Urvashi Dholakia

Born	9 July 1978 (age 36)
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Urvashi, Komolika
Occupation	Actress, Stand-up comedian, Television Presenter
Years active	1984-present
Known for	Portraying the role of vamp in Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Home town	Mumbai, India
Religion	Hinduism
Parents	Kaushal Dholakia (Mother)

Urvashi Dholakia (hindi - उर्वशी ढोलकिया ) is an Indian television actress, who is best known for portraying the role of an antagonist, Komolika, in Ekta Kapoor's Indian soap opera Kasautii Zindagii Kay on Star Plus, which ran from 2001 to 2008.

She also participated in reality TV series, first as a stand-up comedian she participated in the Comedy Circus 1 (2007), followed by Ustaadon Ka Ustaad (2008) on Sony TV, where again she was paired with Shakeel Siddiqui from Pakistan, in a stand-up comedy act where she also emerged as the winner; in 2009, she appeared in the Indian version of American reality show The Moment of Truth, Sacch Ka Saamna (2009). She is the winner of sixth season (2012) of Bigg Boss, an Indian version of reality show Big Brother .

Personal life

Urvashi is Gujarati by birth. She was married at age 16, had twin boys at age 17, and was divorced one-and-a-half years later.

Career

Urvashi first seen in TV commercial of Lux soap with actress Revathi at age six. She made her television acting debut, at age eight with the TV serial by Shri Adhikari Brothers' (SAB), Waqt Ki Raftar,and other TV series and a few movies as a child actor. She also did Jackie Shroff starer Izzat (1991 film). Though she really started acting after her first major appearance, as actor Vishal Singh's teenage love interest in comedy-TV series, Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993) at age 15, and she has been acting ever since. she acted in n. chandra's movie 'tejeswani(1993)'.

She had already acted in Zamana Badal Gaya, Mehndi Tere Naam Ki and serials like Ghar Ek Mandir and Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli, when she was offered the role of Komolika part of the principal cast of Kasautii Zindagii Kay in 2001, the role made her one of most famous vamps on Indian television, in a series which ran till 2008. The role got attention not just for her acting as a crafty daughter-in-law, which soon "became an unofficial yardstick to rate bad women on TV", but also for the garish make-up, saris and characteristic bindi stylings of her character. This was followed by another dark role in Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai (2009). In 2010, she replayed her Komolika character for a TV commercial for Kolkata Knight Riders, featuring Shah Rukh Khan. Meanwhile in 2009, she appeared as a contestant on the TV game show, Sacch Ka Saamna and made news with her candid confessions. In 2010, She also appeared in the celebrity reality show called Meethi Chhoorii No 1 on Imagine TV. She also played as Dr. Komolika Rana in Dil Se Di Dua Saubhagyavati Bhava, in 2012. On 7 October 2012, she participated in Colors TV Bigg Boss 6 and on Day 97, 12 January 2013, she emerged as the winner of the season. After she won the show, she was also seen doing stand-up comedy in Colors TV Nautanki the Comedy theatre.

Television work

Fiction shows

Year	Show	Role	Channel
1987	Waqt Ki Raftar		DD National
1993	Dekh Bhai Dekh	Shilpa	DD National
2000	Shaktimaan	Mansi Sharma	DD National
2000-2001	Zamana Badal Gaya		DD National
2000-2001	Ghar Ek Mandir		Sony TV
2001-2002	Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii	Sonia	Star Plus
2001-2008	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Komolika Basu	Star Plus
2002	Mehndi Tere Naam Ki	Pooja Malik	Star Plus
2003-2007	Kahiin To Hoga	Archie Khanna	Star Plus
2003	Rishtey	Anjali	Zee TV
2003	Kahani Teri Meri		Sony TV
2003	Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat - Kayamat		Sony TV
2004	Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat - Kab Kaisey Kahaan		Sony TV
2006	Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin	Kimi Khambata	Sony TV
2006-2007	Risshton Ki Dor		Zee TV
2009-1010	Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai	Karishma	Sony TV
2010-2011	Apno Ke Liye Geeta Ka Dharmayudh	Malini Yadav	Zee TV
2012	Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein	Savitri Devi / Lady Gavvy	Zee TV
2012	Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?	Dr. Komolika Rana	Life OK

Reality television

Year	Show	Channel	Character
2007	Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?	Star One	Contestant
2007	Comedy Circus 1	Sony TV	Contestant
2007	Comedy Circus-Kaante Ki Takkar	Sony TV	Contestant
2009	Ustaadon Ka Ustaad	Sony TV	Contestant
2009	Sacch Ka Saamna	Star Plus	Contestant
2010	Meethi Chhoorii No.1	Imagine TV	Contestant
2012–13	Bigg Boss 6	Colors TV	Contestant
2013	Nautanki the Comedy theatre	Colors TV	Contestant

Preceded by Juhi Parmar

Bigg Boss Winner Season 6 (2012 - 2013)

Succeeded by Gauhar Khan

Awards and nominations

Dholakia has won Star Parivaar Awards, Zee Gold Awards and Indian Telly Awards for the show Kasautii Zindagii Kay as Komolika Basu from 2003-2010. She has also been declared as "Best TV villain of the decade 2001-2010" and been awarded for it. In 2014, She won the Garv Indian Television award for Best Negative Star in the Decade Category.