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Urmila Matondkar
Date of Birth
4 February 1974, Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Height
5' 1½" (1.56 m)
Mini Biography
The daughter of a lecturer, actress Urmila Matondkar began her celluloid career as a child artiste with the film _Kalyug (1980)_. Although an average film at the box-office, her next film, Masoom (1983), about a family coping with an illegitimate member, showed her acting talents blossom and she received critical acclaim from both her fans and the film fraternity. She subsequently appeared in a number of films including Dacait (1987), where she plays Sunny Deol's under-aged sister who gets brutally raped.
Years later, Urmila then made her debut as an adult actress in N. Chandra's Narasimha (1991) opposite Sunny Deol . She then did the fantasy Chamatkar (1992/I) with the then-débutant Shahrukh Khan and Shreemaan Aashique (1993), a comedy on male chauvinism opposite Anupam Kher and Rishi Kapoor and a crime movie Drohi (1992), But no matter what films she did, while her fellow actresses Manisha Koirala and Raveena Tandon reached the peak of their popularity with blockbuster after blockbuster, success seemed to elude her.
Then she did Ram Gopal Varma's Rangeela (1995), a tale of a girl's journey in the film industry. The movie came as a refreshing surprise and Urmila gave a magnificent performance, which is no small feet alongside actors Aamir Khan and Jackie Shroff, but what gave the film classic status was A.R. Rahman's music, Asha Bhosle's songs and designer Manish Malhotra, who transformed Urmila from a Maharashtrian middle-class girl into a sexy and glamorous actress. With this movie Urmila revolutionized sensuality on the Indian screen. What most actresses hadn't managed even after a dozen hits, Urmila had achieved with only one film. And ever since, she has been associated with Asha Bhosle's sensual voice and of course the image of the sizzling seductress - in fact, she is still known for her sizzling sensuality and her stunning looks.
However, Urmila is not to be judged only for her looks. She is also an actress of great talent and skill - her performance in Satya (1998) as a modest girl whose boyfriend, the titular character, gets sucked into the Bombay underworld is one of her best ever performances to date. And since 2000, she began to play roles of depth and substance, making an impact most notably in the films Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya... (2001), Om Jai Jagadish (2002), Pinjar (2003), a drama based on India's partition, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005), about a man accused of Gandhi's murder and Banaras (2006).
As of 2006, she has acquired several assignments, both using her talents as an actress and as a seductress - she is doing Onir's Bas Ek Pal (2006) and Ram Gopal Varma's Sholay (2006), the latter of which audiences are eagerly waiting for with bated breath...
Today Urmila is known as one of Bollywood's most versatile actresses. After Sridevi, she is known to have the played the most varied characters next to fellow actresses Tabu and Mahima Chaudhry.
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Filmography
Urmila Matondkar - what members say
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Urmila Matondkar - filmography
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Karzzzz
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Urmila Matondkar, Gulshan Grover, Himesh Reshammiya
Director: Satish Kaushik
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Remake of the film "Karz". Monty (Himesh Reshammiya) is a sensational rock star and has it all except for true happiness. During one of his shows he suddenly experiences flashbacks to an accident and is informed it could be images from a past life. Monty decides to investigate this to see if he can ..read more »
 
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from 167 members
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Speed
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Urmila Matondkar, Zayed Khan, Amrita Arora
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Certificate: 
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Richa, wife of an undercover M15 agent, is kidnapped. She is planning to escape. And the only ray of hope is the telephone call she's accidentally made to Sandeep Malhotra, a total stranger.
49%
from 263 members
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Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
(2005)
Starring: Anupam Kher, Urmila Matondkar, Parvin Dabas
Director: Jahnu Barua
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Professor Uttam Chaudhary is a retired Hindi teacher who lives with his daughter and young son in the city of Mumbai. He is suffering from what is laughingly called 'old age' -- brief periods of forgetfulness, blanks in memory. Little does anyone realize that the problems are much deeper and that ..read more »
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from 500 members
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Ek Hasina Thi
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Urmila Matondkar
Director: Sriram Raghavan
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Karan, a wealthy businessman sweeps the independent young Sarika off her feet. But Sarika finds herself accidentally involved in crime, is arrested and thrown in jail. Surrounded by hardened criminals can she even trust the man she loves?
