Happy Birthday Mandakini: There were many actresses in the 80’s who had one or two superhit films. They became stars overnight but disappeared with time. One such actress is Mandakini who is still active on social media. Mandakini is very beautiful even today but when she was new, she looked amazing.
Actress Mandakini is celebrating her 61st birthday today. Mandakini’s popularity grew overnight in the entire country. Everyone became crazy about her and many stories about Mandakini were famous in the newspapers and newspapers of that time. On this special occasion of her birthday, let us tell you some heard and some unheard things related to Mandakini.
Who is Mandakini?
Born on 30 July 1963 in Meerut, UP, Yasmin Joseph’s father was British and mother was Kashmiri. As soon as she entered films, she was named Mandakini. She was discovered by Raj Kapoor at the age of 16 and it was he who named her Mandakini. Mandakini’s first film was Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985) which was directed by Raj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor’s younger son Rajiv Kapoor appeared in the lead role in the film.
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The film Ram Teri Ganga Maili proved to be a superhit at the box office. With this, Mandakini’s craze spread across the country overnight. After this, Mandakini did films like ‘Dance Dance’, ‘Tezaab’, ‘Kahaan Hai Kanoon’ and ‘Pyar Karke Dekho’ but the popularity that she got from ‘Ram Teri Ganga Maili’ was never achieved again. Even today, Mandakini is known for that film only.
Mandakini’s marriage
In 1990, Mandakini’s name was linked with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. When Mandakini was found with Dawood in Dubai, the Indian police arrested her. When she was questioned after this, Mandakini said that it was a by-chance meeting and she has nothing to do with Dawood.
All these cases ruined Mandakini’s film career. In 1990, when Mandakini was out of the Dawood case, she married Buddhist monk Dr. Kagyur T Rinpoche Thakur and adopted Buddhism. Mandakini has two children and she is living her normal life.
