With
films
such
as
"Rangeela",
"Daud" and
"Judaai",Urmila
Matondkar
became
one
of
the
most
popular
mainstream
actors
in
the
'90s
but
she
soon
decided
to
shift
her
focus
to
character
driven
projects
as
she
picked
"Kaun",
"Pinjar"
and
"Satya".
Looking
back
at
her
journey
in
films,
Urmila
says
making
money
was
never
her
agenda
and
her
aim
was
to
choose
parts
which
had
scope
for
performance.
"Being
a
star
means
doing
the
kind
of
work
you
want
to
do.
As
stars
we
need
to
take
risks
and
I
was
up
for
those
challenges.
I
took
risks
and
I
did
pay
a
price
for
it.
I
was
made
to
answer
because
a
'Kaun'
can't
do
business
like
a
popcorn
entertainer
or
a
romantic
film
would
do."
Urmila
On
Not
Repeating
Her
Work
"...I
could
have
earned
lots
of
crores
by
doing
hundreds
of
more
'Rangeela'
that
came
my
way.
But
I
said
no
to
all
that
and
others
did
it
and
made
money.
I
had
moved
to
'Kaun'
or
'Pinjar'.
Even
in
commercial
space
I
was
offered
exciting
and
different
parts
like
'Dillagi'.
There
was
no
repetition
in
my
work," Urmila
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
'I've
Slashed
My
Price
Several
Times'
The
actor
says
while
a
lot
of
people
around
her
were
busy
minting
money
by
sticking
to
the
cliche,
she
never
shied
away
from
slashing
her
remuneration
if
she
liked
a
role.
"I
have
slashed
my
price
down
several
times
for
films
like
'Maine
Gandhi
Ko
Nahi
Mara',
'Tehzeeb' etc.
I
did
it
because
it
appealed
to
me
for
various
reasons.
There
was
time
when
I
have
taken
nothing
also.
I
have
let
go
to
loads
of
crores
of
money
in
the
whole
bargain."
Urmila,
However,
Says
Her
Decisions
Were
Never
Influenced
By
The
Greed
To
Get
Noticed
"I
am
grateful
for
my
fans
as
they
had
put
me
up
there
and
it
was
for
audience
that
I
thought
of
giving
them
a
new
experience
every
time
they
would
come
to
see
my
films.
It's
being
said
that
we
do
same
kind
of
films
and
someone
had
to
push
the
envelope.
I
am
glad
I
did
that," she
adds.
Why
Urmila
Stopped
Doing
More
Films?
Urmila,
44,
who
made
a
comeback
to
the
silver
screen
with
a
special
song
in
Irrfan
Khan-starrer
"Blackmail",
says
she
decided
to
stay
away
from
movies
as
she
did
not
get
any
interesting
offers.
"Sometimes
there
were
offers
but
everything
needs
to
fall
in
place.
Like
there
were
times
when
the
makers
were
not
competent
enough
to
put
everything
in
the
package
together
and
float
it
the
way
it
should
be.
So
I
just
did
not
feel
to
do
it.
I
have
other
things
to
do
now
like
scuba
diving,
reading
etc.