64%
from 693 members
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Tehzeeb
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Arjun Rampal, Rishi Kapoor, Diya Mirza
Director: Khalid Mohammad
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The story revolves around Rukhsana, a well-known playback singer, and her daughter Tehzeeb, who since childhood has nursed a grudge against her mother. Tehzeeb suspects that her mother, a flamboyant personality – who has always been gossiped about in the magazines and newspapers – had something to ..read more »
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from 214 members
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Bhoot
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Urmila Matondkar
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
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This Hindi thriller will keep viewers on the edge of their seats. BHOOT tells the story of a young couple who are looking for an apartment in Mumbai City. They finally find their dream apartment, high above the city on the 12th floor of an elegant high-rise building. However, after finding out that ..read more »
54%
from 594 members
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Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Fardeen Khan, Ravi Vaswani, Kanu Gill
Director: Rajat Mukherjee
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Jai (Fardeen Khan) is a fashion photographer looking for a new face. While in Goa he comes across Ria (Urmila Matondkar) a spoilt rich girl, who happens to be exercising on a cliff. He clicks a few pictures and approaches her to offer her a job as a model. However, he is out right rejected by the ..read more »
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from 180 members
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Deewane
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Urmila Matondkar, Mahima Chaudhry
Director: Harry Baweja
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Deewane is a true love story about everybody who is in love – who wants to fall in love. Sapna (Urmila Matondkar) a dreamer looking for love and finds this in Vishal (Ajay Devgan) or so she thinks.
46%
from 145 members
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Kunwara
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Govinda, Urmila Matondkar, Kader Khan
Director: David Dhawan
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A hot-headed young girl (Urmila Matondkar) decides to teach Raju (Govinda) a lesson when he mauls a friend of hers. He returns post-haste to India and meets a pregnant Sharmila (Nagma) who has been ditched by her lover (Inder Kumar). Raju agrees to go home with Sharmila as her husband to face her ..read more »
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from 17 members
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Mast
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Urmila Matondkar, Aftab Shivdasani
Director: Ramgopal Varma
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The film is said to be inspired by the crush that Ram had on Sridevi. Kittu (Aftab Shivdasani) is a young collegian living in the throes of his obsessive love for a film actress Mallika (Urmila Matondkar). So lost is he in his love for her that he is totally unaware that he is being worshipped by a ..read more »
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from 37 members
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Dillagai
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Insane Clown Posse, Urmila Matondkar, Bobby Deol
Director: Sunny Deol
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Two brothers, Ranvir and Rajvir, are as unlike as chalk and cheese. Ranvir is a responsible workaholic and a hopeless romantic whereas Rajvir loves the fast life and is footloose and fancyfree. What they do have in common is a sweet and simple college girl named Shalini - but neither realise their ..read more »
49%
from 134 members
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Satya
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: J.D. Chakravarthi, Urmila Matondkar
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Certificate: 
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Satya is the story of a man who comes to Mumbai to make a living. A series of incidents put him in jail where he meets and becomes close to a gangster Bheeku Mhatre (Manoj Bajpai). Once our of prison, Bheeku initiates him into the gang and gives him a place to live in.
