Urmila Matondkar says her acting was dismissed as ‘sex appeal’ despite Rangeela being huge-hit

“Post Rangeela, people said that everything I did was about sex appeal and nothing to do with acting," revealed Urmila.

New Delhi: Actress Urmila Matondkar began her career as a child artist with films like  Karm and Masoom. Unlike many others, that actress also managed to be a successful actress after growing-up. Her film ‘Rangeela’ that also starred Aamir Khan and Jackie Shroff is considered a cult and has given hit songs like ‘Hai Rama’. The actress now turned politician however reveals that she was not appreciated for her acting skills in the film and her performance was simply dismissed as ‘sex-appeal’.

“Post Rangeela, people said that everything I did was about sex appeal and nothing to do with acting,” she told Times of India.

Urmila said portraying sexy is also acting and continued, “How can the song, Hai Rama, happen without a person being a performer? Is doing a tear-jerking scene only acting? Appearing sexy also demands acting. I was not playing Miss Nothing in the film. My character of the girl-next-door transforms through each song of the film, which the critics didn’t understand”.