Remember the beautiful actress Mandakini from Ram Teri Ganga Maili? she looks like this now

New Delhi: Who does not remember the very beautiful Mandakini from veteran actor Raj Kapoor’s Ram Teri Ganga Maili? Well, the actress featured in a few films before leaving the world of showbiz with very little information about her personal life. Decades later, Mandakini made a comeback in 2022 with her music video titled ‘Maa O Maa’, leaving her fans wondering what she looks like now.

Who is Mandakini?

Mandakini quit Bollywood after her film ‘Zordaar’ released in 2016. She became a follower of the Dalai Lama in 1990 and has been a teacher of Tibetan yoga. Born as Yasmin Joseph, Mandakini stunned the audience in her 1985 film debut opposite Rajiv Kapoor in the Raj Kapoor directorial Ram Teri Ganga Maili. She was later seen in a few movies like Dance Dance, Kahan Hai Kanoon and Pyar Karke Dekho.

She married Dr. Kagyur T Rinpoche Thakur, a former Buddhist monk, and converted to Buddhism. The couple has a son named Rabbil and a daughter named Rabze Inaaya.

mandakini then and now

Recently Mandakini appeared in The Kapil Sharma Show along with Varsha Usgaonkar and Sangeeta Bijlani. He talked about his professional and personal life. According to Hindustan Times, she told Kapil on the show, “The news had spread that my father had shot me. When I reached the set, everyone came up to me asking if I was alright. I didn’t know.” That’s why they are all so worried about me and I came to know about this rumor later.”

Mandakini was also in news in the early 90s for her rumored link-up with Dawood Ibrahim, which the actress vehemently denied.