Indian actress
Komal Mahuvakar, better known by her stage name Rupini, is an Indian former actress who has appeared in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu language films during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Early life.
Mahuvakar was born in Mumbai into a well educated family. Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a dietitian. She started to learn dancing at the age of four from Lachhu Maharaj in Mumbai. She learnt all the forms of classical dances including Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi and Kathak in a short span.
Career.
She was accidentally spotted by the film-maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee who offered her child roles in his films such as "Mili" (1975), "Kotwal Saab" (1977) and "Khubsoorat" (1980). Earlier she acted in few Hindi movies, doing character roles under her real name Komal Mahuvakar. She started appearing in lead roles in movies like "Payal Ki Jhankaar" (1980), (1980), "Ghungroo" (1983), "Meri Adalat" (1984) and "Awara Baap" (1985).
She changed her name to Rupini after taking up acting assignments in South Indian movies like "Cooliekkaran" (1987), "Manithan" (1987), "En Thangachi Padichava" (1988), "Apoorva Sagodharargal" (1989), "Michael Madana Kama Rajan" (1990) and "Madurai Veeran Enga Saami" (1990). Though she shuffled between Bollywood and Kollywood movies but preferred to use both names. She stopped acting after her marriage to Mohan Kumar in 1995. Soon after her marriage, Rupini quit films and concentrated on her family based at Chembur. She started a heart hospital at Chembur for ailing patients and named it Universal Heart Hospital. In 2020, she made her comeback in the Tamil television series "Chithi 2".
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