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from 535 members
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Hindustani
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar
Director: Shanker
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Senapathi, a young extremist and Amiratham , a young woman who believes in Naxalite, are both part of the marathon struggle for independence sharing the same goal to see India free from the clutches of the British. When Amiratham and other women are stripped naked for burining British goods, ..read more »
51%
from 119 members
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Rangeela
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Jackie Shroff, Urmila Matondkar, Aamir Khan
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Certificate: 
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Munna is an orphan who loves Mili, a dancer. When Mili is discovered by the famous actor Rajkamal, she is cast in his next big movie 'Rangeela'. During the filming Munna feels left out and Rajkamal falls for Mili. On the night of the film's premiere, Munna leaves town so as not to get in the way of ..read more »
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from 743 members
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Bedardi
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Urmila Matondkar, Reena Roy
Director: Krishnakant Pandya
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Bedardi is a story of two brothers. The elder brother Nirbhay Saxena is a renowned professor who value his self respect more than anything else. The younger brother Vijay Saxena is in search of a job. Two lakh rupees which were to be used for their sister's wedding are robbed from Vijay's hands. ..read more »
30%
from 5 members
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Chamatkar
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Shahrukh Khan, Nasirudeen Shah, Urmila Matondkar
Director: Rajiv Mehra
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Sunder Srivastav, a teacher by career, is a klutz. He decides to re-locate to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, with the help of his childhood friend, and pays him a large sum of money, and travels to Bombay to fly out to Dubai, but finds that his friend has betrayed him. Alone, lost, and helpless ..read more »
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from 50 members
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Narasimha
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Sunny Deol, Dimple Kapadia, Urmila Matondkar
Director: N. Chandra
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Narasimha a young and captive man lives a middle class life with his family in a quite neighbourhood. He gets his beautiful sister marry to an eligible young man in there vicinity. On the occasion of his sister giving birth, he returns home to find that a conflict arise between his neighbor hood ..read more »
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from 5 members
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Masoom
(1983)
Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Pran Talwar, Saeed Jaffery
Director: Shekhar Kapur
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D K Malhotra (Naseeruddin Shah), an architect, has a happy married life with his wife Indu (Shabana Azmi) and two daughters. A bombshell drops on him when he discovers that he has a child from an extra-marital affair. He brings home his son (Jugal Hansraj) and confesses to Indu that he is his own ..read more »
43%
from 10 members
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Aflatoon
on DVD
Starring: Dinesh Anand, Akshay Kumar, Harish Patel
Director: Guddu Dhanoa
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Petty thief and con man, Raja (Akshaye Kumar) decides that the easiet way to get rich is to get married to a wealthy girl, and in doing so, he decides to change his identity to Professor Parimal Chaturvedi and teach in a college.
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from 19 members
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Bada Din
on DVD
Starring: Alok Nath, Irfan Khan, Marc Robinson
Director: Anjan Dutt
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David Dawson (Marc Robinson), a struggling Singer & paying guest of Lilian (Shabhna Azmi). Raka their poor Servant accidently witness a murder done by Local goons and they are trying to take his life. David and Lian are supporting Raka. This is a story of struggle between haves and have nots, good ..read more »
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from 9 members
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Naina
Starring: Anuj Sawhney, Amardeep Jha, Dinesh Lamba
Director: Shripal Morakhia
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A day of solar eclipse, a young girl of five loses her eyesight and her parents in a freak accident in London. Twenty years later, she is bestowed with the gift of sight. Thanks to the marvels of modern science, a cornea implant brings her vision back. Her period of darkness is over... or is it? ..read more »
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from 7 members
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Kudrat
on DVD
Starring: Akshaye Khanna, Aruna Irani, Kader Khan
Director: Raj Sippy
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Vijay Varma (Akshaye Khanna), a college student is smitten by a fellow student, Madhu (Urmila Matondkar). Vijay’s grandfather Sadanand Sharma (Kadar Khan) advises him on how to woo his woman. Fed up of his advances, Madhu complains to her father Sukhram (Paresh Rawal). Sukhram goes to confront ..read more »
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Urmila Matondkar facts
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...ious but sweet love story with a mystical component. The performances by all - Urmila Matondkar and Asmit Patel, and needless to say Naseeruddin Shah were good. Ashmit Patel...
