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Mandakini (born Yasmeen Joseph; 30 July 1963) is an Indian former actress. She is best remembered for her lead role in the 1985 popular film Ram Teri Ganga Maili.

Mandakini
Mandakini in December 2012
Born	Yasmeen Joseph (1963-07-30) 30 July 1963 (age 59) Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Mandakini Joseph Thakur
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–1996
Notable work	Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)
Spouse	Dr. Kagyur T. Rinpoche Thakur ​ ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	2

Early life

Mandakini was born on July 30, 1963, in Meerut as Yasmeen Joseph to a British father and a Kashmiri mother.^{[citation needed]} At the young age of 22, she was discovered by legendary film director Raj Kapoor and given the screen name "Mandakini".[1]

Film career

Mandakini got her first movie in the Hindi film industry when she was cast in the lead role in the 1985 movie Ram Teri Ganga Maili by film producer-director Raj Kapoor opposite his youngest son Rajiv Kapoor.[2] The film was a blockbuster, and it earned Mandakini a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress.[3] She caused a stir after she was seen partially nude in two sequences of the film.[4] She then 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 could not recreate the success of her first movie. The actress decided to bid adieu to the Bollywood industry after her 1996 film Zordaar.[5]

Controversy

In the early '90s, she was briefly linked to gangster Dawood Ibrahim, when she was seen with the gangster in Dubai.[6][7] While she admitted to meeting him, Mandakini strongly denied the rumours of any affair with him".[8]

Embracing Buddhism & Yoga

In 1990, Mandakini married a former Buddhist monk, Dr. Kagyur T. Rinpoche Thakur, and embraced Buddhism.[9] Her husband had gained fame in childhood as the baby featured in Murphy Radio advertisements in the 1970s and 1980s. The couple have a son named Rabbil and a daughter Rabze Innaya. After embracing Buddhism and becoming a follower of the Dalai Lama, Mandakini started running classes in Tibetan yoga, while her husband runs a Tibetan Herbal Centre.[10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1985	Mera Saathi	Shanti
	Ram Teri Ganga Maili	Ganga
1986	Simhasanam	Visha Kanya	Telugu film
	Om
	Jeeva	Nalini
	Aag Aur Shola	Usha
	Jaal	Madhu
	Mazloom	Meena
1987	Apne Apne	Ila
	Loha	Seema
	Pyaar Karke Dekho	Urvashi
	Bhargava Ramudu	Roja	Telugu
	Dance Dance	Janita
	Hawalaat	Leela
	Param Dharam	Bijli
1988	Pyaar Mohabbat
	Jeete Hain Shaan Se	Julie
	Shoorveer	Meena
	Commando	Asha Malhotra
	Hum To Chale Pardes
	Maar Dhaad
	Maalamaal	Honey
	Tezaab	Nikita (special appearance)
	Agnee	Ayushi
1989	Naag Nagin	Ichchadhari Nagin Chandni
	Kahan Hai Kanoon
	Aakhri Baazi	Rita
	Jung Baaz	Sangeeta Mathur/Neena Ninjo
	Na-Insaafi	Kamli
	Hisaab Khoon Ka	Preet K. Kaushal
	Desh Ke Dushman	Anita Madan
	Ladaai	Geeta Verma
1990	sheshnaag
	Shandaar	Anita Chaurasia
	Naya Khoon	Dr. Seema
	Jaan-E-Wafa
	Dushman	Laxmi
	Pyar Ke Naam Qurbaan	Gauri
	Taqdeer Ka Tamasha	Rajni
	Andha Bichar	Special	Bengali film with Mithun
1991	Antarer Bhalobasha	Jhilik	Bengali film with Tapas Paul
	Deshwasi	Maryada Shivpal Singh
1992	Pyaar Ka Saudagar	Shalini Arun Verma
1996	Zordaar	Neha

References

External links

• Mandakini at IMDb
• Mandakini's profile on Facebook

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Мандаки́ни (хинди मन्दाकिनी, англ. Mandakini, настоящее имя — Ясми́н Джо́зеф (англ. Yasmeen Joseph), род. 7 июля 1967, Мератх, Уттар-Прадеш, Индия) — индийская актриса .

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