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Like many fair-skinned, steadfast starlets entering films through the route of pageantry, a 19-year-old Urvashi Rautela made her debut with a 56-year-old Sunny Deol in Singh Saab The Great (2013). Starring in films that fixated on her bosom, Rautela became a laughing stock—for her blatant, compulsive lying habit (recently she claimed she had bought a limited edition Rolls Royce, something she tried to evade answering for a long time).  Recently, she posed on the red carpet at the 2025 Cannes film festival carrying a parrot-themed soft toy doubling as a clutch. Whatever one might think of her, it’s been quite the journey.  Watch the video to know more.  Script: Tatsam Mukherjee VO: Rani Jana Editor: Sudhanshu  #UrvashiRautela #Cannes2025 #IndianCinema #PopCultureWatch #Bollywood #CelebrityCulture #RedCarpetMoments

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00:00In this chat with R.J. Siddharth Kanan, Urvashi implied that there's a temple in Uttarakhand

00:13dedicated to her by repeatedly saying,

00:19She made headlines once again when she walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this year,

00:26donning a multi-coloured outfit.

00:27But what caught everyone's attention was her parrot-shaped clutch.

00:32Urvashi Rautela is a phenomena, a meme, a mystery, not known for her films or acting,

00:39but for her interviews that go viral as reels, leading to people trolling her as delusional.

00:45From pronouncing Leonardo DiCaprio as,

00:49Leonardo DiCaprio.

00:50Leonardo DiCaprio?

00:52The correct pronunciation of his name is Leonardo DiCaprio.

00:56To claiming she's the first girl from IIT to win Miss Universe.

01:02So, I became Miss Universe judge.

01:04So, it was way more appropriate to have that in the bio than IIT.

01:09Despite, spoiler alert, not having studied at IIT or winning Miss Universe,

01:16Urvashi's greatest role might just be Urvashi Rautela.

01:20She made her debut with Singh Saab the Great and went on to feature in Sanamri,

01:26Great Grand Masti,

01:29Hate Story 4,

01:31and more recently,

01:32Daku Maharaj.

01:34The films have barely made a mark at the box office,

01:37except maybe Daku Maharaj,

01:39which made over Rubi's 100 crores something Rautela has mentioned,

01:44without fail in each and every interview,

01:47irrespective of what the question might have been.

01:50I thought about Daku Maharaj's success after the success of Daku Maharaj's 100 crores,

01:53105 crores of my mother gave me a gift of diamond-studded Rolex

01:58and my father gave me a mini watch and gave me a little mini-watch.

02:02It is again, it is like a gift.

02:04Like, we have 100 crores, 105 crores.

02:07So, it is just a gift.

02:09So, how did someone with such a light filmography

02:31become such a heavy internet presence?

02:34The answer might lie somewhere between delusion and survival instinct.

02:39Publicist Mauli Singh calls it an act.

02:43There's a visible pretense, a constructed image.

02:46Unlike Rakhi Sawant, who was unapologetically herself,

02:51Urvashi brings a bit more finis.

02:53In an industry that devours self-esteem,

02:57where breakdowns are live-streamed and stars are burnt out before they shine,

03:01maybe Urvashi's brand of confident delusion is her armor.

03:06And here's the catch.

03:08It works.

03:09As the publicist points out,

03:11not every brand can afford a Shah Rukh or an Akshay.

03:15That vacuum, it's being filled by personalities like Urvashi.

03:19Pretty, persistent and perpetually viral.

03:23Because in the age of influencers and algorithm-chasing,

03:27relevance isn't about the size of your hit films.

03:30It's about the size of your headlines

03:33or the temple you claim is built in your name.

WATCH | The Enchanted (And Deluded) Life Of Urvashi Rautela

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