Meenakshi Sheshadri

Acting

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Born

1963-11-16 (62)

Place of birth

Sindri, Bihar, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Meenakshi Seshadri (born 16 November 1963) is an Indian actress, model and dancer who mainly appeared in Hindi films. She was one of the highest paid actresses of her times. Her appearance in a Tamil film, paired with Prabu fetched her more credits. Meenakshi has appeared in a 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 Hoshiyar (1985), Bewafai (1985), Meri Jung (1985), Swati (1986)…

Known for

Indian Idol poster
5.7

The Indian version of the Pop Idol format.

Indian Idol

2004

Superstar Singer poster
3.0

Join us in the journey of finding the Superstar Singer - Singing Ka Kal.

Superstar Singer

2019

Meraa Ghar Mere Bachche poster
10.0

Kanpur-based, pregnant Geeta Bhargav lives a wealthy lifestyle with her husband, Balwant, and three children: Shrikant, Arun and Usha. Her alcoholic and womanizing husband is arrested for killing a bodyguard of a Courtesan and is sentenced to 20 years in prison. She is then accused of luring men into her house and is asked to move on. Homeless, on the verge of starvation, she is unable to feed her family, and Usha passes away. She decides to become a widow, gets shelter, a job, and has Shrikant enrolled in a hostel. Then her luck changes when she is adopted by wealthy J.S. Archarya, and gives birth to Kirti. She explains her situation to Archarya, who wills her his entire estate and subsequently passes away.

Meraa Ghar Mere Bachche

1985

Jeevana Poratam poster
4.0

Despite being a gold medalist, Bharath remains unemployed. When he turns to corrupt means in order to earn money, his brother comes to his rescue.

Jeevana Poratam

1986

Swami Vivekananda poster
10.0

The film is based on the life of Bengali, Hindu monk Narendra Nath Datta aka Vivekananda from his birth (1863) to his returned to India from the west (1887). It is spiritual take on Vivekananda life. Movie's focus is on Vivekananda's internal struggles and questions about the meaning and truth of life.

Swami Vivekananda

1998

Kshatriya poster
5.1

In the arid region of Rajasthan, India; there are two royal families, Mirtagarth and Surjangarh who believes in a religious ritual which states that a warrior from each of these two families will come together annually to have a fierce battle with the winner having to sacrifice a baby buffalo and it will rain in that person's territory. This tradition must be fated to carry on by the future generation as it is a rule of nature set down by their kin.

Kshatriya

1993

Film credits

1990s · 23 titles

Swami Vivekananda poster
10.0

The film is based on the life of Bengali, Hindu monk Narendra Nath Datta aka Vivekananda from his birth (1863) to his returned to India from the west (1887). It is spiritual take on Vivekananda life. Movie's focus is on Vivekananda's internal struggles and questions about the meaning and truth of life.

Swami Vivekananda

1998

Kshatriya poster
5.1

In the arid region of Rajasthan, India; there are two royal families, Mirtagarth and Surjangarh who believes in a religious ritual which states that a warrior from each of these two families will come together annually to have a fierce battle with the winner having to sacrifice a baby buffalo and it will rain in that person's territory. This tradition must be fated to carry on by the future generation as it is a rule of nature set down by their kin.

Kshatriya

1993

Ghatak poster
7.5

Katya, a ruthless mobster, rules over the town with an iron fist. When newcomer Kashi dares to challenge his reign of terror, he faces brutal consequences.

Ghatak

1996

Ghar Ho To Aisa poster
6.3

The Kumar family consists of Ramprasad, his wife, Durga; their married son, Vijay, his wife, Sharda, their daughter, Pinky; a married daughter who lives with them, Kanchan, her husband, Bajrangi, and a son; an unmarried and unemployed son, Amar. Save for Bajrangi and Amar everyone else likes to bully and abuse Sharda and make her do all the house-work, especially Kanchan and Durga who don't even need an excuse to beat, slap her, and even burn her arm in scalding hot water. Amar finds a job with Dwarkaprasad, and falls in love with his daughter, Seema. One day Amar has to be go to Delhi, and four days later when he returns home he finds that Sharda and Pinky are missing, and Sharda's mom, Devki, is dead. He frantically searches for them and comes across their dead bodies. The question remains how did Devki die, and how were Sharda and Pinky killed?

