | 1989 Bollywood film directed by Mohanji Prasad starring Meenakshi Seshadri, Nitish Bharadwaj, Asha Lata, Satyendra Kapoor, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Suhas … | |
| Duet | Anjali | 1994-05-20 | Duet (Tamil: டூயடà¯) is a 1994 Tamil feature film directed by K. Balachander, starring Prabhu, Meenakshi Seshadri, Ramesh Aravind and Prakash… |
| Ghayal | Varsha Bharti | 1990-06-22 | Ajay Mehra leaves for Bombay in order to train to become an international boxer. On his return to New Delhi he however found that his brother Ashok Me… |
| Ghatak | Gauri | 1996-11-08 | A small town in Bombay is brutally subdued by a notorious gangster named Katya and his brothers…. |
| Do Rahain / Mil Gayi Manzil Mujhe | 1997-12-31 | Directed by Lekh Tandon in 1997. While pursuing a story on a tribal uprising and its mysterious leader, a fearless television journalist and her camer… | |
| Lover Boy | Radha | 1985-12-14 | Lover Boy is a 1985 Indian Bollywood film produced and directed by Shomu Mukherjee. It stars Rajiv Kapoor, Meenakshi Seshadri and Anita Raj in pivotal… |
| Mera Jawab | Poonam | 1985-02-15 | Suresh and Poonam are a happy couple but things change when Poonam is raped & killed by three goons Danny, Kukoo & Bunty. Now Suresh’s only m… |
| Mahaguru | Basanti | 1985-04-26 | A Goon-For-Hire is taught to be a better person..when the time comes, will he choose the path of good or evil?… |
| Ghar Ho To Aisa | Seema | 1990-03-18 | The Kumar family consists of Ramprasad, his wife, Durga; their married son, Vijay, his wife, Sharda, their daughter, Pinky; a married daughter who liv… |
| Jurm | Meena S. Varma (as Meenakshi Sheshadri) | 1990-07-05 | Police Inspector Shekhar Varma lives in Khar, Bombay, along with his wife, Meena, and a school-going daughter. His office is notified that Editor Rite… |
| Dacait | Javli | 1987-04-10 | Arjun Yadav return from the city after completing his studies to get settled in his village with his family consisting of his mother Devi Chaudaran, h… |
| Awaargi | Meena | 1990-01-26 | Azad (Anil Kapoor), a mob enforcer who rescues the lovely Meena (Meenakshi Seshadri) from a brothel against the orders of both his boss and a rival ga… |
| Meri Jung | Geeta Mathur | 1985-08-11 | When evil lawyer Thakral prosecutes innocent family man Deepak and sends him to his death, his family is shattered–and when his son Arun grows up, he… |
| Satyamev Jayate | Seema | 1987-06-18 | After a young man is killed in custody, Inspector Arjun Singh is transferred to the small town of Tehsil, where his new neighbours happen to be the fa… |
| Inaam Dus Hazaar | 1987-02-27 | Kamal Malhotra lives a struggling life with his mom and is employed as a salesman with retailers for a product called “Godrej”, a famous hair dye. His… | |
| Shahenshah | Shalu | 1988-01-29 | Inspector Srivastav is framed by a wily and cunning gangster, J.K., and unable to prove his innocence, hangs himself, leaving behind his wife, and son… |
| Toofan | Radha | 1989-08-10 | Two brothers (Toofan and Shyam) are separated at birth by their father, a police inspector. One grows up to be a magician, and the other, the legendar… |
| Awara Baap | 1985-12-27 | The film revolves around the life of a rich man and his son, where the son lives happily with his wife, but after giving birth to a child his wife die… | |
| Parivaar | Anita | 1987-06-12 | A young girl is rendered homeless and helpless after her cruel relatives chase her out of her home. She finds shelter with a poor street performer who… |
| Teri Payal Mere Geet | 1993-12-24 | Premi loved Lailajaan and one day he finds out that she works at a brothel. Later Premi finds out that Lailajaan was an ordinary dancer and he tries t… | |
| Dahleez | Naini Saxena | 1986-10-06 | Dahleez is a 1986 Indian Bollywood film directed by Ravi Chopra and produced by B.R. Chopra. It stars Jackie Shroff, Raj Babbar, Meenakshi Sheshadri a… |
| Shandaar | Rani | 1990-03-02 | A 1990 Hindi film. Shanker comes from a poor family. He falls in love with a woman from a middle-class background named Rani. Shanker has another admi… |
| Bade Ghar Ki Beti | Mala | 1989-04-07 | Mala is the daughter of Kishanlal who works as a servant with a wealthy family. One day Mala meets with the owner of this family, who is so impressed … |
| Main Balwaan | Natasha | 1986-11-28 | Main Balwaan is an action film, featuring Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Rita Bhaduri, Utpal Dutt, Suresh Oberoi and Raza Murad…. |
| Aapathbandavudu | Hema | 1992-10-08 | Aapadbandhavudu is a 1992 Telugu film. It was the third collaboration between actor Chiranjeevi and director K. Viswanath after Shubhalekha and Swayam… |
| Bees Saal Baad | Kiran Thakur | 1989-02-03 | An evil spirit plots to possess a young, newly-married woman by driving nails into her legs…. |
| Dilwaala | Padma | 1986-02-07 | Ravi Kumar is the younger brother of Judge Soumitra Devi and Mohan Kumar. He and his sister have different views and ideas. They lack understanding an… |
| Mahaadev | 1989-05-05 | A cop leaves the police force due to undue criticism. He tries to live a quiet life with his family, but the anti-social elements force him to re-join… | |
