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{{Short description|Indian actress, model and singer (born 1968)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Varsha Usgaonkar
| image = Varsha-Usgaonkar-Crop.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Usgaonkar in March 2015
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|2|28|df=yes}}
| years_active = 1987–present
| birth_place = [[Usgao]], [[Goa]], India
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|singer}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Ajay Shankar Sharma<br/>|2000}}
| children =
| father = [[A. K. S. Usgaonkar]]
| relatives = Manisha Usgaonkar<br/>Tosha Usgaonkar (Siblings)<br/>[[Ravi (music director)|Ravi Shankar Sharma]] (father-in-law)
| other_names =
}}

'''Varsha Usgaonkar''' (born 28 February 1968<ref>{{Cite web |title=Varsha Usgaonkar हाइट, उम्र, पति, बॉयफ्रेंड, परिवार, Biography in Hindi - बायोग्राफी |url=https://newshindu.news/biography/varsha-usgaonkar-84582/ |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=News Hindustan |language=en-US}}</ref>) is an Indian actress, model and singer. She has worked in various [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]] as well as [[Hindi]] movies as a leading actress. During the 1990s, she was the most popular actress in [[Marathi cinema]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Marathi cinema helped me identify myself' – Varsha Usgaonkar |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/marathi-cinema-helped-me-identify-myself-varsha-usgaonkar/ |access-date=5 June 2020 |work=The Navhind Times |date=2 June 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
Usgaonkar first shot to fame in 1984 as the lead heroine in the super-hit [[Marathi language|Marathi]] stage play ''Brahmachari''. Subsequently, she quickly rose to become one of the top actresses in the [[Marathi language|Marathi]] film industry with super-hit productions such as ''Gammat Jammat'',<ref name="Gammat_Jammat">{{cite web |title=Gammat Jammat |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/happy-birthday-ashok-saraf-ashi-hi-banwa-banwi-to-gammat-jammat-five-must-watch-comedy-movies-of-the-evergreen-star/photostory/76182430.cms?picid=76182773 |website=The Times of India |access-date=5 June 2020 |language=en |date=4 June 2020}}</ref> ''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 [[Uttarā (Mahabharata)|Uttara]], wife of [[Abhimanyu]] and mother of [[Parikshit]], (the future of the Bharat Dynasty TV serial ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharata]]'').<ref name="Mahabharat"/> 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 (1994 TV series)|Chandrakanta]]''. She has appeared in the Marathi shows ''Aakash Zep'' and ''Eka Mekansathi'' and has acted in the [[Hindi]] television serials ''Alvida Darling'',<ref>{{cite news |title=I feel sad and deprived, I do miss Chamatkar |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/84269/ |access-date=3 January 2015 |newspaper=The Indian Express }}</ref> ''[[Tanha (TV series)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockandraaga.in/node/103 |title=Rock and Raaga |year=2010 |access-date=3 January 2015 |publisher=rockandraaga.in}}</ref> 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==
[[File:Varsha-Ajay.jpg|thumb|right|Usgaonkar with husband Ajay Sharma in 2014]]

Usgaonkar is a [[Konkani language|Konkani]] speaker born and raised in [[Goa]].<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/konkani-parishads-silver-jubilee-session-in-february/article3241133.ece |title=Konkani Parishad's silver jubilee session in February - The Hindu |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=3 January 2015 |date=18 January 2006}}</ref><ref name="google">{{cite book |title=Konkani People: Guru Dutt, Girish Karnad, Shyam Benegal, Ravindra Kelekar, Eesha Koppikhar, Basti Vaman Shenoy, Shankar Nag, Deepika Padukone |author=Wikipedia, S. |date=2011 |publisher=General Books |isbn=9781233060511 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxQdygAACAAJ |access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> She is the daughter of Goa's former deputy speaker, [[A. K. S. Usgaonkar]]. She has two sisters, Tosha Kurade and Manisha Tarcar.<ref name="navhindtimes">{{cite web |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/iexplore/goa-s-emerald-eyed-sridevi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102211943/http://www.navhindtimes.in/iexplore/goa-s-emerald-eyed-sridevi |archive-date=2 January 2014 |url-status=dead |title=Goa's emerald eyed 'Sridevi' | iGoa |access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref>

