Varsha Usgaonkar is an Indian film actress. She has acted in over 50 films in multiple languages, including Marathi, Hindi, English, Telugu and Kannada. She is best known for her role in the Telugu blockbuster Arjun Reddy. She is currently filming in London.Usgaonkar is a Konkani.
She is the daughter of Goa’s former Deputy Speaker A. K. S. Usgaonkar. She has two sisters, Tosha Kurade and Manisha Tarcar.Usgaonkar married Ajay Sharma, son of Indian film music director Ravishankar Sharma or Bombay Ravi, in March 2000.Varsha Usgaonkar first shot to fame in 1984 as the lead heroine in the super-hit Marathi stage play Brahmachari.Subsequently, she quickly rose to one of the top heroines in the Marathi film industry with super-hits such as Gammat Jammat,Hamal De Dhamal, Saglikade Bombabomb, Sawat Majhi Ladki, Shejari Shejari, Ek Hota Vidushak, Lapandav and Aflatoon.
She starred as the 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 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).The role led her to many Hindi movie offers and most of them failed to create a box office success. S
he also played Roopmati (Snake Queen) in the 1994 TV serial Chandrakanta. She has appeared in the Marathi shows Aakash Zep and Eka Mekansathi, and she has acted in the Hindi television serials Alvida Darling,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 sang in a Konkani music album Roop Tujem Laita Pixem, with Ulhas Buyao.She is currently playing the supporting role of Nandini Yashwant Shirke-Patil in marathi channel Star Pravah’s popular show Sukh Mhanje Nakki Kay Asta.
Varsha Usgaonkar Movie List :
Title | Medium | Role | Year |
Gammat Jammat (Marathi) | Film | Kalpana | 1987 |
Sagalikade Bombabomb (Marathi) | Film | Rajani Bala | 1988 |
Mahabharat (Hindi) | Television series | Uttara | 1988 |
Bhutacha Bhau (Marathi) | Film | Anjali | 1989 |
Aamchya Sarkhe Aamhich (Marathi) | Film | Nandini | 1990 |
Shejari Shejari (Marathi) | Film | Preeti | 1990 |
Doodh Ka Karz | Film | Kajri | 1990 |
Shikari: The Hunter | Film | Chanchal | 1991 |
Saathi | Film | Nisha | 1991 |
Hafta Bandh | Film | 1991 | |
Hamal De Dhamal (Marathi) | Film | Nandini Patvardhan | 1991 |
Aflatoon (Marathi) | Film | Bitti | 1991 |
Sone Ki Zanjeer | Film | Sonali | 1992 |
Honeymoon | Film | 1992 | |
Dilwale Kabhi Na Hare | Film | Shabnam | 1992 |
Ghar Jamai | Film | 1992 | |
Maal Masala (Marathi) | Film | 1992 | |
Shubh Mangal Savdhan (Marathi) | Film | 1992 | |
Savat Mazi Ladki (Marathi) | Film | Beena | 1993 |
Ek Hota Vidushak | Film | 1993 | |
Tirangaa | Film | Shanti | 1993 |
Parwane | Film | 1993 | |
Lapandav (Marathi) | Film | Rasika Samarth | 1993 |
Hasti | Film | Anita | 1993 |
Khal-Naaikaa | Film | Varsha | 1993 |
Insaniyat Ke Devta | Film | Husna Bano | 1993 |
Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi | Film | Radha | 1993 |
Pathreela Raasta | Film | Mona | 1994 |
Aahat | Television series | 1995 | |
Shohrat | Television series | 1996 | |
Muqadama | Television series | Seema | 1996 |
Ghar Jamai | Television series | 1997 | |
Hastee Hastee | Television series | 1998 | |
Rang Premacha | Film | 1999 | |
Ladhaai | Film | Sunita Nadkarni | 1999 |
Chehraa | Film | 1999 | |
Sei To Abar Kache Ele | Film | 1999 | |
Vishnu Puran | Television series | Mohini | 2001 |
Style | Film | Police Inspector | 2001 |
Hatya: The Murder | Film | Kavita Jaiswal | 2004 |
The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey | Film | Rani Laxmibai | 2005 |
Jigyaasa | Film | Teacher Malini Mathur | 2006 |
Naam | Film | 2010 | |
Arjun | Film | 2011 | |
Duniyadari | Film | Rani Maa | 2013 |
Super Nani | Film | 2014 | |
Ardhangini Ek Ardhsatya | Television series | 2016 | |
Jamai Raja | Television series | Kritika Khurana | 2017 |
Janvoy No.1 | Television series | 2018 | |
Benddkar | Television series | 2019 | |
Sukh Mhanje Nakki Kay Asta! | Television series | Nandini Yashwant Shirke | 2020 |
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