When she played mother to then 23-year-old Meera, Urvashi was just 36, and had been away from the limelight for five years after her marriage. Though she is no longer a ‘leading lady’ and mostly plays ‘mother roles’, she continues to command the screen. In a Mathrubhumi interview, Urvashi said, “I have been acting as mother from my first Tamil movie. Across her films, what really set Urvashi apart from her contemporaries was the sheer range of characters she has played. Jagadish notes that while Urvashi has primarily been playing “mother roles” of late, these usually do not fit the stereotype of the forever martyred matriarch.

Source: Huffington Post February 08, 2020 09:22 UTC