Then and Now! ‘Ram Teri Ganga Maili’ actress Mandakini's latest pictures go viral

Actress Mandakini made her debut at the age of 22 with Raj Kapoor's film, 'Ram Teri Ganga Maili.

Veteran actress Mandakini has made her comeback to the world of showbiz with a music video - Maa O Maa. The yesteryear actress rose to fame with Ram Teri Ganga Maili in Bollywood. Post the success of that film, there was no looking back for her. Mandakini went on to feature in several Hindi movies and her last big screen appearance was in the 1996 film Zordaar.

In the early '90s, she was briefly linked to gangster Dawood Ibrahim, when she was seen with the gangster in Dubai.

While she admitted to meeting him, Mandakini strongly denied the rumours of any affair with him".

In 1990, Mandakini married a former Buddhist monk, Dr. Kagyur T. Rinpoche Thakur, and embraced Buddhism.[

Her husband had gained fame in childhood as the baby featured in Murphy Radio advertisements in the 1970s and 1980s.

The couple have a son named Rabbil and a daughter Rabze Innaya. After embracing Buddhism and becoming a follower of the Dalai Lama, Mandakini started running classes in Tibetan yoga, while her husband runs a Tibetan Herbal Centre.

At the young age of 22, she was discovered by legendary film director Raj Kapoor and given the screen name "Mandakini.

She caused a stir after she was seen partially nude in two sequences of the film.