Urmila to debut as 'Meera' in a Hindi play

Actress Urmila Kanetkar is finally making her debut in theatre with a musical Hindi play Krishnapriya based on the life of Saint Meerabai. The play will be a combination of dance and drama.
Ashwini Kalsekar, a London based dancer-choreographer is choreographing the dance sequences for this musical. The producers of the play Anup Jalota and Sanjana Thakur were looking for an actress who was a trained kathak dancer.Extremely excited about her theatre debut Urmila said, ���������They had seen some of my work and they were convinced that I am a decent actress. As far as my dance skills are concerned my kathak guru Ashabai Joglekar told Ashwini that I was a trained kathak dancer. Ashwini then spoke to me and Sanjana. They saw a few DVDs of my dance performances and I got the role.���������
Urmila nurtures a passion for dancing and is enjoying the rehearsals of the play. The play will be staged by year end. ���������The play is being made on a grand scale and I really hope people like it,��������� she says. When asked Urmila why she was away from Marathi theatre, she revealed, ���������To be honest, I was never really approached. I had received a couple of offers long back but I didn���������t really like them. Meera is the character that I really admire, so I think this is the best theatre debut I could have.���������