Ghar Ho To Aisa

1990

Damini poster
7.5

The theme revolves around the character Damini who represents truth and innocence. After her marriage in renowned wealthy family, Damini happens to see a cruel act done by her brother-in-law. She wants the victim to get justice, but the family including her husband oppose her, which leads her to leave the house. Soon she is helped by a drunkard, an ex-advocate, who helps her in all respect to reach to her aim and therefore justice

Damini

1993

Akayla poster
5.2

Inspector Vijay Verma finally manages to capture criminal mastermind Jojo. But Jojo escapes from jail and kills Vijay's friends for revenge, leaving Vijay determined to fulfill a vendetta of his own.

Akayla

1991

Shandaar poster
6.4

A 1990 Hindi film. Shanker comes from a poor family. He falls in love with a woman from a middle-class background named Rani. Shanker has another admirer in Anita Chaurasia, daughter of a multi-millionaire industrialist and politician, Rai Bahadur Arjun Chaurasia. Shanker comes to know the details of the wrong-doings of Arjun, and sets out to expose him. Arjun comes to know about Shanker's plans, and hires a notorious gangster named Dhaga, to dispose off Shanker. And Dhaga has never failed in any job. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Shandaar

1990

Ghayal poster
6.8

Ajay is framed by Balwant Rai for his brother's murder and sent to prison. Later, he befriends three convicts and sets out to seek revenge against Balwant Rai.

Ghayal

1990

Duet poster
7.1

Two musical brothers look for love, only to have their quest end in tragedy for one.

Duet

1994

Awaargi poster
8.5

Azad (Anil Kapoor), a mob enforcer who rescues the lovely Meena (Meenakshi Seshadri) from a brothel against the orders of both his boss and a rival gang leader. He vows to help her become a singer, and enlists Dhiren (Govindra) to help her, but things become complicated when both men fall for Meena--and the gangsters decide they want her back.

Awaargi

1990

Humlaa poster
10.0

Shiva reunites with his brother Bhawani, who was kicked out of their family home some time ago due to criminal activities, and subsequently becomes involved in the smuggling business.

Humlaa

1992

Ghar Parivaar poster
7.0

Shankar loves his stepmother and stepbrothers as his own. However, the happy family disintegrates due to the vested interests of his stepbrother's wife and a greedy moneylender.

Ghar Parivaar

1991

Jurm poster
6.5

Police Inspector Shekhar Varma lives in Khar, Bombay, along with his wife, Meena, and a school-going daughter. His office is notified that Editor Ritesh Nandy has received death threats as he come across evidence that would expose some very influential people.

Jurm

1990

Aapadbandhavudu poster
7.2

Madhava and Hema love each other but both suppress their feelings due to societal norms. When a horrific incident lands Hema in a mental asylum, Madhava risks everything to comes to her aid.

Aapadbandhavudu

1992

Amba poster
8.0

When Amba gets her son Rajendra arrested for sexually assaulting their servant's daughter, Rajendra's wife wreaks havoc into their lives as she vows to avenge him.

Amba

1990

Brahmarshi Vishwamitra poster
7.5

The story is based on the life of Vishvamitra, who is one of the most venerated sages of ancient times in India. At last, Vishwamitra penance power reaches to heights of Himalayas where he utilizes it to the welfare of the universe by preaching great Gayatri Mantra and the movie ends Vishwamitra becoming one among the stars of the universe at Saptarishi Mandalam.

Brahmarshi Vishwamitra

1991

Teri Payal Mere Geet poster
9.0

Premi loved Lailajaan and one day he finds out that she works at a brothel. Later Premi finds out that Lailajaan was an ordinary dancer and he tries to win her back.

Teri Payal Mere Geet

1993

Pyar Ka Karz poster
6.6

The Story of Ravi Shankar (Mithun) and his troubled life where he has to deal with love, infidelity and death which leads him to a life of crime..will he succumb to evil or can he drag himself out in time?

Pyar Ka Karz

1990

Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj poster
4.5

Raja, an unemployed youth, does odd jobs to support his family. When his brother, Ravi, an IAS officer, becomes a target for corrupt businessmen Nagpal and Tejpal, Raja has to save him.

Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj

1992

Aadmi Khilona Hai poster
7.8

The Verma family consists of two brothers, Vijay and Sharad (Jeetendra and Govinda respectively), Vijay's wife, Ganga (Reena Roy), and their daughter. Sharad is unmarried and is studying in college, while Vijay runs the household on his income. In college, Sharad meets with Punam (Meenakshi Sheshadhri) and both are attracted to each other. Ganga and Vijay get them married, but permit them a married life only after they complete their studies, which they do so. They are devastated to learn that Punam cannot be a mother, so Ganga lets Punam mother her child. Soon Sharad gets a job, which gets him to re-locate to another city, and there are tearful good-byes. Punam decides to keep Ganga's child with her. But Ganga has been kind to Punam and Sharad for a reason, and now the time has come for payback.

