Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar, who recently joined the ruling Shiv Sena party has purchased a brand a new office space in Mumbai's plush suburban area. According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, Urmila purchased the office space and finalised the property deal in the last week of December. As per the report, Urmila's new property spans a little over a 1000 square feet and is considered to be prime property due to its location. The office building is located on Linking Road in Khar west and the usual rent for office spaces in the said building runs anywhere between Rs. 5 to 8 lakhs a month. The actress bought an office on the sixth floor of the building from a businessman and sealed the deal on 28 December 2020. In all, Urmila Matondkar shelled out Rs 3.75 crore for her brand new office.
The veteran actress is one of the 12 candidates who has been recommended by the state government to the state Legislative Council from Governor’s quota. Talking to PTI, Matondkar said one-year of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government headed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has been "brilliant", and taking care of people's welfare amid COVID-19 and natural disasters was a big task. Matondkar, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on Congress's ticket, joined the Shiv Sena on December 1 2020. Last year, she had joined the Congress in March and quit the party in September. On her brief stint in the Congress, she said, "I was in the party for less than six months and the Lok Sabha campaign for 28 days gave me many good memories." Matondkar said she is not the person who would kept regrets in her heart.