Ulka Gupta

Ulka Gupta
Ulka Gupta at ITA Awards 2012
Born	Ulka Gagan Gupta April 12, 1997 (age 15) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Manu
Occupation	Actress

Ulka Gupta (born 12. April 1997 at Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian television actress. She is popularly known as Manu as she played the role of Manu (the young Rani Lakshmibai) in the Zee TV soap Jhansi Ki Rani^[1] until leap and Kratika Sengar took her place as the adult Rani Lakshmi Bai and later she made a re-entry to the same show as Kaali. It is the role of a tribal women (fictionl)

Personal Life

Ulka Gupta, The young Jhansi Ki Rani of Zee TV’s epic drama, is a budding talent who wants to experiment on all fronts and will not rest until she realizes her forte. Her energy and zest squash all doubts that arise regarding her eligibility to play Jhansi Ki Rani. She has undergone two-months horse riding and sword fighting training for her role of young Lakshmi Bai. Apart from the physical training, she has also learn Sanskrit to deliver the shlokas on the show. She first faced the camera in Resham Dankh, then she got Saat Phere, in which she played Savri, Saloni’s daughter.

Acting is in Ulka's blood as her father is a theatre artist. If Jhansi Ki Rani would not have happened, Ulka thinks 'Meera' would have made a great launchpad for her. In her free time Ulka loves listen music and reading books. She loves to eat non-vegetarian foods like chicken, prawns and aloo brinjal made by her mother. She loves to play cricket and horse riding.

After Jhansi Ki Rani , she is getting enormous offers but she liked role of Phulwa currently on air, where she felt this is the role after Laxmi bai where I can use my intensity to portray the young Phoolan Devi ,though she is in 9th std, she was willing to compromise her study for this role. Ironically Colors (Channel) decided that Phulwa should be much younger.Ulka is now fully committed to her studies and enjoying Sports in her school, She is looking for strong role as Jhansi Ki Rani. Visiting accross the nation by event groups, cutting ribbons, meeting schools kids, getting felicitation by people of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan , Delhi and Haryana. South zone is admiring her because of her role as Jhansi Ki Rani. The show is on air in Tamil and Telgu version, Ulka is amused its good "Ek saal kam karo , Doosre saal saare award batoro , Phir teesrey saal kaam, she laughs...

Career

She was highly acclaimed and appreciated for essaying the role of Manu in Jhansi Ki Rani. She won numerous awards for the same character. When she came back as Kaali she had a complete turn over in her appearance as she essayed the role of a tribal women. After essying her roles in Jhansi Ki Rani, she was also acting in Veer Shivaji Colours TV as Rakhma.