Starting off as an unknown girl from Meerut, Yasmin was
rejected by at least three film makers before Ranjit Virk changed her name to
Madhuri and signed her up for "Mazloom". Before the film could take
off, Raj Kapoor discovered her at age of 22 and cast her in a lead role in 1985
movie, Ram Teri Ganga Maili with the screen name "Mandakini" opposite
his youngest son, Rajiv Kapoor. The movie was a blockbuster, and it earned
Mandakini a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. Her physical assets were
exploited to the full in the film which had caused quiet a stir, especially
because of two scenes in it: one in which Mandakini was shown bathing under a
waterfall wearing only a flimsy white saree through which her breasts and nipples
were clearly visible and another in which she was shown breast-feeding a child.
This movie made her the ultimate sex-symbol of Hindi screen then. Since then
she was offered dare-all bare-all lead roles.
Mandakini acted in a few more successful films, such as
Dance Dance with Mithun Chakraborty, Kahan Hai Kanoon with Aditya Pancholi and
Pyaar Karke Dekho with Govinda, but never managed to recreate the success of
her first movie.
In 1994, photographs began circulating of Mandakini in the
presence of dreaded gangster Dawood Ibrahim. Rumours had already been doing the
rounds that the two were having an affair, and the photos only served to fuel
them. One of the theories put forward was that Ibrahim, who was known to have a
keen interest in Bollywood and had financed movies, had pressured Rishi Kapoor
into casting Mandakini, and she was his mistress. Later, it was alleged that
she had moved to Dubai to be with him.
Mandakini vehemently denied all rumours linking her to Dawood.
She was extremely famous. While she admitted to knowing and being on friendly
terms with him, she claimed that they did not know each other personally, let
alone be a couple.
Mandakini's career suffered a serious setback. She quit
movies after Zordaar in 1996 and has lived in Mumbai with her husband and
children. Since then, she has made attempts to reinvent herself. She released
two pop music albums – No Vacancy and Shambala – neither of which was a
success.
Currently, she runs classes in Tibetan yoga and is a
follower of the Dalai Lama. With her husband, she runs a centre for Tibetan medicine,
which is commonly known as the Tibetan Herbal Centre in the area.
In 1990, Mandakini married a former Buddhist monk, Dr.
Kagyur T. Rinpoche Thakur. Thakur gained fame in childhood as the baby featured
in Murphy Radio advertisements in the 1970s and 1980s. They have a son named
Rabbil and a daughter Rabze Innaya Thakur.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandakini_(actress)
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