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Urmila Matondkar (Marathi: उर्मिला मातोंडकर (born on February 4, 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian Bollywood actress.
Matondkar, who made her screen debut as a child artist in the 1980 film Kalyug, debuted as an adult in earnest two decades later with Narasimha (1991). She established herself as a popular actress of mainstream Hindi cinema with her roles in films like Rangeela (1995), Judaai and Satya (1998), all of which earned her Filmfare nominations. These roles contributed to a change in her public persona, where she was known for her intense style and dancing skills, and was frequently featured in the Indian media as a sex symbol.[1][2][3][4]
She subsequently went on to show her psychological acting abilities, and has delivered a range of critically acclaimed performances. Among these included her roles as a psychopath in Kaun (1999), an obsessive lover in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001), a ghost-possessed woman in Bhoot (2003), and a merciless avenger in Ek Hasina Thi (2004). For her performance in Bhoot, she won her first Filmfare Award under the Best Performer category, as well as several other awards for Best actress at a number of award ceremonies. She followed it with roles in art and independent films, such as Tehzeeb (2003), Pinjar (2003), Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005) and Bas Ek Pal (2006).
Career
She started her career as an artist perhaps the best known of her early movies is Shekhar Kapur's Masoom in 1983. She made her film debut as an adult actress with the film "Bade Ghar ki Beti". She next starred in the fantasy film Chamatkar, along with Shahrukh Khan.
She went on to frequently collaborate with film director Ram Gopal Verma, who is known for his thrillers. Her first film with him was Antham in Telugu, which was dubbed as Drohi (Hindi) in 1992. Since then, she has starred in numerous subsequent RGV pictures, like Gaayam in Telugu and her first major hit, the 1995 musical Rangeela. She played a star-struck dancer in the film, and received her first Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination for her performance in the film. Following RGV projects were Daud (1997), Satya (1999), Kaun (1999), Mast (2000), Jungle (2000), Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001), Bhoot (2003), and Ek Hasina Thi (2004).
Her most notable films in the 1990s since Rangeela have been Judaai alongside Sridevi and Anil Kapoor, and for which she received various award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Satya where she proved her strong dramatic abilities.
During the 2000s, Matondkar revealed strong, dramatic and psychological features in her roles, and delivered a myriad of critically acclaimed performances. She won favorable reviews for her role as an obsessive lover in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001), and received various Best Villain nominations for her performance.
In 2003, she was part of several projects. She played the role of a north Indian girl in the background of the 1947 India partition in the critically acclaimed Pinjar; she played the title role in Khalid Mohammed's drama Tehzeeb, starring along Shabana Azmi; however, she was mainly noted for her performance in Bhoot, a horror movie. Matondkar enacted a ghost-possessed woman; her performance was much appreciated by critics and audiences and she won her first Filmfare Award under the Best Performer category, as well as various Best Actress awards at different award ceremonies, suce as Star Screen Awards, Zee Cine Awards and Bollywood Movie Awards. She later received the national honour Rajiv Gandhi Award for the film, as a recognition to her achievement in Bollywood.
In 2004, she was praised for her role as a merciless avenger in Ek Hasina Thi along with Saif Ali Khan. She played the role of a deceived woman who is jailed because of her lover, played by Khan, and later flees from prison to avenge him. Once again, Matondkar was nominated for her performance in the film.
Next year in 2005, she tried her hand with another horror film, playing the title role in the film Naina, which failed. However, her performance as the caring daughter of Anupam Kher in Jahnu Barua's art film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara was very well received, and she won her second Bollywood Movie Award for Best Actress. Following this, Mantondkar was recognized as one of India's most versatile actresses for these performances.
Apart from holding a successful acting career, she is regarded as an outstanding dancer and has been a featured performer in many Bollywood item numbers. Her best-known item number is the Chamma Chamma sequence from the 1998 China Gate. Other hit numbers include Aaiye Aajaye from the hit film Lajja. She was signed to perform the item song in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, a remake of the 1975 blockbuster Sholay. She played the role originally played by Helen.
In 2007, Matondkar lent her voice for Asha Bhonsle's album Asha and Friends Vol 1, where she performed with Bhosle the duet song "Mehbooba Dilruba". In fact, throughout the 1990s – 2000s, Bhosle sang the maximum number of songs for Urmila.
In 2008, Matondkar was seen with Himesh in a remake of the 1980 film Karz, Karzzzz.
2008 also marked Matondkar's debut on Indian television as a host of a reality show Waar Parriwar.
[edit] Awards
Won
* 2002: Bollywood Movie Award - Most Sensational Actress - Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya
* 2004: Filmfare Critics Award Best Performance - Bhoot
* 2004: 1st Annual Apsara Awards, Best Actress - Bhoot
* 2004: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Actress - Bhoot
* 2004: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female - Bhoot
* 2004: Star Screen Award Best Actress - Bhoot
* 2004: Rajiv Gandhi Award - achievement in Bollywood[5]
* 2006: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Actress - Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
Nominated
* 1996: Filmfare Best Actress Award - Rangeela
* 1998: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award - Judaai
* 1999: Filmfare Best Actress Award - Satya
* 2002: Filmfare Best Villain Award - Pyar Tune Kya Kiya
* 2002: Star Screen Award for Best Actress - Pyar Tune Kya Kiya
* 2004: Filmfare Best Actress Award - Bhoot
* 2005: Filmfare Best Actress Award - Ek Hasina Thi
* 2005: Star Screen Award for Best Actress - Ek Hasina Thi
* 2005: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female - Ek Hasina Thi
* 2006: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female - Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
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