| Urvashi Dholakia | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 (age 32–33) [1] |
| Occupation | actor, stand-up comedian |
| Years active | 1986-present |
Urvashi Dholakia (born 1979) is a Indian television actress, who is best known for playing the villainous roles, as of Komolika Basu, in the STAR Plus daily soap opera, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, which ran from 2001 to 2008.[2][3]
She also participated the reality TV series, first as a stand-up comedian she participated in the Comedy Circus 1 (2007),[3] followed by Ustaadon Ka Ustaad (2008) on Sony TV, where again she paired with Shakeel Siddiqui from Pakistan, in a stand-up comedy act; in 2009, she appeared in the Indian version of American reality show The Moment of Truth, Sacch Ka Saamna (2009).[4]
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Urvashi first acted in TV commercial of Lux soap with actress Revathi at age six.[5] She made her television acting debut, at age eight with the TV serial by Shri Adhikari Brothers' (SAB), Waqt Ki Raftar,[6] and other TV series and a few movies as a child actor.[3] Though she really started acting after her first major appearance, as actor Vishal Singh's teenage love interest in comedy-TV series, Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993) at age 14, and she has been acting ever since.
She had already acted in Zamana Badal Gaya, Mehndi Tere Naam Ki, and Balaji Telefilms serials like Ghar Ek Mandir and Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli, when she was offered the role of Komolika part of the principal cast of Kasautii Zindagii Kay in 2001, the role made her one of most famous vamps on Indian television, in a series which ran till 2008. The role got attention not just for her acting as a crafty daughter-in-law, which soon "became an unofficial yardstick to rate bad women on TV", but also for the garish make-up, saris and characteristic bindi stylings of her character.[5][7] This was followed by another dark role in Balaji's Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai (2009).[8] In 2010, she replayed her Komolika character for a TV commercial for Kolkata Knight Riders, featuring Shah Rukh Khan.[9]
In 2006, she acted in a B grade movie Chumban The Kiss, Directed by G.S. Sarasakumar.
In 2007, she acted in a Bhojpuri film, Saans Rani Bahu Naukrani, directed by Brij Bhushan, and produced by her mother.[10]
Meanwhile in 2009, she appeared as a contestant on the TV game show, Sacch Ka Saamna and made news with her candid confessions.[11] She also appeared in the celebrity reality show called Meethi Chhoorii No 1 (2010) on NDTV Imagine.[12]
Indian Television Academy Awards
Global Indian Film and Television Honours
Urvashi is half-Punjabi, half-Gujarati by birth.[13] She was married at age 16, had twin sons at age 17, and was divorced one-and-a-half years later; her sons study in a boarding school.[3][14] She also holds a diploma in Bharat Natyam dance from Nalanda University.[2]