25 Bollywood actresses who disappeared!

  • Anu Aggarwal: She shot to fame with chartbuster Aashiqui and did other films like King Uncle and Khalnayika. She was last seen on silver screen in 1996, after which she met with an accident and she quit movies completely. As per recent reports, she is teaching Yoga in the famous Yoga university in Munghyr in Bihar.

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  • Antara Mali: She was last seen in Mr. Ya Miss in 2005. Since then, she hasn't appeared in any films or television shows.

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  • Meenakshi Sheshadri: This beautiful actress who did close to 80 films in Bollywood and literally reigned the 1990s suddenly disappeared. She is believed to have settled in the US post marriage.

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  • Mamta Kulkarni: Mamta has taken the path of spirituality and  has also written a book on it.  She recently said in an interview that she did fall in for drug kingpin Vicky Goswami, but did not marry him.

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  • Mayuri Kongo: We all remember the girl in the song-"Ghar se nikelte hi" from  film Papa Kahten Hain. Although the film did not do well but the song got her enough popularity. She got a couple of films and later on she moved to TV. Currently she is enjoying marital bliss.

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  • Neelam: Neelam Kothari is not doing films but she is quite active on the social front. She recently married TV actor Sameer Soni.

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  • Sheeba: After a couple of films that fell flat at the box office, she turned to television. Her last serial was Chand Ke Paar.

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  • Somy Ali: Known to the world as Salman's girlfriend, she acted with Sanjay Dutt, Om Puri, Suneil Shetty and Saif Ali Khan. However, after her break-up with Salman returned to Florida and never returned back to India.

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  • Sonu Walia: Her sexy image and good looks, got her some lucrative projects.. She is best remembered for her role in Rakesh Roshan's blockbuster Khoon Bhari Maang. After a couple of TV roles the actress has gone missing.

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  • Kimi Katkar: The sex siren of the 80s and 90s who worked in hit films like Tarzan and Hum.  Katkar quit films after her marriage to photographer and ad-filmmaker Shantanu Shorey.

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  • Gracy Singh: She made a lucky entry into Bollywood with Lagaan. She then acted in another hit film Munnabhai M.B.B.S. But since then she seems to have vanished from B-town.

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  • Farah: This older sister of Tabu, entered Bollywood with great flamboyance with the film Faasle. She was last seen in a supporting role in the 2004 flick Hulchul.

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  • Bhoomika Chawla: This pretty lady made her Bollywood debut opposite Salman Khan in Tere Naam. She next did Run with Abhishek and another film with Salman. But after her marriage to Yoga guru Bharat Thakur, the actress is hardly seen on the big screen.

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  • Ayesha Julka: She worked with Aamir, Salman and Akshay and gave several hits. She was last seen in a film in 2006.

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  • Ashwini Bhave: Raj Kapoor's discovery, this pretty girl was seen opposite Rishi Kapoor and Akshay Kumar in many films, but has hardly done any Bollywood films lately.

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  • Kimi Katkar: The sex siren of the 80s and 90s worked in hit films like Tarzan and Hum.  Katkar quit films after her marriage to photographer and ad-filmmaker Shantanu Shorey.

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  • Mandakini who created a great stir with her 1985 flick Ram Teri Ganga Maili for her revealing acts, dropped out of the limelight for her alleged affair with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. She later married and settled down.

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  • Monica Bedi: Monica Bedi stayed with her gangster lover Abu Salem for many years and was finally deported along with him from Portugal.

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  • Namrata Shirodkar: She acted in films like Vaastav and Bride and Prejudice, but quit films after she got married.

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  • Sonam: Sonam went on to become popular as the 'Oye Oye' girl of Bollywood. Sonam married filmmaker Rajiv Rai and both fled India, after receiving extortion threats.

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  •  Bhagyashree:  Debuting with a super hit like Maine Pyaar Kiya, she became the most talked about actress of her time. Her condition to act with her husband only ruined her career. She left cinema but can almost always be spotted in film circles and parties.

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  • Gayatri Oberoi: Her song 'Sawariya Sawariya' and her role opposite Shahrukh Khan in  Swades would surely have taken her to heights, but  after the movie she got married and vanished from Bollywood only to be seen at parties and social dos.

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  • Madhoo: After her super hit film Phool aur Kaante and her stellar performance in Roja, Madhu would have stayed in Bollywood for quite sometime. But she vanished from Bollywood., except, occasionally appearing in small roles. However, she is very active in Page 3 circles.

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  • Mahima Chaudhary: Mahima, with her girl-next-door role in the movie Pardes rose to instant stardom. Unfortunately her films thereafter were not so successful and she gradually faded away from Bollywood.

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  •  Anita Raj: This dazzling beauty of Bollywood was a heart-throb in the eighties and nineties. She worked with almost all the big actors till her film career began to wane.

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  • Sex sirens, heart-throbs, overnight stars and even super stars-these Bollywood actresses at one point of time reigned the tinsel town. And then they gradually faded-only to be spotted in page 3 circles and cocktail parties. Have a look at the top 25 Bollywood actresses who disappeared after courting a successful career.

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