| Joshilaay | Mangala | 1989-01-10 | Dara and Karan, the sons of two of the victims of dacoit Jogi Thakur, wait many years to exact their revenge. When the Thakur’s colleague Raja Singh c… |
| Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj | Shalu Sharma | 1992-07-10 | Raja though being righteous, honest, tough -a daredevil and educated was an unemployed young man. With no work on hand, he squanders his time with his… |
| Maa Beti | Meenu/Asha | 1986-01-01 | Unaware of her brother Raghunandan’s evil plans, Laxmi ill-treats her stepchildren, causing them to run away. What follows after is a young girl’s t… |
| Amba | Lajjo | 1990-08-10 | When Amba gets her son Rajendra arrested for sexually assaulting their servant’s daughter, Rajendra’s wife wreaks havoc into their lives as she vows t… |
| Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi | Jamuna | 1988-12-23 | Gangaa Jamunaa and Saraswathi the most pious rivers, create a unique holy merger, popularly known as “Sangam”. Likewise the characters of our story Ga… |
| Hero | Radha Mathur | 1983-12-16 | Hero is the story of a criminal transforming and evolving as a good person under the influence of love. Jackie is a baddie with a heart of gold though… |
| Bewafai | Vinny | 1985-09-20 | Asha’s jealousy gets the better of her when she finds out that the man she loves, Ashok, is showering attention to Vinny, a woman Asha beats up later,… |
| Humlaa | 1992-05-29 | Shiva reunites with his brother Bhawani, who was kicked out of their family home some time ago due to criminal activities, and subsequently becomes in… | |
| Akayla | Seema | 1991-11-08 | Inspector Vijay Verma finally manages to capture criminal mastermind Jojo. But Jojo escapes from jail and kills Vijay’s friends for revenge, leaving V… |
| Aadmi Khilona Hai | Punam Verma | 1993-07-30 | The Verma family consists of two brothers, Vijay and Sharad (Jeetendra and Govinda respectively), Vijay’s wife, Ganga (Reena Roy), and their daughter…. |
| Intaqaam | 1988-11-11 | Intaqaam (English: “Revenge”) is an Indian action revenge film directed by Rajkumar Kohli and released in 1988. The movie stars Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoo… | |
| Pyar Ka Karz | Dr. Naina | 1990-03-02 | The Story of Ravi Shankar (Mithun) and his troubled life where he has to deal with love, infidelity and death which leads him to a life of crime..will… |
| Ghar Parivaar | 1991-01-01 | Shankar, a country fellow, lives with his widowed step mother and two step brothers Balwant and Birju. Shankar loves his step mother and brothers as h… | |
| Apna Ghar | 1989-01-01 | Film from 1989… | |
| Brahmarshi Vishwamitra | Menaka | 1991-04-19 | The story is based on the life of Vishvamitra, who is one of the most venerated sages of ancient times in India. At last, Vishwamitra penance power re… |
| Meraa Ghar Mere Bacche | Sarita | 1985-08-23 | Kanpur-based, pregnant Geeta Bhargav lives a wealthy lifestyle with her husband, Balwant, and three children: Shrikant, Arun and Usha. Her alcoholic a… |
| Paisa Yeh Paisa | 1985-09-30 | When a widow receives a letter, informing her of her newly inherited fortune, her once downtrodden life changes drastically for the better…. | |
| Vijay | Sapna | 1988-08-12 | Vijay is a story about various characters that are bound by relationships of love and friendship. How they become foes and take up weapons against eac… |
| Allah-Rakha | Rani | 1986-08-07 | Karim Khan is employed as driver for a gangster named Don, who has an accident with his car, and asks Karim to take the blame for it for a hefty sum o… |
| Muqaddar Ka Faisla | Meena | 1987-06-26 | Muqaddar ka Faisla, is the story of Pandit Krishna Kant. A poor, but extremely honest, upright, God-fearing man, who refuses to compromise on his prin… |
| Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi | 1992-10-15 | After the discovery of skeletal remains at an excavation site, a woman known to be deceased for over two centuries mysteriously re-surfaces to claim h… | |
| Swami Vivekananda | 1998-08-09 | … | |
| Kshatriya | Madhu (Jaswant’s love interest) | 1993-03-26 | In the arid region of Rajasthan, India; there are two royal families, Mirtagarth and Surjangarh who believes in a religious ritual which states that a… |
| Aandhi-Toofan | Meena Kapoor | 1985-03-22 | Notorious biker-gangster Balbir kills Inspector Ranjeet Singh. Now Sheela, his love, hires two men to capture Balbir alive and bring him to her. Is th… |
| Ghayal Once Again | Varsha (flash back) | 2016-02-05 | Ajay Mehra (from previous Ghayal-1990), after finishing off his life sentence, starts a newspaper called Satyakam. Still dealing with the haunting tra… |
| Aag Se Khelenge | Geeta | 1989-09-15 | While trying to arrest a gangster, a police officer joins hands with Johnny, one of the gangster’s men who claims to be an undercover police officer h… |
| Gharana | 1988-12-02 | A family’s palatial lifestyle and estate are stolen from them in an attempt to frame them for a crime they did not commit…. | |
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