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	\| birth_name = Yasmeen Joseph		\| birth_name = Yasmeen Joseph
	\| spouse = Dr Kagyur T Rinpoche Thakur.		\| spouse = Dr Kagyur T Rinpoche Thakur
	\| othername = Mandakini Joseph Thakur		\| othername = Mandakini Joseph Thakur
	\| website =		\| website =
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	==Career==		==Career==
	===Early career===		===Early career===
	Starting off as an unknown girl from Meerut, Yasmin was rejected by at least three film makers before Ranjit Virk changed her name to Mandakini and signed her up for ''Mazloom''. Before the film could take off, [[Raj Kapoor]] discovered her at age 22 and cast her in a lead role in the 1985 movie ''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]'' with the screen name "Mandakini" opposite his youngest son, [[Rajiv Kapoor]]. The movie was a blockbuster, and it earned Mandakini a [[Filmfare]] nomination as Best Actress.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf \|title=Filmfare Awards \|access-date=14 September 2008 \|page=71}}</ref> She caused a stir after she was seen partially nude in two sequences of the film.		Starting off as an unknown girl from Meerut, Yasmin was rejected by at least three film makers before Ranjit Virk changed her name to Mandakini and signed her up for ''Mazloom''. Before the film could take off, [[Raj Kapoor]] discovered her at age 22 and cast her in a lead role in the 1985 movie ''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]'' with the screen name "Mandakini" opposite his youngest son, [[Rajiv Kapoor]]. The movie was a blockbuster, and it earned Mandakini a [[Filmfare]] nomination as Best Actress.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf \|title=Filmfare Awards \|access-date=14 September 2008 \|page=71}}</ref> She caused a stir after she was seen partially nude in two sequences of the film.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/celeb-themes/top-10-hottest-waterfall-women-in-bwood/articleshow/15819543.cms?from=mdr\|title=Top 10 hottest waterfall women in B'wood!}}</ref> She then acted in a few more successful films, such as ''[[Dance Dance (1987 film)\|Dance Dance]]'' with [[Mithun Chakraborty]], ''[[Kahan Hai Kanoon]]'' with [[Aditya Pancholi]] and ''[[Pyaar Karke Dekho]]'' with [[Govinda (actor)\|Govinda]], but could not recreate the success of her first movie.
	<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~://m.~~photos.timesofindia~~.com~~/celebs/celeb-themes~~/celebs/celeb-themes/top-10-hottest-waterfall-women-in-bwood/articleshow/15819543.cms}}</ref>
	~~Mandakini~~ acted in a few more successful films, such as ''[[Dance Dance (1987 film)\|Dance Dance]]'' with [[Mithun Chakraborty]], ''[[Kahan Hai Kanoon]]'' with [[Aditya Pancholi]] and ''[[Pyaar Karke Dekho]]'' with [[Govinda (actor)\|Govinda]], but ~~never recreated~~ the success of her first movie.

	===The Dawood connection===		===The Dawood connection===
	After 1989, Mandakini mysteriously stopped signing films, though she had several film releases in 1990 and eventually faded from Bollywood.		After 1989, Mandakini mysteriously stopped signing films, though she had several film releases in 1990 and eventually faded from Bollywood.
	In the early nineties, photographs began circulating of Mandakini in the presence of dreaded gangster [[Dawood Ibrahim]]. There were reports doing the rounds that the two were having an affair, and the photos only served to fuel them. One of the theories put forward was that Ibrahim, who was known to have a keen interest in Bollywood and had financed movies, had pressured Rajiv Kapoor into casting Mandakini, and she was Ibrahim's mistress. Later, it was alleged that she had moved to [[Dubai]] to be with him.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news \|first=V \|last=Gangadhar \|title=The price of fortune \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101220300.htm \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|publisher=N. Ram \|date=1 November 2002 \|access-date=15 September 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117145835/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101220300.htm \|archive-date=17 January 2010 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	Mandakini vehemently denied the reports linking her ~~relation~~ to Dawood.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1030652.cms I'm not Dawood's moll: Mandakini]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (24 February 2005). Retrieved on 2 September 2012.</ref> While she admitted to knowing and being on friendly terms with him, she claimed that they did not know each other personally, saying that "I know Dawood but I'm not his woman".<ref name="times">{{cite news \|first=Nona \|last=Walia \|title=Mandakini: 'I know Dawood but I'm not his woman'}}</ref>		In the early '90s, photographs began circulating of Mandakini in the presence of dreaded gangster [[Dawood Ibrahim]]. There were reports doing the rounds that the two were having an affair, and the photos only served to fuel them. One of the theories put forward was that Ibrahim, who was known to have a keen interest in Bollywood and had financed movies, had pressured Rajiv Kapoor into casting Mandakini, and she was Ibrahim's mistress. Later, it was alleged that she had moved to [[Dubai]] to be with him.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news \|first=V \|last=Gangadhar \|title=The price of fortune \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101220300.htm \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|publisher=N. Ram \|date=1 November 2002 \|access-date=15 September 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117145835/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101220300.htm \|archive-date=17 January 2010 \|url-status=usurped }}</ref>

