India, May 19 -- In the recent past, instances involving several top names from the Hindi film industry, including Karan Johar and David Dhawan, being threatened by underworld gangsters in the 90s have come to light. Bollywood's association with the mafia was at its peak during the 1980s and 1990s, and it was around this time that actor Sakshi Shivanand had a brush with the underworld-an incident that ultimately impacted her career in Hindi films.

Sakshi made her acting debut in Telugu cinema with the 1993 release Anna Vadina. She then moved to Hindi films and starred in projects like Vinod Khanna's Janam Kundli, Mahesh Bhatt's Papa Kehte Hain, and Dharmendra's Jeeo Shaan Se. However, she did not find much success in Bollywood and eventu...