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Urmila Matondkar Opens Up About Being Discredited As An Actress

Actress Urmila Matondkar played the role of an aspiring actress in the film, whose songs are considered evergreen.

Actress Urmila Matondkar
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Bollywood actress, Urmila Matondkar, claims that she was not given acting credit for her 1995 film 바카라˜Rangeela바카라™ and that her performance was dismissed as 'sex appeal.' In the film, she played an aspiring actor alongside actors Aamir Khan and Jackie Shroff.

Matondkar stated in an interview that even looking sexy requires acting and questioned whether only intense emotional scenes were considered acting. She also discussed how, despite 바카라˜Rangeela's바카라™ success, critics continued to write negative things about her.

In an interview with The Times of India, the actress revealed, 바카라œPost 바카라˜Rangeela바카라™, people said that everything I did was about sex appeal and nothing to do with acting. How can the song, 바카라˜Hai Rama바카라™, happen without a person being a performer? Is doing a tear-jerking scene only acting? Appearing sexy also demands acting. I was not playing Miss Nothing in the film. My character of the girl-next-door transforms through each song of the film, which the critics didn바카라™t understand.바카라

Despite 바카라˜Rangeela's바카라™ success, the actress claims that "not a single decent word" was written about her, and that "everything was given credit," including her clothes and hair, but not her performance.

바카라œGirls who gave 13 flops, girls who were said to look like 바카라˜boys바카라™ with nothing woman-like about them, girls who did double meaning songs with heroes바카라Š were considered actors. But for me, being in front of the camera was a spiritual experience. To have Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar sing for me was by itself a victory. I didn바카라™t need awards,바카라 Matondkar added.

Matondkar began her acting career as a child in films like 바카라˜Karm바카라™ and 바카라˜Masoom바카라™. 바카라˜Judaai바카라™, 바카라˜Satya바카라™, 바카라˜Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya바카라™, 바카라˜Bhoot바카라™, and 바카라˜Ek Hasina Thi바카라™ were among her later films. She was last seen on screen in the Irrfan Khan and Kirti Kulhari film 바카라˜Blackmail바카라™, where she performed a special song called 바카라˜Bewafa Beauty바카라™.

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