Urmila Bhatt

Urmila Bhatt
Urmila Bhatt
Born	1934; Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Died	22 February 1997; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	(1967–1995)

Urmila Bhatt (born 1934, in Dehradun) 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 (1960s to early 1990s). 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 (1968), Sunghursh (1968), Hamraaz (1967). A few popular films done by her are Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se(1978), Geet Gaata Chal(1975), Besharam (1978), Ram Teri Ganga Maili(1985), Balika Badhu(1976), Dhund(1973), Alibaba Marjinaa,(1977). 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 (1989), Paying Guest(1985).

Filmography

Film	Year	Character
Paappi Devataa	1995	Mrs. Khan
Sajan Ka Dard	1995
Samaj	1995
Jai Maa Karwa Chauth	1994	Shanti
Professor Ki Padosan	1993	Shobha's Mother
Izzat Ki Roti	1993	Mrs. Ram Prasad
Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraee	1993
Zakhmi Rooh	1993	Shekhar's mother
Apradhi	1992	Mrs. Vishamber Nath
Angaar	1992	Manager – St. Mary's Orphanage
Jigarwala	1991	Sohni's mother
Shadyantra	1990	Hira's mother
Amiri Garibi	1990	Mrs. Laxmi Narayan
Ghar Ho To Aisa	1990	Neeta's mother-in-law
Jaan-E-Wafa	1990
Karishma Kali Kaa	1990	Shiv's mother
Karishma Kismat Ka	1990
Bahurani	1989	Ganga (Madhuri's mother)
Abhimanyu	1989	Savitri (Shyam Lal's wife)
Touhean	1989	Gomtibai
Bade Ghar Ki Beti	1989	Mrs. Kishan Lal
Clerk	1989	Geeta
Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe	1989
Hum Intezaar Karenge	1989	Jyoti's mother
Ek Naya Rishta	1988	Mrs. Saxena
Mulzim	1988	Mrs. Bhushan
Superman	1987	Superman's Dad
Kalyug Aur Ramayan	1987	Mrs. Sharma
Insaniyat Ke Dushman	1987	Sheetal
Mera Karam Mera Dharam	1987	Shivani Sharma
Muddat	1986	Mrs. Vikram Singh
Kaanch Ki Deewar	1986	Jaswant's mother
Mera Haque	1986	Amar's dadimaa
Alag Alag	1985	Rajni
Lallu Ram	1985	Raju's mother
Maha Shaktimaan	1985	Maharani Ahilya P. Singh
Ram Teri Ganga Maili	1985	Rajeshwaribai
Bewafai	1985	Mrs. Harihar Nath
Karishma Kudrat Kaa	1985	Vijay's mother
Phaansi Ke Baad	1985	Sapna's mother
Aaj Ki Awaz	1984	Mrs. Varma
Tohfa	1984
Qaidi	1984	Mrs. Jugran (Dinesh's mother)
Raaj Tilak	1984	Durga Singh
Shapath	1984	Vijay's mother
Sweekar Kiya Maine	1983	Dindayal's wife
Mahaan	1983	Guru's Foster Mother
Hero	1983	Sandhya Mathur
Rishta Kagaz Ka	1983	Mrs. Kaul
Swami Dada	1982	Suresh's mother
Deedar-E-Yaar	1982	Mrs. Changezi
Nikaah	1982	Mrs. Ahmed
Badle Ki Aag	1982	Geeta's Foster Mother
Meharbaani	1982
Teesri Aankh	1982	Inspector Om's wife
Baghavat	1982	Amar's foster mother
Dulha Bikta Hai	1982	Mrs. Walia
Brij Bhoomi	1982
Meri Aawaz Suno	1981	Mrs. Kaminidevi Kumar
Itni Si Baat	1981	Brothel Madame
Ladies Tailor	1981	Mehboob's Mother
Chhaya	1981
Jwala Daku	1981
Madine Ki Galian	1981
Poonam	1981	Chander's & Sudha's mother
Kismet	1980	Ganga's Mother
Be-Reham	1980	Chandramohan's Mother
Thodisi Bewafaii	1980	Sujata Choudhary
Manokaamnaa	1980	Mrs. Kashyap
The Burning Train	1980	Mrs. Jagmohan (Randhir's mother)
Premika	1980
Geet Gaata Chal	1980	Ganga
Patthar Se Takkar	1980	Radha P. Chand
Ram Balram	1980	Saraswati
Sayyed Waris Shah	1980
Tarana	1979
Raadha Aur Seeta	1979	Mrs. R.B. Verma
Manzil	1979	Mrs. Khosla
Shikshaa	1979	Laxmi D. Gupta
Aakhri Kasam	1979	Zamindar's wife
Chambal Ki Rani	1979
Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin	1979	Mrs. Sharda M. Agarwal (Nirmala's mother)
College Girl	1978
Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se	1978	Ruby Fernandes
Badaltey Rishtey	1978	Mrs. Raghuvir Singh
Atithee	1978	Mrs. M. Kumar
Besharam	1978
Dillagi	1978	Ramesh's mother
Kaala Aadmi	1978
Phaansi	1978	Mrs. Mahendra Pratap Singh
Toote Khilone	1978
Jay-Vejay: Part – II	1977	Maharani of Malwa
Alibaba Marjinaa	1977	Alibaba's mother
Dildaar	1977	Laxmi C. Lal
Kabita	1977
Bhojpuri Film - Dangal	1977	Thakurain
Videsh	1977	Sudha P. Sinha
Udhar Ka Sindur	1976	Janki
Hera Pheri	1976	Sudha
Balika Badhu	1976	Amal's mother
Do Anjaane	1976	Mrs. Shivani Somesh Dutt
Khalifa	1976	Shanta D. Sharma
Maa	1976
Santu Rangili	1976
Sati Jasma Odan	1976
Tapasya	1976
Dharam Karam	1975	Ganga
Pratiggya	1975	Mrs. D. Singh
Chori Mera Kaam	1975	Mrs. Parvati Rathod
Jaan Hazir Hai	1975
Jogidas Khuman	1975
Kaam Shastra	1975
Tanariri	1975
Toofan	1975
Uljhan	1975	Laxmi
Zorro	1975	Maharani
Call Girl	1974	Mrs. Sonachand
36 Ghante	1974	Vijay's Mother
Dhuen Ki Lakeer	1974
Jheel Ke Us Paar	1973	Prabha Devi
Dhund	1973	Mrs. Singh
Koshish	1972	Mrs. Gupta
Preetam	1971	Urmila Sinha
Phir Bhi	1971
Gauri	1968	Basanti
Sunghursh	1968	Kunti G. Prasad
Hamraaz	1967	Mrs. Tejpal

Death

Urmilla Bhatt was found murdered at her residence in Juhu, Mumbai on 22 February 1997. Her death came to light when a family friend Vikram Parikh came to see her. Bhatt's neighbour told Vikram that the maid servant went back after ringing the door bell for long time in the morning. Parikh immediately called Mrs. Bhatt's daughter Rachana, who found the house robbed and her mother dead. Her husband was away in Baroda. Police suspected robbery to be the motive.^[3]