Forgotten Hotties: Marvellous Mamta!
Forgotten Divas: Marvellous Mamta!
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Second in line in our special edition of Forgotten Divas is the Marvellous Mamta Kulkarni. The beautiful babe had an eventful career in the industry, which was sadly cut short. Here is a tribute to adventurous lady with hopes that she will come back for a well-deserved second inning at the box-office.
Mamta Mukhund Kulkarni, popularly known as Mamta Kulakrni , was born on April 20, 1972 in Mumbai. Brought up in a Marathi speaking household, she lived at Yari Road, Versova, Andheri West, along with two sisters, Mithila and Moulina. -
The actress shot to fame when she posed topless for a glossy magazine in the year 1993.
Although the actress' arms were properly placed to save her modesty, the cover created a huge controversy. This launched her career and in a way ruined her plans of becoming a serious actress. -
Mamta was slammed with charges under India's obscenity laws. Attacked not only by the conservative groups but also the women's groups the actress retaliated by calling all of ‘them' hypocrites. Even though the cover created such a huge controversy, Mamta's conviction took its own sweet time.
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However, just as soon as she got out of one she got into another controversy. At the hearing Mamta turned up wearing a burqa!
While it was obvious that the burqa was just a statement made in favour of her own case, when asked by the judge she claimed that she had donned the conservative attire to prevent being mobbed by the crowds. -
All this while, she continued to be dogged by other controversies too. According to reports, in 1997 she was reportedly paid a large amount to perform at a private function by a legislator from Bihar, who was later arrested after investigations into the Fodder Scam case.
Naturally, Kulkarni was interrogated, and as expected she denied any knowledge of the scam. -
To rub salt into her wounds, the movie's item number Chamma Chamma which was picturised on Urmila Matondkar was a huge hit. The song was even used in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge.
An angered Mamta alleged that Santoshi had chopped off her role when she had not complied with his sexual advances. Santoshi denied all rumours and the matter was buried.