Aadmi Khilona Hai

1993

Do Rahain / Mil Gayi Manzil Mujhe poster
10.0

Directed by Lekh Tandon in 1997. While pursuing a story on a tribal uprising and its mysterious leader, a fearless television journalist and her cameraman travel to the tribal heartland for an interview and, on the way, fall in love.

Do Rahain / Mil Gayi Manzil Mujhe

1997

Badi Bahen poster
7.0

Jyoti, a girl found by the riverbank, is adopted by a gardener who works for a wealthy family. Years later, she finally finds her true identity amidst love, deceit and twists of fate.

Badi Bahen

1993

Sadhna poster
NR

Bipin and Karan sell women's clothing in Bombay. When Bipin, a chronic womanizer, refuses to marry a pregnant Sadhna, Karan comes to her rescue and marries her.

Sadhna

1993

1980s · 36 titles

Meraa Ghar Mere Bachche poster
10.0

Kanpur-based, pregnant Geeta Bhargav lives a wealthy lifestyle with her husband, Balwant, and three children: Shrikant, Arun and Usha. Her alcoholic and womanizing husband is arrested for killing a bodyguard of a Courtesan and is sentenced to 20 years in prison. She is then accused of luring men into her house and is asked to move on. Homeless, on the verge of starvation, she is unable to feed her family, and Usha passes away. She decides to become a widow, gets shelter, a job, and has Shrikant enrolled in a hostel. Then her luck changes when she is adopted by wealthy J.S. Archarya, and gives birth to Kirti. She explains her situation to Archarya, who wills her his entire estate and subsequently passes away.

Meraa Ghar Mere Bachche

1985

Jeevana Poratam poster
4.0

Despite being a gold medalist, Bharath remains unemployed. When he turns to corrupt means in order to earn money, his brother comes to his rescue.

Jeevana Poratam

1986

Muqaddar Ka Faisla poster
8.5

Muqaddar ka Faisla, is the story of Pandit Krishna Kant. A poor, but extremely honest, upright, God-fearing man, who refuses to compromise on his principles.

Muqaddar Ka Faisla

1987

Main Balwaan poster
7.0

Anil, a criminal's son, follows a righteous path and marries Geeta. After his death, Geeta has to leave their son, Tony, with her brother, who is an inspector.

Main Balwaan

1986

Toofan poster
6.1

Two brothers (Toofan and Shyam) are separated at birth by their father, a police inspector. One grows up to be a magician, and the other, the legendary Toofan, hero of the poor. His father was falsely accused of stealing millions in gold and Toofan is on a mission to clear his father's name from the police records.

Toofan

1989

Allah Rakha poster
4.2

Karim Khan is employed as driver for a gangster named Don, who has an accident with his car, and asks Karim to take the blame for it for a hefty sum of cash, which Karim does so, and is imprisoned. But Don does not fulfill his promise, and as a result, Karim's wife, Razia, and new-born son are left destitute. Razia complains to Police Inspector Anwar, who arrests Don and holds him in prison, pending his trial in court. When Anwar finds out that his new-born son, Iqbal, is in need of a pace-maker, which he is unable to afford, he makes a compromise with Don, who lets him have one. Iqbal undergoes surgery and a pace-maker number 786, considered lucky in Islamic faith, is attached to his tiny heart.

Allah Rakha

1986

Meri Jung poster
7.5

When evil lawyer Thakral prosecutes innocent family man Deepak and sends him to his death, his family is shattered--and when his son Arun grows up, he's determined to avenge his parents' suffering.

Meri Jung

1985

Satyamev Jayate poster
6.0

After a young man is killed in custody, Inspector Arjun Singh is transferred to the small town of Tehsil, where his new neighbours happen to be the family of the young man who died.

Satyamev Jayate

1987

Shahenshah poster
6.6

Inspector Srivastav is framed by a wily and cunning gangster, J.K., and unable to prove his innocence, hangs himself, leaving behind his wife, and son, Vijay. Years later, Vijay has grown up and has joined the police force as an Inspector. Unlike his dad, he is corrupt and does accept bribes to turn a nelson's eye to crime. The City Police are assigned the task of apprehending a customed man called "Shahenshah", who operates at night and targets, tries and kills gangsters in a "Judge and Executioner "style. No one knows the real identity of Shahenshah, as he is feared by the police department, and respected by the poor and middle-class.

