Varsha Usgaonkar

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Varsha Usgaonkar
Varsha-Usgaonkar-Crop.jpg
Usgaonkar in March 2015
Born (1968-02-28) 28 February 1968 (age 55)
Usgao, Goa, India
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
  • singer
Years active1987–present
Spouse(s)
Ajay Shankar Sharma
(
m. 2000)
Parent(s)
RelativesManisha Usgaonkar
Tosha Usgaonkar (Siblings)
Ravi Shankar Sharma (father-in-law)

Varsha Usgaonkar (born 28 February 1968[1]) is an Indian actress, model and singer. She has worked in various Marathi as well as Hindi movies as a leading actress. During the 1990s, she was the most popular actress in Marathi cinema.[2]

Career[edit]

Usgaonkar first shot to fame in 1984 as the lead heroine in the super-hit Marathi stage play Brahmachari. Subsequently, she quickly rose to become one of the top actresses in the Marathi film industry with super-hit productions such as Gammat Jammat,[3] Hamal De Dhamal, Saglikade Bombabomb, Sawat Majhi Ladki, Shejari Shejari, Ek Hota Vidushak, Lapandav and Aflatoon. She starred as a lead actress in the Bollywood films, Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi and Pathreela Raasta. In 2005, she appeared in the Bollywood films Mangal Pandey: The Rising and Mr Ya Miss as a supporting actress.

In the Faisal Saif-directed controversial Hindi feature film, Jigyaasa, she played the role of a "mother" to Hrishitaa Bhatt. Usgaonkar started her television career in 1988 playing the role of Uttara, wife of Abhimanyu and mother of Parikshit, (the future of the Bharat Dynasty TV serial Mahabharata).[4] The role led her to many Hindi movie offers and most of them failed to create box office success. She also played "Roopmati" (Snake Queen) in the 1994 TV serial Chandrakanta. She has appeared in the Marathi shows Aakash Zep and Eka Mekansathi and has acted in the Hindi television serials Alvida Darling,[5] Tanha and Anhonee.

One of her most prominent performances was on the TV serial Jhansi Ki Rani in the 1990s on Doordarshan, where she played the lead character of Rani Lakshmibai. Usgaonkar is also a singer and has sung in a Konkani music album Roop Tujem Laita Pixem, with Ulhas Buyao.[6] She is currently playing the supporting role of Nandini Yashwant Shirke-Patil in Star Pravah's popular serial Sukh Mhanje Nakki Kay Asta.

Personal life[edit]

Usgaonkar with husband Ajay Sharma in 2014

Usgaonkar is a Konkani speaker born and raised in Goa.[7][8] She is the daughter of Goa's former deputy speaker, A. K. S. Usgaonkar. She has two sisters, Tosha Kurade and Manisha Tarcar.[9]

Usgaonkar married Ajay Sharma, son of Indian film music director, Ravi Shankar Sharma in March 2000.[10]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Language Medium
2022 Sher Shivraj Badi Begum Marathi Film
2020–present Sukh Mhanje Nakki Kay Asta Nandini Yashwant Shirke-Patil (Maisaheb) Marathi Television series
2019 Benddkar[11] Konkani Film
2018 Janvoy No.1 Konkani Film
2017 Bhavishyachi Aishi Taishi Marathi Film
2017 Jamai Raja Kritika Khurana[12] Hindi Television series
2016 Ardhangini Ek Ardhsatya Hindi Film
Kangana Rajasthani
2014 Super Nani Hindi
2013 Naam Unreleased
2013 Duniyadari Rani Maa Marathi
2011 Arjun Marathi
2009 Man Udhan Varyache Nikhil's Mother Marathi
2006 Jigyaasa Teacher Malini Mathur Hindi
2005 Mr Ya Miss Devi Parvati Hindi
2005 The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey Rani Laxmibai Hindi
2004 Hatya: The Murder Kavita Jaiswal Hindi
2001 Style Police Inspector Hindi
2001 Vishnu Puran Mohini Hindi Television series
1999 Sei To Abar Kache Ele Bengali Film
1999 Chehraa Hindi
1999 Ladhaai Sunita Nadkarni Marathi
1999 Rang Premacha Marathi
1998 Haste Hasate Hindi
1997 Ghar Jamai Miss Chamcham Hindi Television series

Episode 20

1996 Muqadama Seema Hindi Film
1996 Shohrat Hindi
1995 Aahat Season 1 Hindi Television series

Episode 286-The Mud

1994 Pathreela Raasta Mona Hindi Film
1993 Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi Radha Hindi
1993 Insaniyat Ke Devta Husna Bano Hindi
1993 Khal-Naaikaa Varsha Sharma Hindi
1993 Hasti Anita Hindi
1993 Lapandav Rasika Samarth Marathi
1993 Parwane Suzie Hindi
1993 Tirangaa Shanti Hindi
1993 Ek Hota Vidushak Menaka Marathi
1993 Savat Mazi Ladki Dr. Beena Karnik Marathi
1992 Shubh Mangal Savdhan Marathi
1992 Maal Masala Marathi
1992 Ghar Jamai Hindi
1992 Dilwale Kabhi Na Hare Shabnam Hindi
1992 Honeymoon Asha S. Verma Hindi
1992 Sone Ki Zanjeer Sonali Hindi
1991 Aflatoon Bitti Marathi
1991 Hamal De Dhamal Nandini Patwardhan Marathi
1991 Hafta Bandh Maria Hindi
1991 Saathi Nisha Hindi
1991 Shikari: The Hunter Chanchal Hindi

Russian

1990 Doodh Ka Karz Kajri Hindi
1990 Shejari Shejari Preeti Marathi
1990 Aamchya Sarkhe Aamhich Nandini Marathi
1989 Bhutacha Bhau Anjali Marathi
1989 Atmavishwas Nisha Marathi
1988 Mahabharat Uttara[4] Hindi Television series
1988 Sagalikade Bombabomb Rajani Bala Marathi Film
1987 Gammat Jammat Kalpana Korde Marathi

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Varsha Usgaonkar हाइट, उम्र, पति, बॉयफ्रेंड, परिवार, Biography in Hindi - बायोग्राफी". News Hindustan. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. "'Marathi cinema helped me identify myself' – Varsha Usgaonkar". The Navhind Times. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. "Gammat Jammat". The Times of India. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Jain, Arushi (21 May 2020). "Mahabharat actor Varsha Usgaonkar revisits the epic show". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. "I feel sad and deprived, I do miss Chamatkar". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  6. "Rock and Raaga". rockandraaga.in. 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. "Konkani Parishad's silver jubilee session in February - The Hindu". The Hindu. 18 January 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  8. Wikipedia, S. (2011). Konkani People: Guru Dutt, Girish Karnad, Shyam Benegal, Ravindra Kelekar, Eesha Koppikhar, Basti Vaman Shenoy, Shankar Nag, Deepika Padukone. General Books. ISBN 9781233060511. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  9. "Goa's emerald eyed 'Sridevi' | iGoa". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  10. "Redirection From Mobile URL". m.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  11. "Konkani movie 'Benddkar' sees good opening". Deccan Herald. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  12. Deb, Rishabh (26 February 2017). "Varsha Usgaonkar makes a comeback on TV after a decade - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

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