Meenakshi Seshadhri Biography

Meenakshi Seshadhri Biography 

Meenakshi Sheshadri (born on November 16th 1963) is an Indian (Bollywood) film actress and dancer who acted in more than 20 Bollywood films during her times. She won the Miss India contest in 1981 at age 17, nominated as the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India. Making her debut film into Bollywood by appearing in Painter Babu (1983); Meenakshi quickly shot to fame in Hero (1983) a film that was directed by Subash Ghai also starring Jackie Shroff. We cannot forget her in films that made her the leading lady and which brings her the awards as an actress. Films such as Jurm (1990), Ghayal (1990), Shahenshah (1988), Ghatak (1996) and most of all Damini (1993) a film that leave a mark in our mind and in which Meenakshi became a superb actress. She made her last appearance in Bollywood in the year 1997 and is married to Harish Mysore, an investment banker. The couple have settled in Texas, with a daughter called Kendra and son, Sanjosh.
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She has two children, daughter Kendra and son Josh.

She is married to investment banker Harish Mysore, and is settled in Sugarland, Texas, USA where she teaches Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Odissi.

She has learned all four main dance styles of India and performed her Bharatnatyam Arrangetram at the age of four. One of her students performed her Odissi Manch Pravesh in 2005.

She shot to fame with the hit film Hero (1983) directed by Subhash Ghai.

She won the Miss India contest in 1981 at age 21.

She is a Tamilian settled in Jharkand, India. Her father was an employee of the Sindri Fertiliser plant in Sindri, Jharkhand, India.