Career
She started her acting career by doing acting in Drama Theatre. She joined Sangeet Kala Academy in Rajkot as a folk dancer and singer. lieutenant was during that time that her famous Gujarati drama Jesal Toral ran to more than a thousand performances She acted in more than 75 Gujarati films and also in 15 to 20 Rajasthani movies.She had also played character roles in for over two and a half decades(1960s to early 1990s).
She had also acted in various Television Serials.
She had also been honoured with numerous awards by the government of Gujarat. After her success in theatre she started doing In the late 1960s she did Gauri (1968), Sunghursh (1968), Hamraaz (1967).
A few popular films done by her are Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se(1978), Geet Gaata Chal(1975), Besharam (1978), Ram Teri Ganga Maili(1985), Balika Badhu(1976), Dhund(1973), Alibaba Marjinaa,(1977). Other than these films she had done several other films.In most of her movies she played supporting characters.She had acted in 125 and also done two popular Television serials:Akanksha (1989), Paying Guest(1985).
Urmilla Bhatt was found murdered at her residence in Juhu, Mumbai on 22 February 1997.
Bhatt"s neighbour told Vikram that the maid servant went back after ringing the door bell for long time in the morning. Parikh immediately called Mistress Bhatt"s daughter Rachana, who found the house robbed and her mother dead.
Her husband was away in Baroda.
Police suspected robbery to be the motive.