Look Who Is Stalking, 23 Years Of Urmila Matondkar’s Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya | Times Now

Look Who Is Stalking, 23 Years Of Urmila Matondkar’s Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya

Celebrating 23 years of Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, Urmila Matondkar's portrayal of an obsessive lover captivated audiences. Director Rajat Mukherjee and producer Ram Gopal Varma created a twisted tale of unrequited love, with Urmila delivering a hauntingly intense performance.
Look Who Is Stalking, 23 Years Of Urmila Matondkar’s Pyar Tune Kya Kiya

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Urmila Matondkar falls in love with Fardeen Khan. But he doesn’t. She doesn’t care. Ram Gopal Varma once again turned his muse Ms Matondkar into a wickedly subverted ode to womanhood. If in Rangeela Urmila played a sexually innocent seductress (Urmila oomphed only in dream sequences) in this film, she lusted after Fardeen Khan like Sharon Stone on coke.
It was a frighteningly desperate performance filled with rage and longing that went beyond the direction by the late Rajat Mukherjee. Her expressions of yearning and aggression in the song Rondhe hai tera pyaar (Alisha Chinai smouldering up the soundtrack) were killing.
In Rajat Mukherjee's Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya produced by Ram Gopal Varma, Urmila is the obsessive woman who turns murderous when the man she loves rejects her. There were several who felt it was one of the most underrated performances in the actress’ career.
Recalls actress Kiron Kher, "I was on the jury of a popular award and was deeply disgusted when someone else was chosen. I thought Urmila was outstanding in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya."
Urmila still vividly remembers the effort and hard work that went into her role of an obsessive girl trapped in unrequited love. “Rajat Mukherjee was extremely passionate, talented, vibrant, a livewire kind of person. Also, a great cook. His vision and belief in my character Rhea helped me in getting such a tough and extremely difficult character to the screen. Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya remains a gem of a film ahead of its times.”
In a throwback interview, the director Rajat Mukherjee said, “I directed other films subsequent to Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya like Road. But somehow that one remains special. Ramu gave me the full freedom to do what I like. We came up with an interesting film on twisted love that has withstood the test of time. Full marks to Urmila for making the stalker more believable than Sharon Stone in Fatal Attraction.”
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