Urmila Bhatt


Urmila Bhatt was a reputed actress of Hindi cinema. She started her acting career by doing acting in Drama Theatre. She joined Sangeet Kala Academy in Rajkot as a folk dancer and singer. It was during that time that her famous Gujarati drama Jesal Toral ran to more than a thousand performances. She acted in more than 75 Gujarati films and also in 15 to 20 Rajasthani movies. She had also played character roles in Hindi films for over two and a half decades. She had also acted in various television serials. She had also been honoured with numerous awards by the government of Gujarat.

Hindi films

After her success in theatre, she started doing Hindi films. In the late 1960s she did Gauri, Sunghursh and Hamraaz. A few popular films done by her are Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, Geet Gaata Chal, Besharam, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Balika Badhu, Dhund and Alibaba Marjinaa. Other than these films, she had done several other films. In most of her movies she played supporting characters. She had acted in 125 Hindi films and also done two popular Television serials: Akanksha and Paying Guest.

Filmography

Death

Bhatt was found murdered at her residence in Juhu on 22 February, 1997. Officials suspected that robbery was the motive behind her murder.