She trained in four Indian classical dance forms, Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak, and Odissi, under Vempati Chinna Satyam and Jaya Rama Rao. Meenakshi Seshadri was born as Shashikala Seshadri in a Tamil Brahmin family in Sindri, Bihar (now in Jharkhand). 5 Documentaries and television appearances.A documentary was made about her life, titled Meenakshi Accept Her Wings. She also performed at the Khajuraho Dance Festival in the 1990s.Īfter the release of her film Ghatak, she left the film industry to raise her children in the United States with her husband, where she runs the Cherish Dance School. She received particular critical acclaim for Swati (1986), Dahleez (1986), Satyamev Jayate (1987), Awaargi (1990) and Damini (1993). She became one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses in the 1980s and 1990s, and was acknowledged for several of her performances, her beauty, and her accomplished dancing.
She won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at the age of 17. Meenakshi Sheshadri (born as Shashikala Sheshadri, 16 November 1963) is a former Indian actress, model and dancer who mainly appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu-language films.