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{{short description|Indian actress and dancer}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Usha Sharma
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|birth_place = [[Haryana]], [[India]]
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|other_names = Usha Sharma Prabhakar
|occupation = Actor, dancer, producer
|spouse = [[Devi Shankar Prabhakar]] (?-2005)<ref>{{cite news|title=Noted poet Prabhakar dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20060722142107/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=152576|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2006|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=152576|access-date=2 April 2011|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=12 October 2005|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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'''Usha Sharma''' is an Indian actress and dancer. She is best known for playing the title character in the [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]] film ''[[Chandrawal]]''. She serves as the president of Haryana Kala Parishad (The Haryana Arts Council) and is an executive member of [[Pradesh Congress Committee|Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Nagarkoti, Rajinder|title=Panchkula Cong leaders try to show support base|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Panchkula-Cong-leaders-try-to-show-support-base/articleshow/5004283.cms|agency=TNN|access-date=6 October 2018|newspaper=[[The Time of India]]|date=13 September 2009}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Sharma was born in [[Haryana]], [[India]]. From an early age she learned [[Indian classical dance|classical]] and [[List of Indian folk dances|folk dance]], studying with [[Birju Maharaj]], [[List of Kathak exponents|Kundan Lal Gangani]] and [[Maya Rao]]. During primary school she danced for [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. Sharma married poet Devi Shankar Prabhakar who later decided to become a film producer. He wrote the script for the 1984 film ''Chandrawal'' and cast his wife as the leading lady.<ref name=art>{{cite news|author=Singh, Jasmine|title=Art for Heart's Sake|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081103/ttlife1.htm|access-date=6 October 2018|newspaper=[[Chadigarh Tribune]]|date=3 November 2008}}</ref> Sharma also choreographed the film, drawing on her dance training. The film was a financial success, and remains the highest grossing Haryanvi film to date. The two made several less successful Haryanavi films together.<ref name=art/> Sharma later became the director of the Haryana Kala Parishad, an organization that promotes Haryanavi culture. After her husband died in 2005, Sharma decided to produce a sequel to ''Chandrawal'', a project he had been planning for some years.

==Filmography==
*''Bahurani'' (1982)
*''[[Chandrawal]]'' (1984) ... Chandrawal
*''[[Lado Basanti]]'' (1985) ... Basanti
*''[[Phool Badan]]'' (1986)
*''Jatni'' (1991)
*''[[Chandrawal 2]]'' (2015)

==References==
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[[Category:Indian women choreographers]]
[[Category:Indian choreographers]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Haryanvi cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses from Haryana]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female dancers]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Dancers from Haryana]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]

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