			Mandakini vehemently denied the reports linking her to Dawood.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1030652.cms I'm not Dawood's moll: Mandakini]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (24 February 2005). Retrieved on 2 September 2012.</ref> While she admitted to knowing and being on friendly terms with him, she claimed that they did not know each other personally, saying that "I know Dawood but I'm not his woman".<ref name="times">{{cite news \|first=Nona \|last=Walia \|title=Mandakini: 'I know Dawood but I'm not his woman'}}</ref>

	===Later career===		===Later career===
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	In 1990, Mandakini married a former Buddhist monk, Dr. Kagyur T. Rinpoche Thakur, and embraced [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ramachandran\|first=Sanskriti\|date=2021-08-02\|title=Mandakini to make a comeback\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/020821/mandakini-to-make-a-comeback.html\|access-date=2021-08-11\|website=Deccan Chronicle\|language=en}}</ref> Thakur gained fame in childhood as the baby featured in [[Murphy Radio]] advertisements in the 1970s and 1980s. They have a son named Rabbil and a daughter Rabze Innaya Mandakini.		In 1990, Mandakini married a former Buddhist monk, Dr. Kagyur T. Rinpoche Thakur, and embraced [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ramachandran\|first=Sanskriti\|date=2021-08-02\|title=Mandakini to make a comeback\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/020821/mandakini-to-make-a-comeback.html\|access-date=2021-08-11\|website=Deccan Chronicle\|language=en}}</ref> Thakur gained fame in childhood as the baby featured in [[Murphy Radio]] advertisements in the 1970s and 1980s. They have a son named Rabbil and a daughter Rabze Innaya Mandakini.

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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{{Infobox person
| name = Mandakini
| image = Mandakini01.jpg
| caption = Mandakini in Dec 2012
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1963|07|30}}
| birth_place = [[Meerut]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| yearsactive = 1985–1996
| occupation = Actress
| birth_name = Yasmeen Joseph
| spouse = Dr Kagyur T Rinpoche Thakur.
| othername = Mandakini Joseph Thakur
| website =
}}

'''Mandakini''' (born '''Yasmeen Joseph''' 30 July 1963) is a former [[Bollywood]] actress. She is best remembered for her role in the 1985 movie ''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]''.

==Early life==
Mandakini was born in an [[Anglo Indian]] family in [[Meerut]]. Her father, Joseph<ref>{{cite web|title=Actress Mandakini with Husband and Daughter at Durga Jasraj's Daughter's Wedding|url=http://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/photos/actress-mandakini-husband-daughter-durga-jasrajs-daughters-wedding|publisher=Pink Villa|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> is British.

==Career==
===Early career===
Starting off as an unknown girl from Meerut, Yasmin was rejected by at least three film makers before Ranjit Virk changed her name to Mandakini and signed her up for ''Mazloom''. Before the film could take off, [[Raj Kapoor]] discovered her at age 22 and cast her in a lead role in the 1985 movie ''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]'' with the screen name "Mandakini" opposite his youngest son, [[Rajiv Kapoor]]. The movie was a blockbuster, and it earned Mandakini a [[Filmfare]] nomination as Best Actress.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |title=Filmfare Awards |access-date=14 September 2008 |page=71}}</ref> She caused a stir after she was seen partially nude in two sequences of the film.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.photos.timesofindia.com/celebs/celeb-themes/celebs/celeb-themes/top-10-hottest-waterfall-women-in-bwood/articleshow/15819543.cms}}</ref>
Mandakini acted in a few more successful films, such as ''[[Dance Dance (1987 film)|Dance Dance]]'' with [[Mithun Chakraborty]], ''[[Kahan Hai Kanoon]]'' with [[Aditya Pancholi]] and ''[[Pyaar Karke Dekho]]'' with [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]], but never recreated the success of her first movie.

