Meenakshi Seshadri was one of the highest paid actresses of her time. She had made her Bollywood debut with the film, 'Painter Babu' in 1983.
Apart from her beautiful onscreen presence and commendable acting skills, she had often made it to the headlines for her linkups, with singer, Kumar Sanu and director, Rajkumar Santoshi.
Meenakshi Seshadri and Kumar Sanu had first met on the sets of Mahesh Bhatt's film, 'Jurm'. The song, 'Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaaye' of this film was sung by Kumar Sanu and was picturised on her.
Kumar Sanu was completely mesmerised by Meenakshi Seshadri's beauty and had started dating her. Both of them had kept their relationship hidden for 3 years.
At that time, Kumar Sanu was married to Rita Bhattacharya. Soon his wife had sensed about Meenakshi and Kumar's extra-marital affair.
In an interview Kumar Sanu's secretary, had spilt the beans about his affairs. She had said, ''Kumar has many ‘girlfriends’ and for now, he is dating the popular actress Meenakshi Seshadri.''
Rita Bhattacharya had confronted Kumar about his affair with Meenakshi, to which he had clearly denied. But eventually, Kumar Sanu had acknowledged his affair with Meenakshi.
After knowing the truth, Rita and Kumar had parted ways in 1994. And with his divorce, Kumar, had parted his ways with Meenakshi too.
Her affair had started with the director, Rajkumar Santoshi in 1990, while filming for Sunny Deol starrer movie, 'Ghayal'.
After the success of the movie, Rajkumar had proposed to Meenakshi, however she had sweetly turned down his proposal. Due to the rejection, Rajkumar had got into depression.
Later, in an interview, when he was asked about his love for Meenakshi, Rajkumar had said, “I was in love with Meenakshi, but she rejected me. I wanted to marry her.”
It is also said that, Meenakshi unintentionally had given hopes to Raj that she would someday say yes to him, as they had often went for long drives and had long telephonic conversations.
After Raj had financially helped Meenakshi with the film, 'Aag Aur Suhag', he went to meet her and in an argument he had told her mom that, he wanted to marry her daughter, not sleep with her.
Meenakshi had got to know about Harish Mysore through an interview. The journalist had told her that she has a brother, as Meenkashi had wanted to settle down.
Meenakshi had met the investment banker in the Us. Harish was the journalist's brother. Since Meenakshi was travelling to New York at that time, she had decided to meet him and get to know him.
When the duo had met, it had sparked love between them. Soon the couple had got married in 1995 in a civil wedding. The couple also had a registered marriage in New York.
Meenakshi and Harish were blessed with two kids, a son named Josh, and a daughter named Kendra.
Post-marriage, Meenakshi left Bollywood and shifted to Plano, Texas. Meenakshi teaches Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Odissi at a school named 'Cherish Dance School', which was founded by her husband.