Mamta Kulkarni: ‘I Have Not Come Back For Bollywood’

‘I
have
no
connection
with
the
D
(drug)
world.’

“I
have
not
come
back
for
Bollywood
and
I
am
not
planning
to
make
a
return
as
an
actress,”
Mamta
Kulkarni
says,
as
she
returns
to
Mumbai
after
25
years.

She
also
chooses
to
clear
the
air
about
her
connection
with
drug
baron
Vicky
Goswami
and
says,
“I
have
no
connection
with
the
D
(drug)
world,
as
I
never
met
these
people.
Yes,
I
got
connected
with
Vicky
Goswami.
In
1996,
my
spiritual,
journey
started
and
a
guru
came
into
my
life
during
that
time.”

“When
he
was
in
jail
in
Dubai,
Vicky
asked
me
to
come
and
meet
him.
When
I
met
him,
I
spent
12
years…’mai
dhayn
tap
aur
puja
path
is
mein
agarasar
ho
gayi‘
and
when
he
came
out
of
jail
in
2012,
all
my
desires
were
finished
by
that
time.
Either
fall
in
love
or
get
married,
nothing
was
left.

“He
came
out
of
jail
and
I
had
decided
until
he
would
come
out,
I
won’t
go
back
to
India.
Then
he
went
to
Kenya
and
I
came
to
India
for
the
Kumbh
Mela
around
2012-2013.
I
went
straight
to
Allahabad
(now
Prayagraj)
from
Dubai
for
10
days
and
then
went
back
to
Dubai.”

In
2017,
the
Thane
police
issued
a
non-bailable
warrant
against
Mamta
Kulkarni
and
Vicky
Goswami
in
connection
with
a
drug
haul
case.

In
January,
Goswami,
Ibrahim
and
Baktash
Akasha
as
well
as
Gulam
Hussein
were
extradited
from
Kenya
to
the
US.
All
of
them
were
arrested
in
November
2014
in
a
sting
operation
by
US
Drug
Enforcement
Agency
agents
posing
as
Colombian
drug
dealers.

“Vicky
went
back
to
Kenya,
and
once
or
twice,
I
went
to
meet
him
and
came
back
to
Dubai.
He
had
already
been
accused
in
Kenya
and
I
was
not
with
him
during
that
time.
2016-2024

se
apne
liye
tapsaya
kiya.”
she
added.

“Now
I
am
not
in
touch
with
him.
I
last
contacted
him
in
2016.”

Mamta
recently
took
to
her
Instagram
account
to
share
that
she
has
arrived
in
Mumbai.
In
the
video,
Mamta
expressed
her
feelings
of
nostalgia
and
emotion
as
she
revisited
her
homeland.

She
shared
that
her
journey
out
of
India
began
in
2000.

Mamta
said
she
became
emotional
when
the
flight
was
about
to
land,
seeing
her
country
from
above
for
the
first
time
in
over
two
decades.
She
also
teared
up
while
stepping
out
of
Mumbai’s
international
airport.

Mamta
gained
fame
in
the
1990s
with
her
films
like

Karan
Arjun
and

Baazi.