===The Dawood connection===
After 1989, Mandakini mysteriously stopped signing films, though she had several film releases in 1990 and eventually faded from Bollywood.
In the early nineties, photographs began circulating of Mandakini in the presence of dreaded gangster [[Dawood Ibrahim]]. There were reports doing the rounds that the two were having an affair, and the photos only served to fuel them. One of the theories put forward was that Ibrahim, who was known to have a keen interest in Bollywood and had financed movies, had pressured Rajiv Kapoor into casting Mandakini, and she was Ibrahim's mistress. Later, it was alleged that she had moved to [[Dubai]] to be with him.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |first=V |last=Gangadhar |title=The price of fortune |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101220300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |publisher=N. Ram |date=1 November 2002 |access-date=15 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117145835/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101220300.htm |archive-date=17 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mandakini vehemently denied the reports linking her relation to Dawood.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1030652.cms I'm not Dawood's moll: Mandakini]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (24 February 2005). Retrieved on 2 September 2012.</ref> While she admitted to knowing and being on friendly terms with him, she claimed that they did not know each other personally, saying that "I know Dawood but I'm not his woman".<ref name="times">{{cite news |first=Nona |last=Walia |title=Mandakini: 'I know Dawood but I'm not his woman'}}</ref>

===Later career===
Mandakini's career suffered a serious setback. She quit movies after ''[[Zordaar]]'' in 1996 and has lived in [[Mumbai]] with her husband and children. Since then, she has made attempts to reinvent herself. She released two pop music albums – ''No Vacancy'' and ''Shambala'' – neither of which was a success.

Currently, she runs classes in [[Tibet]]an [[yoga]] and is a follower of the [[Dalai Lama]]. With her husband, she runs a centre for Tibetan medicine, which is commonly known as the Tibetan Herbal Centre in the area.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Meet-Mandakini-the-spiritual-guide/articleshow/1294154.cms Meet Mandakini, the spiritual guide]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (14 November 2005). Retrieved on 2 September 2012. Currently she lives in Guest House in south Delhi.</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1990, Mandakini married a former Buddhist monk, Dr. Kagyur T. Rinpoche Thakur, and embraced [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramachandran|first=Sanskriti|date=2021-08-02|title=Mandakini to make a comeback|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/020821/mandakini-to-make-a-comeback.html|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> Thakur gained fame in childhood as the baby featured in [[Murphy Radio]] advertisements in the 1970s and 1980s. They have a son named Rabbil and a daughter Rabze Innaya Mandakini.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role!!Other notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985||''[[Mera Saathi]]''||Shanti
|-
|''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]''||Ganga ||
|-
| rowspan="6" |1986||''[[Simhasanam (1986 film)|Simhasanam]]''||Visha Kanya||Telugu film
|-
|''[[Om (1986 film)|Om]]''|| ||
|-
|''[[Jeeva (1986 film)|Jeeva]]''||Nalini||
|-
|''[[Aag Aur Shola]]''||Usha ||
|-
|''[[Jaal (1986 film)|Jaal]]''||Madhu ||
|-
|''[[Mazloom]]''||Meena ||
|-
| rowspan="7" |1987||''[[Apne Apne]]''||Ila ||
|-
|''[[Loha (1987 film)|Loha]]''||Seema ||
|-
|''[[Pyaar Karke Dekho]]''||Urvashi ||
|-
|''[[Bhargava Ramudu]]''||Roja || Telugu
|-
|''[[Dance Dance (film)|Dance Dance]]''||Janita||
|-
|''[[Hawalaat (1987 film)|Hawalaat]]''||Leela||
|-
|''[[Param Dharam]]''||Bijli ||
|-
| rowspan="9" |1988||''[[Pyaar Mohabbat]]''|| ||
|-
|''[[Jeete Hain Shaan Se]]''||Julie ||
|-
|''Shoorveer''||Meena ||
|-
|''[[Commando (1988 film)|Commando]]''||Asha Malhotra||
|-
|''[[Hum To Chale Pardes]]''|| ||
|-
|''[[Maar Dhaad]]''|| ||
|-
|''[[Maalamaal]]''||Honey ||
|-
|''[[Tezaab]]''||Nikita (special appearance) ||
|-
|''[[Agnee (1988 film)|Agnee]]''||Ayushi ||
|-
| rowspan="8" |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 ||
|-
| rowspan="8" |1990||''[[Sheshnaag (film) |sheshnaag]]''|| ||
|-
|''Shandaar''||Anita Chaurasia ||
|-
|''[[Naya Khoon]]''||Dr. Seema ||
|-
|''Jaan-E-Wafa''|| ||
|-
|''[[Dushman (1990 film)|Dushman]]''||Laxmi ||
|-
|''[[Pyar Ke Naam Qurbaan]]''||Gauri ||
|-
|''[[Taqdeer Ka Tamasha]]'' || Rajni ||
|-
|''[[Andha Bichar]]''||Special||Bengali film with Mithun
|-
| rowspan="2" |1991||''[[Antarer Bhalobasha]]''||Jhilik||Bengali film with [[Tapas Paul]]
|-
|''Deshwasi'' || Maryada Shivpal Singh ||
|-
|1992||Pyaar Ka Saudagar||Shalini Arun Verma ||
|-
|1996 ||''[[Zordaar]]'' ||Neha||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Mandakini}}
* {{IMDb name|0541597|Mandakini}}
* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/MANDAKINI/140146932677875 Mandakini's profile on Facebook]

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