[30] Mohammad Ali Ikram of Planet Bollywood wrote, "Urmila Matondkar as Vidhya, an aspiring singer caught in the deceptive web of Satya's love, proves she is a multi-faceted actress. Not only does she look amazing, but she acts so well it will leave you speechless. In 1995, Matondkar established herself as a leading actress of contemporary Hindi cinema by featuring in Varma's musical romance Rangeela, one of the top-grossing productions of the year. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India. Derek Elley of Variety reviewed the film commenting, "A handsomely shot drama centered on a Hindu woman's travails during the 1947 Partition, "Pinjar" ranks as one of the better Bollywood treatments of this still hot-button issue.
I have never made tall claims. She described her experience of judging Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa by saying, "I'm ecstatic about being able to be part of this show. Her hobbies include reading, acting, and travelling. She is the daughter of Shivinder Singh (lecturer) and Rukshana Sultana (homemaker). [9] Subsequently, she featured in Shyam Benegal's crime Kalyug (1980), Shekhar Kapur's drama Masoom (1983), Praveen Bhatt's Bhavna (1984), Kasinathuni Viswanath's Sur Sangam (1985), Rahul Rawail's Dacait (1987) and Kalpataru's Bade Ghar Ki Beti (1989) as a child star. She's the major triumph of Bhoot actually".
She has two pet dog named Sheru and Zorro. A remake of the 1994 Telugu film Shubhalagnam, it tells the story of Kajal (played by Sridevi), lured by wealth who asks her husband, Raj (played by Anil Kapoor), an honest engineer, to marry Janhvi (played by Matondkar), the rich daughter of his boss. "[67] After a four-year hiatus, Matondkar made a special appearance in a song of the dark comedy Blackmail (2018). The film garnered positive reviews, with six state Nandi Awards, and emerged a Super Hit at the box office. "[46] Planetbollywood.com described Matondkar as: "The star of the show is Urmila who is simply mind blowing in this film. [23] The film was India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1996, but was not nominated. ", "Birthday Special: Kamal Haasan's 60 years of excellence", "Vikram, Rajinikant, Siddharth: Meet Shankar's leading men", "Movie review: Indian (Hindustani), starring Kamalahasan, Manisha Koirala", "Why Indian 2 Could Be Kamal Haasan's Last Film", "39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations", Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, "Anaganaga Oka Roju movie review, Tollywood movie review, critic review, user review, Casting J. D. Chakravarthy, Urmila Matondkar", "100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time", "Rediff on the Net, Movies: The review of Jaanam Samjha Karo", "Jungle Review 3.5/5 | Jungle Movie Review | Jungle 2000 Public Review | Film Review", "Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya Review 3/5 | Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya Movie Review | Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya 2001 Public Review | Film Review", "Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya - Starring Fardeen Khan, Urmila Matondkar, Suresh Oberoi, Kannu Gill, Rajpal Yadav, Ravi Baswani, Sonali Kulkarni", "Om Jai Jagadish - Movie - Box Office India", "rediff.com: Movies: The Rediff Review: Deewangee", "The Films of Ram Gopal Varma – An Overview", "The Hindu : Entertainment / Cinema : Indian films a 'nonentity' at Cannes", "The Hindu : Entertainment Bangalore / Cinema : Cannes premier for Naina", "Urmila Matondkar's Marathi debut based on real life story", "Urmila Matondkar: Naughtiness and wickedness in Bewafa Beauty is very unheard of", "Sony to fill up 8 pm slot with 'Waar Parriwar, "Urmila to judge Marathi dance reality show", "Parineeti Chopra, Urmila Matondkar walk the ramp", "Urmila Matondkar walks the ramp for designer Manish Malhotra", "Urmila Matondkar walks the ramp as showstopper for Rohit Verma", "Actor Urmila Matondkar meets Rahul Gandhi, joins Congress", "Urmila Matondkar Is Congress Candidate From Mumbai North Seat", "Urmila Matondkar quits Congress citing infighting and betrayal | Mumbai News - Times of India", "CONGRATULATIONS: 'Rangeela' girl Urmila Matondkar gets MARRIED! Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama, in a positive review wrote, "the 'actual hero' of the film is definitely Urmila Matondkar, who will walk away with all laurels at the end of the day. The film underperformed at the box office, with a grossing of ₹182 million (US$2.6 million).[44]. [73] She has walked the runway for designers such as Manish Malhotra[74] and Rohit Verma. Upon release, the film emerged a commercial success. She was a studious child.
[39] The film was premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival.[59]. Urmila Matondkar belongs to a Marathi Hindu Family. She was born into a pure Maharashtrian Hindu family and has no M Urmila Matondkar made her film debut as a child artist in Marathi film Zaakol (1980). "[84] In an interview with Rediff, Matondkar described her approach to acting: I have always tried to make life interesting for myself by doing different roles that connect mainstream cinema with its offbeat counterpart. She further added,"..It is her charismatic image that stays with the audience. In 2006, she appeared in Pankaj Parashar's romance Banaras: A Mystic Love Story with Ashmit Patel and Dimple Kapadia.
She is almost a decade older than her husband with she being 45-year-old and her husband being 35 years old. In 2007, she lent her voice for Asha Bhonsle's album Asha and Friends Vol 1, where she performed with Bhonsle for a duet song "Mehbooba Dilruba". Her zodiac sign is Aquarius.She did her schooling from Mumbai and went to Pune University, Pune to pursue her graduation in arts (philosophy).