Meet actress Rupini aka Komal Mahuvakar quit acting when at peak to get married

Meet actress Rupini aka Komal
Mahuvakar quit acting when at peak to get married

In the mid-80s, a number of young actresses tried to fill the gap left by the decline of the careers of Hema Malini and Rekha, as well as the departure of Jayalalithaa and Jaya Bachchan. Many actresses across industries Sridevi, Jaya Prada, and Madhuri Dixit arrived to fill that void left by the actresses. A rival to them was this young Marathi star, Rupini who graduated from child artiste to heroine, and then ruled the screen.

Komal Mahuvakar, better known by her stage name Rupini, was born in Mumbai in the late-60s. She began her career as a child artiste in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Mili. The director cast her again in two more films. By 1980, when Komal was still a pre-teen, she graduated to lead roles with Payal Ki Jhankaar.

In the first half of the decade, she appeared in hits like Meri Adalat and worked with top heroes like Rishi Kapoor. In 1987, she made her Tamil and Telugu debut and also adopted the name Rupini. Over the next eight years, she appeared in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films frequently, working opposite most top stars of the time. By the 90s, Komal aka Rupini had started doing supporting roles in films such as Namma Annachi.

A couple of years later, the former actress opened a hospital in Chembur for ailing patients and named it Universal Heart Hospital.

In 2005, Rupini made a brief comeback to acting after almost a decade when she played Sheetal in the Sahara One TV show Woh Rehne Waali Melhon Ki. However, films remained elusive to her. Rupini returned to films in 2020 after a 26-year gap as she featured in Chithi 2.
Sadly, the film had a direct-to-TV release so the actress was not seen on the big screen. Rupini continues to live in Mumbai and has not worked in any film since then.

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