Meet actress who dated underworld don, a filmmaker was allegedly killed because of her, she later married monk; Her name is…

Filmmaker, the showman of Bollywood, Raj Kapoor, redefined cinema through his path-breaking movies. He launched several actors and the list of heroines is bigger as they all have set the screen on fire. One of those actresses is Yasmeen Joseph Thakur. You must be wondering who she is. At the age of 16, Raj Kapoor discovered her and gave her the screen name Mandakini. Her first movie was Ram Teri Ganga Maili in 1985. She was paired opposite Rajiv Kapoor.

For this movie, Mandakini also got Best Actress award. The scenes in the movie went viral as she was seen partially nude in two sequences.

Mandakini linked with Dawood Ibrahim

Apart from her professional life, she was also in the headlines for her personal life. There were reports that suggested the veteran actress was linked with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. They were romantically involved, said the source. Another report also claimed that Dawood and Mandakini were married, and they had a kid.

Dawood reportedly killed a filmmaker who was not casting Mandakini as a lead actress in his film.

Amid all this, the 1993 Bomb blast took place and Dawood was the key suspect in the case. He left Mumbai and shifted to Dubai. However, the actress went underground after the incident took place, and later she was given a clean chit in this case. Mandakini strongly denied the rumours of any affair with him.

She clearly stated in an interview, “I don’t want people to connect me with Dawood any more or even think of that unfortunate episode. That’s in the past now. I feel very bad that the media still wants to cash in on my name and make it as controversial as possible… I cleared my stand at that point of time. After some time, you get irritated. If you want to clean your image, it does not mean you have to give a statement every six months”.

Mandakini married a monk

After a few years, Mandakini followed a spiritual path and became a follower of Dalai Lama. After embracing Buddhism, she married former Buddhist monk, Dr. Kagyur T. Rinpoche Thakur. The couple have a son named Rabbil and a daughter Rabze Innaya.

She became a yoga instructor and started running classes in Tibetan yoga.

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