Usgaonkar married Ajay Sharma, son of Indian film music director, [[Ravi Shankar Sharma]] in March 2000.<ref name="outlookindia">{{cite web |url=http://m.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=1&aid=672734 |title=Redirection From Mobile URL |publisher=m.outlookindia.com |access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref>
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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''<ref>{{cite news |title=Konkani movie 'Benddkar' sees good opening |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/mangaluru/konkani-movie-benddkar-sees-good-opening-778973.html |access-date=5 June 2020 |work=Deccan Herald |date=22 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> ||
|Konkani
|Film
|-
| 2018 || ''Janvoy No.1'' ||
|Konkani
|Film
|-
|2017
|''[[Bhavishyachi Aishi Taishi]]''
|
|Marathi
|Film
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Jamai Raja (2014 TV series)|Jamai Raja]]'' || Kritika Khurana<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deb |first1=Rishabh |title=Varsha Usgaonkar makes a comeback on TV after a decade - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/varsha-makes-a-comeback-on-tv/articleshow/56574674.cms |access-date=5 June 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=26 February 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
|Hindi
|Television series
|-
|rowspan="2"|2016
|''[[Ardhangini Ek Ardhsatya]]''
|
|Hindi
| rowspan="12" |Film
|-
| ''[[Kangana]]'' ||
|Rajasthani
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Super Nani]]'' ||
|Hindi
|-
| 2013 || ''Naam'' ||
|Unreleased
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Duniyadari]]'' || Rani Maa
|Marathi
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Arjun (2011 film)|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 (2004 film)|Hatya: The Murder]]''
|Kavita Jaiswal
| Hindi
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Style (2001 film)|Style]]''
|Police Inspector
| Hindi
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Vishnu Puran (TV series)|Vishnu Puran]]''|| Mohini
|Hindi
|Television series
|-
| 1999 || ''Sei To Abar Kache Ele''||
|Bengali
| rowspan="5" |Film
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Chehraa]]''||
|Hindi
|-
|1999 ||''[[Ladhaai]]'' || Sunita Nadkarni
|Marathi
|-
| 1999 || ''Rang Premacha'' ||
|Marathi
|-
| 1998 || ''Haste Hasate''||
|Hindi
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Ghar Jamai (TV series)|Ghar Jamai]]'' || Miss Chamcham
|Hindi
|Television series
Episode 20
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Muqadama]]'' ||Seema
|Hindi
| rowspan="2" |Film
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Shohrat]]''||
|Hindi
|-
|1995 ||''[[Aahat]] Season 1''||
|Hindi
|Television series
Episode 286-The Mud
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Pathreela Raasta]]'' || Mona
|Hindi
| rowspan="26" |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 (film)|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 (1992 film)|Ghar Jamai]]''||
|Hindi
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Dilwale Kabhi Na Hare]]''||Shabnam
|Hindi
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Honeymoon (1992 film)|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 (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]]'' ||Uttara<ref name="Mahabharat">{{cite news |last1=Jain |first1=Arushi |title=Mahabharat actor Varsha Usgaonkar revisits the epic show |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/mahabharat-actor-varsha-usgaonkar-revisits-the-1988-epic-show-6419055/ |access-date=5 June 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=21 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|Hindi
|Television series
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Sagalikade Bombabomb]]'' ||Rajani Bala
|Marathi
| rowspan="2" |Film
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Gammat Jammat]]'' ||Kalpana Korde
|Marathi
|-
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Bollywood}}
* [[List of Indian film actresses]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Varsha Usgaonkar}}
*{{IMDb name|0882287}}
*{{Bollywood Hungama person|varsha-usgaonkar}}
*[http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=504768 Konkani film ‘Zanvoy No.1’ released amidst fanfare]

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