Urmila Matondkar takes a dig at award shows for ignoring her in Satya: ‘Don’t talk to me about favouritism, nepotism'

Urmila Matondkar took to Twitter to share photos of her character in Satya as the film completed 25 years. She spoke about being snubbed at award functions.

Satya completed 25 years since its release on July 3. The path-breaking film by Ram Gopal Varma starred Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee, Shefali Shah and JD Chakravarthy in pivotal roles. In a new tweet, Urmila, who played the role of Vidya in the film, shared stills of her character and said how she was snubbed at award ceremonies that year. (Also read: Satya turns 25: Ram Gopal Varma's film showed underworld's enduring romance with Bollywood)

Urmila's tweet on Satya

Urmila Matondkar posted on the occasion of Satya completing 25 years of release..

In a tweet on Tuesday, Urmila took a dig at award ceremonies and said how she played a part in Satya, which was extremely opposite to the glamorous roles in her career and still got snubbed at award ceremonies. She tweeted, "25 years of Satya and of playing simple naive chawl (a type of residential building) girl Vidya at the peak of an scintillating glamorous career. But NO what did that have to do with ‘acting’… so no awards and not even nominations. So sit down and don’t talk to me about favouritism and nepotism... just saying."

Awards received by Satya

Urmila joined the Indian National Congress in March 2019, and contested for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. After losing the election, later in the same year, Urmila went on to resign from Congress citing ‘internal politics.’ In December 2020, she joined Shiv Sena.

In 2020, there also emerged a war of words between Urmila and actor Kangana Ranaut. In an interview, Urmila had asked Kangana to introspect about the drug culture in her home state of Himachal Pradesh before levelling allegations against Bollywood. Kangana hit back saying it wouldn’t be very difficult for her to get a ticket to contest in politics if she so wished, and tweeted, “Even Urmila, she is a soft porn star. I know it’s very blatant. But she isn’t known for her acting for sure. What is she known for? For doing soft porn right? If she can get a ticket, why won’t I get a ticket?” Urmila was last seen in the 2018 film Blackmail.