Shahenshah

1988

Hero poster
7.0

Hero is the story of a criminal transforming and evolving as a good person under the influence of love. Jackie is a baddie with a heart of gold though, who has to settle scores with the area's 'Thakur' and his police officer son Sanjeev Kumar. So he opts for kidnapping their soft spot, Radha, Thakur khandaan's only daughter. Radha is given to understand that Jackie and his gang are police people who have taken her away to the safety of jungles because their house has been invaded by dacoits. The rest of the story is about the gang's camaraderie with Radha in sylvan spots and the discovery of truth by Radha.

Hero

1983

Vijay poster
4.4

Vijay is a story about various characters that are bound by relationships of love and friendship. How they become foes and take up weapons against each other. When Arjun and Vicky meet, they are oblivious to the fact that they are cousin brothers.

Vijay

1988

Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi poster
5.4

In a small town, Gangaa and Jamunaa's budding romance faces obstacles from Hansraj, who harbors dark intentions. Meanwhile, Saraswathi silently pines for Gangaa, as another suitor, Shanker, hopes to win Jamunaa's heart.

Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi

1988

No artwork available
6.5

Subhash, a young man, returns to his village only to find it in miserable conditions due to two tyrannical rulers. When he tries to help the villagers, the rulers send a henchman to deal with him.

Mahaguru

1985

Mahaadev poster
7.0

A cop leaves the police force due to undue criticism. He tries to live a quiet life with his family, but the anti-social elements force him to re-join the police force.

Mahaadev

1989

Dacait poster
5.5

Arjun Yadav return from the city after completing his studies to get settled in his village with his family consisting of his mother Devi Chaudaran, his older brother Amrit and sister. Arjun finds out that Amrit and Thakur Bhanwar Singh does not get along quiet well and attempts to be a peace-maker between the two. One day situation takes a turn for the worse when Amrit is killed, Devi Chaudaran loses her senses, Arjun's sister is raped and he himself is beaten and tied to a tree. Arjun is then rescued by some sympathetic villagers and run off with his childhood friend Makan Malla in the deep ravines only to turn an outlaw whose only motive is to avenge the killings of his family members.

Dacait

1987

Nache Nagin Gali Gali poster
7.0

While trying to save themselves from an evil black magician, two shape-shifting snakes who are in love with each other get separated in a crowd. As young adults, they both try to find each other.

Nache Nagin Gali Gali

1989

Joshilaay poster
6.0

Dara and Karan, the sons of two of the victims of dacoit Jogi Thakur, wait many years to exact their revenge. When the Thakur's colleague Raja Singh cheats him and runs away with his loot, Jogi is arrested and sentenced for life imprisonment. Years later Jogi escapes from the prison to get hold of Raja and take back his booty, but finds his face on all the posters in the village to find him dead or alive with a reward of fifty thousand rupees. When Karan gets to know Jogi has escaped he goes looking for him. Dara also join hands with Karan to even the score with the dreaded dacoit.

Joshilaay

1989

Gharana poster
8.3

A family's palatial lifestyle and estate are stolen from them in an attempt to frame them for a crime they did not commit.

Gharana

1988

Paisa Yeh Paisa poster
9.0

When a widow receives a letter, informing her of her newly inherited fortune, her once downtrodden life changes drastically for the better.

Paisa Yeh Paisa

1985

Inaam Dus Hazaar poster
7.7

Kamal Malhotra lives a struggling life with his mom and is employed as a salesman with retailers for a product called "Godrej", a famous hair dye. His life take a new turn when he is abducted, beaten, blind-fold and taken to a strange place with orders to have him killed but somehow he manages to flee from the killers. And then he begins a man hunt for one of the killers, whose voice he can recognize. His searches gets him framed for the brutal murder of a man called Mr. Narottam, and is arrested by the police but manages to escape and decides to leave the city via train. While on the train Kamal meets a beautiful young woman, Sonia Mehra and after a few misunderstandings both fall in love. But what Kamal does not know is that Sonia have links with a notorious smuggler, captain S.P. Singh, who is responsible for getting Kamal framed and to make matters worse the captain has plan to kill Kamal with the help of Sonia.

Inaam Dus Hazaar

1987

Dahleez poster
3.7

Dahleez is a 1986 Indian Bollywood film directed by Ravi Chopra and produced by B.R. Chopra. It stars Jackie Shroff, Raj Babbar, Meenakshi Sheshadri and Smita Patil in pivotal roles.

