Mandakini, whose bold scenes in the 1985 blockbuster Ram Teri Ganga Maili led to a huge controversy, was linked to the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in the early '90s.
The rumours gathered popularity after a late-night video from a Pakistani YouTuber speculated about mobster Dawood Ibrahim's poisoning and hospitalisation based on unsubstantiated social media sources.
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is among the most wanted criminals in India for being one of the masterminds behind the 1993 Mumbai blasts. He has been designated a global terrorist by the United Nation. He runs an international terrorist network, named D-Company, with his associates like Anees Ibrahim Shaikh, Chhota Shakeel, Javed Chikhna and Tiger Memon.