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Arguably the biggest vamp on the small screen, Urvashi Dholakia shares her thoughts with Anuj Kumar
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As a kid I used to tell my mother I don't want to watch television, I want to be on it
EVIL TAKES A NEW NAME Urvashi Dholakia now plays Noinika in "Rishton Ki Dor"
Some say it's in her eyes, others say it's her wry smile and even others say it's her abhinaya, the mannerisms that make Urvashi Dholakia better known as Komolika of "Kasauti Zindagi Kay", the resident evil of the small screen. Interestingly, Urvashi herself doesn't know. "Ask Ektaa (Kapoor) what made her think that I ooze so much negativity that she made me a cult figure. Even her mother (Shobha Kapoor) didn't have the confidence, but she had to relent in front of her daughter's persistence," says Urvashi who started her career as a child artist.
"As a kid I used to tell my mother I don't want to watch television, I want to be in it." At the age of six, she made her debut with Shri Adhikari Brothers' (SAB) Waqt Ki Raftar. "I used to go to the sets from school and Adhikari sir would tell me go back and do your homework as soon as my shot was over. Apart from studies, I did everything at school." A naughty laughter follows. "If I start studying again I would be a brilliant student for a single reading is enough to memorise the dialogues." Now Urvashi is again working with SAB in their latest offering on Sony, Rishton Ki Dor. Called Noinika, she plays the wife of an idealistic man, who wants to rise the social ladder, any which way. "Though it's negative, it is not an extension of Komolika. While Komolika is out and out negative without any reason, here there is one. Noinika is materialistic and heartless because she had a deprived childhood. Then Noinika doesn't dress up gaudily," the smile resurfaces.
Make-up
Elaborating on the loud make-up, Urvashi says it was again Ektaa's doing. "She narrated me the entire look, I just had to portray it. As for the garish, even heroines look the same these days. The only difference is we have to put it on in every shot. Any way I am fond of getting decked up from my childhood. I used to take out the lipstick from my mother's vanity box when I was just 2-3."
Things really happened fast in Urvashi's life. At 19, when on one hand she was getting noticed for her talent with serials like Dekh Bhai Dekh, she had a broken marriage and a twin to fend for. "I toiled like crazy, sometimes working for 36 hours at a stretch. I did everything to fulfil the role of a single parent and feel satisfied. Now I want to take a break to spend time with my kids and parents."
Living in a negative character for long hours says Urvashi doesn't have an impact on her personal life. "I switch off from Komolika, the moment I leave the sets."
And how do her kids react? The tinge of gloom that had set in goes away. "Oh! They love it. Today's kids are so intelligent they already know what's going to happen next. A few years ago before an intimate scene they would say, now they will make love, now all of 11 they say now they will kiss each other." She adds, "All this talk of negative impact is nonsense. There are far too many shady things happening in real life than we see on screen."
Having done an item number in Mudda, Urvashi says that was out of goodwill. "Right now I am not interested in cinema, but can't say about the future."
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