[1] Prior to her acting career, Seshadri won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at the age of 17.
She was noted for her performances in films including Hero (1983), Aandhi-Toofan (1985), Meri Jung (1985), Swati (1986), Dilwaala (1986), Dacait (1987), Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987), Parivaar (1987), Shahenshah (1988), Mahaadev (1989), Awaargi (1990), Jurm (1990), Ghayal (1990), Ghar Ho To Aisa (1990), Damini (1993), Duet (1994) and Ghatak (1996).
[12][13] She trained in four Indian classical dance forms, Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak, and Odissi, under Vempati Chinna Satyam and Jaya Rama Rao.
[14][15] After a forgettable debut in Painter Babu, Meenakshi acted alongside another newcomer, Jackie Shroff, in Hero.
[16] Immediately after the success of Hero, she got an offer to star with superstar Rajesh Khanna to appear in a double role in Awara Baap but the film underperformed at the box-office.
That same year she appeared in B. R. Chopra films alongside Jackie Shroff and Raj Babbar in the romantic drama Dahleez, which dealt with the taboo topic of infidelity but underperformed at the box office.
[4] She worked with fellow dancer Mithun Chakraborthy in Aandhi Toofan, Main Balwan, Dilwaala, Parivaar, Bees Saal Baad Pyar Ka Karz, and Shandaar.
Her pairings with Shroff, Rishi Kapoor, Sunny Deol, and Vinod Khanna were hugely popular and often praised by the media.
Her successful films with Anil Kapoor include Aag Se Khelenge, Meri Jung, Humlaa and Ghar Ho Toh Aisa, while some others like Love Marriage, Amba, Joshilaay were box office duds.
Her role as a wife who has to face her problems after her husband gets involved with another woman gained immense critical praise.
In 1991, she appeared opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Akayla, directed by Ramesh Sippy; despite being well-promoted, the film flopped at the box office.
She acted in the successful family drama Ghar Parivar in 1991, with Rajesh Khanna and Rishi Kapoor as her co-stars.
Directed by filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi, it also starred Rishi Kapoor, Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri, Tinnu Anand, and Paresh Rawal.
[21] The same year, she was in a dance show of songs from Damini: "Bin Sajan Jhula Jholu" with Aamir Khan.
Meenakshi played the female lead in the 1996 film Ghatak: Lethal opposite Sunny Deol, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi.
[citation needed] In an interview she stated: "Coming from a very Indo-centric background, life abroad shook me, I just could not relate to the US environment.
She performs with her students at charity events and fundraisers,[7] including the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) convention in California.
She is also known for her dance sequences to Bollywood songs such as "Pyar Karne Wale" (from Hero), her one of great dance sequences in songs such as "Rock’N’Roll" and "Tu Nache Main Gaoon" - with Mithun (from Main Balwaan and Parivaar), "Teri Payal Mere Geet" with Govinda (from Teri Payal Mere Geet), "Jaane Do Jaane Do" (from Shahenshah) opposite Amitabh Bachchan, "Badal Pe Chalke" (from Vijay) opposite Anil Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, "Bin Saajan Jhula" (from Damini) opposite Aamir Khan, "Sajan Mera Uss Par Hai" (from Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati), "Mujre Wali Hoon" (from Awaargi), "Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye" (from Jurm), and "Badan Main Chandni" (from Ghatak).
[7] Her desire to continue the art and extend this culture in a foreign land led her to found the Cherish Dance School.
[citation needed] She discussed her entire career, her personal life, and her passion for dance and her stage performances.