Dahleez

1986

Intaqaam poster
7.0

Intaqaam (English: "Revenge") is an Indian action revenge film directed by Rajkumar Kohli and released in 1988. The movie stars Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Kimi Katkar, Kader Khan and Meenakshi Sheshadri.

Intaqaam

1988

Bees Saal Baad poster
5.7

An evil spirit plots to possess a young, newly-married woman by driving nails into her legs.

Bees Saal Baad

1989

Lover Boy poster
8.2

Lover Boy is a 1985 Indian Bollywood film produced and directed by Shomu Mukherjee. It stars Rajiv Kapoor, Meenakshi Seshadri and Anita Raj in pivotal roles.

Lover Boy

1985

Dilwaala poster
9.3

Ravi Kumar is the younger brother of Judge Soumitra Devi and Mohan Kumar. He and his sister have different views and ideas. They lack understanding and that is why he decides to be apart from his sister. Raghu is the son of MLA Raj Shekhar. He marries Kamla, daughter of a poor man Ganesh on the wish of his father who wants to take political advantage of the marriage. But things go wrong and Kamla is killed by Raghu. Now, he makes different attempts to save his son from law. Now all the movie tells his attempts to save his son and Ravi's attempts to give his son the punishment. There are also other small things happening in life of other characters.

Dilwaala

1986

Main Tere Liye poster
7.0

Naive, Rinku is the sole heiress of a wealthy estate. Adopted, she lives with her stepmother, her husband, and their three sons. She is unaware that the family is manipulating her for their own gains.

Main Tere Liye

1988

Bade Ghar Ki Beti poster
10.0

Mala is the daughter of Kishanlal who works as a servant with a wealthy family. One day Mala meets with the owner of this family, who is so impressed with Mala that he asks for her hand in marriage for his fourth son, Gopal, which Kishanlal humbly accepts. As a result, Mala gets married to Gopal, and moves in to their palatial home. While Mala is extremely helpful and sweet-natured, the rest of the daughters-in-law, three of them, are quite the opposite.

Bade Ghar Ki Beti

1989

Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani poster
10.0

Shortly after giving birth to Savitri, her mom passes away, leaving her disabled dad, Dharamraj, no alternative save to re-marry Champa, who gives birth to a son, Ketan. Champa is very cruel to Savitri and severely slaps and beats her around.

Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani

1988

Swati poster
10.0

Sharda, a nurse and single mother, raises her daughter Swati as an independent, articulate young woman. Swati is a strong advocate of women's rights in a society where there is significant male domination. Swati deals with eve teasers firmly, sometimes with considerable force. When a married friend of hers gets raped in the presence of her husband, she acts as a counsellor and helps them adjust to the reality of a society that blames the victim and not the rapists. Swati takes on a huge transformation when she meets a political activist and falls in love with him. She embarks on a project of matchmaking for her mother and engineers a wedding with a widower who has a grown-up daughter.

Swati

1986

Aag Se Khelenge poster
8.6

While trying to arrest a gangster, a police officer joins hands with Johnny, one of the gangster's men who claims to be an undercover police officer himself.

Aag Se Khelenge

1989

Bewafai poster
5.5

Asha's jealousy gets the better of her when she finds out that the man she loves, Ashok, is showering attention to Vinny, a woman Asha beats up later, and Renu, a woman who has a cognitive disorder.

Bewafai

1985

Mera Jawaab poster
6.5

Suresh and Poonam are a happy couple but things change when Poonam is raped & killed by three goons Danny, Kukoo & Bunty. Now Suresh's only motive in life is to find these three and kill them.

Mera Jawaab

1985

Hoshiyar poster
7.0

Sitadevi's life turns upside down when her husband dies in an accident. To add to her sorrow, one of her sons is separated from her and grows up to be a criminal.

Hoshiyar

1985

Aandhi-Toofan poster
9.0

Notorious biker-gangster Balbir kills Inspector Ranjeet Singh. Now Sheela, his love, hires two men to capture Balbir alive and bring him to her. Is this a task for them or will Balbir have the last laugh?

Aandhi-Toofan

1985

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Maha Shaktimaan

1985

Maa Beti poster
6.0

Unaware of her brother Raghunandan's evil plans, Laxmi ill-treats her stepchildren, causing them to run away. What follows after is a young girl’s transition to a woman battling for survival, her brother’s education, and to reconcile with her long lost family.

Maa Beti

1986

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