Meenakshi Seshadri
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born |
Shasikala Seshadri November 16, 1963 Sindri, Dhanbad, Bihar (now Jharkhand), India |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Film actress, dancer |
| Years active | 1982–1996 |
| Title(s) | Eve's Weekly Miss India 1981 |
| Major competition(s) |
Eve's Weekly Miss India 1981 (Winner) Miss International 1981 (Unplaced) |
| Spouse | Harish Mysore (m.1995) |
Meenakshi Seshadri (real name "Shashikala Sheshadri") is an Indian model, film actress and dancer who mainly appeared in Hindi films. Meenakshi has appeared in 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 Bewafai, Meri Jung (1985), Swati (film), Dacait (1987), Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987), Shahenshah (1988), Mahaadev (1989), Jurm (1990), En Rathathin Rathame, Ghayal (1990), Damini (1993), Duet and Ghatak (1996) among others. Whereas she received immense critical acclaim for her films like 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, 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 was born into a Tamil family in Sindri, Jharkhand. She is trained in four Indian classical dance forms, namely, Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak and Odissi. She studied dance under Vempati Chinna Satyam and Jaya Rama Rao. She won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at age of 17. She represented India at Miss International 1981 held in Tokyo, Japan but did not place.
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