Urmila Matondkar is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her work in Hindi films, in addition to Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi cinema. She has received numerous accolades, including the Filmfare Award and the Nandi Award.
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Urmila Matondkar is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her work in Hindi films, in addition to Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi cinema. She has received numerous accolades, including the Filmfare Award and the Nandi Award. During her career as a leading actress, she established a distinctive on-screen persona, was identified with her intense style and dancing skills. She made her film debut as a child artiste in Shreeram Lagoo’s Marathi film Zaakol. Her Bollywood adult debut came with N. Chandra’s 1991 action drama Narsimha. She gained wider public recognition with the 1994 hit romantic drama Aa Gale Lag Ja, starring alongside Jugal Hansraj. She next starred in Rajiv Mehra’s ghost comedy Chamatkar, alongside Shah Rukh Khan. Her first Telugu film came with the action-crime Antham, and its Hindi bilingual Drohi opposite Akkineni Nagarjuna. She played Bhavna, an ornithologist who is in love with Akkineni Nagarjuna’s character in Drohi. In 1995 she established herself as the leading actress of Bollywood with the romantic drama Rangeela. In the same year, she also starred alongside Aamir Khan and Jackie Shroff in the action film Thacholi. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India, where it won the Best Actress nomination for the 41st Filmfare Awards. She also appeared in the musical drama Mili Joshi, playing an effervescent fun-loving friend of a street-toughen orphan, who has ambitions of becoming an actress.
She was nominated for 12 Filmfare awards including a Best Actress award for the film, including a first nomination for Best Actress at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Film Festival, and for Best Supporting Actress for the Tamil film Thaavar. In 2011, she was awarded the National Film Award for her role in the film Anaganaga Oka Roju, which was one of the top-grossing productions of the year. She currently lives in New Delhi with her husband and two children, and works as a talent judge for various dance reality shows, including Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Her husband is a former Indian cricket captain, and she has appeared in several television shows and commercials, including India’s version of The Big Brother, which she co-hosts with her daughter, Shraddha. Her son is a professional footballer, having played the role of Meenu S. Singh in the hit Indian film, Chamatkar. In 2012, she became the first Indian woman to win a BAFTA award for Best Actor in a Leading Actress category for her performance in the comedy film Chandni, starring Ravi Agrawal. She appeared in a number of independent films, including Tehzeeb, Pinjar, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara and Bas Ek Pal.
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