Urmila Matondkar Says Critics Dismissed Her Acting In Rangeela As Sex Appeal
Urmila Matondkar who started her career as a child actor, went on to give hit releases like Rangeela, Judaai, Satya, Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya and more. The actress recently revealed that she was not rightfully credited for th
Urmila
Matondkar
who
started
her
career
as
a
child
actor,
went
on
to
give
hit
releases
like
Rangeela,
Judaai,
Satya,
Pyaar
Tune
Kya
Kiya
and
more.
The
actress
recently
revealed
that
she
was
not
rightfully
credited
for
the
successful
films.
In
a
recent
interview,
Urmila
said
her
performance
in
Rangeela
was
dismissed
as
'sex
appeal'
while
Aamir
Khan
and
Jackie
Shroff
were
praised
for
their
roles.
Urmila
said,
"Post
Rangeela,
people
said
that
everything
I
did
was
about
sex
appeal
and
nothing
to
do
with
acting.
How
can
the
song,
Hai
Rama,
happen
without
a
person
being
a
performer?" The
actress
added
that
even
looking
sexy
requires
acting.
"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
didn't
understand," she
told
Times
of
India.
Urmila
recalled
the
critics'
reaction
to
the
film
on
release
and
revealed
that
despite
its
success,
many
wrote
nasty
things
about
her
role.
She
said
that
her
clothes,
hair
and
makeup
were
praised
and
credited
but
not
her
performance.
"Girls
who
gave
13
flops,
girls
who
were
said
to
look
like
'boys'
with
nothing
woman-like
about
them,
girls
who
did
double
meaning
songs
with
heroes...
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
didn't
need
awards," she
told
the
portal.
While
Urmila
hasn't
returned
to
the
big
screen
as
a
leading
lady
in
a
while,
she
was
last
seen
in
a
special
song
'Bewafa
Beauty'
in
Irrfan
Khan
and
Kirti
Kulhari's
film
Blackmail.
Apart
from
working
onscreen,
Urmila
joined
the
Indian
National
Congress
Party
in
2019
as
a
member.
Back
in
December
2020,
she
joined
Shiv
Sena
in
presence
of
party
president
Uddhav
Thackeray.