She started her career as a child artist; perhaps the best known of her early movies is the 1983 Masoom. Her first big hit was the 1995 Rangeela, in which she played a star-struck dancer. She was nominated for a Filmfare Best Actress Award for her work in Rangeela. This was her first film for director Ram Gopal Varmabut not her last. She has starred in many subsequent RGV pictures, such as Daud, Satya, Kaun, Mast, Jungle, and Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya.
Her biggest hits since Rangeela have been Judaai and Bhoot. She also turned in a strong dramatic performance in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya in 2001, for which she was nominated to the Filmfare Best Villain Award.
Urmila is an outstanding dancer and has been a featured performer in many Bollywood 'item numbers', in which a star gives a cameo performance in a song-and-dance number. Perhaps her best-known item number is the 'Chamma Chamma' sequence from the 1998 China Gate. A brief Westernized version of Chamma Chamma appeared in Baz Luhrmans 2001 film musical, Moulin Rougeminus Urmila.
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.
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.
In 2008, also marked Matondkar's debut on Indian television as a host of a reality show Waar Parriwar.
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
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
Name : Urmila Matondkar
Date of Birth : 4th February 1974
Birth Place : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height : 5' 4"
Nationality : Indian
Profession : Actress, Television presenter
Education : Studied at Pune Univrsity
Intrest in : Star-struck dancer
Debut Film : Bade Ghar ki Beti (Hindi)
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