Yasmin Mandakini is an Indian actress whose play once fascinated a millionth audience. Many viewers, holding their breath, watched a scene in which the girl bathed in the waters of a waterfall. The white sari, carelessly wrapped around her body, gradually became more transparent, thanks to this, the forms of the beauty that Aphrodite herself could envy appeared.
The actress Mandakini was able to combine sexuality and sensitivity in her game, and performed it so easily and naturally that many of her followers tried in vain to play a similar scene, but no one managed to do it as spectacularly as Mandakini did.
This episode played a decisive role in the acting practice of a 16-year-old actress. That’s how many years Yasmin was at the time of the release of the film "Ganges, your waters are muddy!"
Film practice
Actress Mandakini for the entire period of her career in the world of cinema played the main and secondary roles in more than 40 films, 24 of which have Russian voice acting, the rest are still broadcast within the actress’s home country.
The debut took place in 1985, when the last film of the legendary Indian film director Raj Kapoor “Ganges, your waters are muddy!” Was released starring our heroine.
In 1986, the rising star starred in the movie "Networks of Love", which also featured famous actors - Mithun Chakroborty and Rekha. Later in an interview, the actress noted that this work brought her great experience, since she could watch the game of such talented Indian actors.
In 1987, Yasmin Mandakini starred in the film "Dance, Dance!" again paired with Chakroborty. In the future, their tandem will repeatedly appear in numerous paintings - Commando, Enemy, Shine, Loneliness, Victim in the Name of Love, Three Friends, and others.
One of the most popular films with her participation was the film of the comedy genre “Love and Believe”, where the actress Mandakini played in tandem with the famous actor Govinda.
Mandakini ceased her acting career in 1996.
Yasmin Mandakini - actress: films with her participation (Russian dubbing)
There are, as already mentioned, only 24. The names of the films are presented in this material.
Short biography and interesting facts from life
The actress's father is English, and his mother is Indian, and the real name of the artist is Joseph.
Yasmin has siblings. In her hometown, she graduated from a female secondary school, and then a college with an English bias. Thanks to this, he is fluent in English and also knows Hindi.
Yasmin dreamed of becoming an actress from a young age, so she came to Bombay to enter the Bombay Institute of Cinematography.
At the same time, as a model, she took part in numerous photo shoots. In 1983, she won the All-India Beauty Contest, after which she was noticed by filmmakers.
In 1985, Yasmin Mandakini received the oldest and most prestigious Indian film award for Best Actress in the film “Ganges, Your Waters Are Muddy!”
Mandakini is a pseudonym that Raj Kapoor (Indian filmmaker) came up with for her in honor of the Ganges River, whose waters, according to the Indians, flow from heaven to earth. The river has the second name Mandakini.
In 1996, actress Mandakini released two solo albums, thereby testing herself as a vocalist.
Mandakini now
Yasmin is currently married to a Tibetan medicine doctor, a follower of the Dalai Lama. The family brings up two children - a son and a daughter.
Currently, Yasmin lives with his family in Mumbai. In the 2000s, she and her husband opened a yoga school, where a former Bollywood star leads yoga and meditation classes.
The latest event, covered by the press, was the news that in 2010, the Indian actress Mandakini tried herself as a producer and director and, together with her husband, released the film “The Lost Country”.