Urmilla Kothare


Urmilla Kanetkar Kothare is an Indian film actress in Marathi cinema, and television. She is known for her roles in the Marathi films Duniyadari, Shubha Mangal Saavadhan, Ti Saddhya Kay Karte and Hindi TV serials Maayka and Mera Sasural and the Marathi serials Asambhav, Uun Paus and Goshta Eka Lagnachi. She is a classical dancer and made her Telugu cinema debut in 2014 with Welcome Obama.

Career

Born in Pune, Kanetkar is a trained kathak dancer, and has a Master of Arts degree in it. She has taken lessons in Bhubaneshwar from Sujata Mahapatra for Odissi as well. In 1997, she participated in the program held for Fiftieth Independence Day Celebrations for India. She went to St Xaviers in Mumbai and completed her BA degree there.
Shubh Mangal Savdhan was her debut film and Tujhya Veena her debut TV series. Aai Shappath..! and Savalee were her next films. Luckily, she had experienced actress Reema Lagoo in these three movies. Additionally, during her debut movie she also met Adinath Kothare. He was an assistant director in that movie. They got married in 2011.

TV serials

SerialChannelLanguageRole
MaaykaZee TVHindiRaji
Mera SasuralSahara OneHindi
AsambhavZee MarathiMarathiShubhra/Paravati
Gosht Eka LagnachiStar PravahMarathi
VeghSaam MarathiMarathi
Breathe Amazon Prime VideoHindiMargaret Mascarenhes

Films

Denotes films that have not yet been released

YearMovieRoleNote
2006Shubha Mangal SaavadhanSupriya
2006Savalee
2006Aai Shappath..!Devaki
2011Mala Aai Vhhaychy!Yashodha
2011Dubhangg
2013DuniyadariMinu
2013Thodi Khatti Thodi HattiIravati
2013Welcome ObamaYashodhaTelugu film
2014Time PassSpruha
2014Baavare Prem HeAnanya
2014AnvattMadhura
2014Pyaar Vali Love StoryNandini
2015Timepass 2Spruha
2016GuruMango Dolly
2017Ti Saddhya Kay KarteRadhika
2017VithaVithabai Narayangaonkar
2020Ekda Kay ZalaUpcoming

Awards

Zee Marathi awards

Nominated