Poonam Bajwa | |
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Born | Poonam Singh Bajwa Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Symbiosis International University, Pune (English Literature) |
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Years active | 2005–present |
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Poonam Bajwa is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2005 with the Telugu film Modati Cinema , followed by another Telugu film Boss (2006). Her debut Kannada- and Tamil- language movies were Thangigagi (2006) and Seval (2008), respectively.
A Punjabi by birth, she was born in Bombay to Amarjit Singh Bajwa, a Naval Officer and Jayalakshmi Bajwa. She has a younger sister, Deepika Bajwa. [1] She was crowned Miss Pune in 2005, [2] after which she started modeling part-time while studying. [3] When she went to Hyderabad for a ramp show, the director of Modati Cinema spotted her and asked her if she was interested in films. She had finished her 12th then and had a five-month gap before college and hence agreed to star in his film, despite excelling in academics. [4] She pursued a degree in English Literature from Symbiosis International University, Pune.[ citation needed ]
In October 2020, Bajwa took to Instagram to announce she is in a relationship with director Suneel Reddy. [5]
She made her acting debut in the 2005 Telugu film Modati Cinema , following which she appeared in several Telugu films, including Boss alongside Nagarjuna and Bhaskar's Parugu , in which she had a cameo appearance as Prakash Raj's elder daughter. [6] She debuted in Tamil in 2008 with the Hari-directed masala film Seval and subsequently starred in Thenavattu and Kacheri Arambam , both co-starring Jeeva, and Drohi and Thambikottai . She acted in China Town , a Malayalam movie. [7]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Language(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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2005 | Modati Cinema | Sindhu | Telugu | Telugu Debut | |
2006 | Premante Inte | Pavani | |||
Boss | Shruti Ramprakash | ||||
Thangigagi | Priya | Kannada | Kannada Debut | ||
2007 | Veduka | Harini | Telugu | ||
2008 | Parugu | Subbalakshmi | |||
Seval | Parijatham Panchami | Tamil | Tamil Debut | ||
Thenavattu | Gayathri | ||||
2010 | Kacheri Arambam | Madhi | |||
Drohi | Shruthi Lochani | ||||
2011 | Thambikottai | Kanaga Amirthalingam | |||
China Town | Emily | Malayalam | Malayalam Debut | ||
Venicile Vyapari | Lakshmi | ||||
2012 | Shikari | Renuka, Nanditha | Malayalam Kannada | ||
Manthrikan | Malu/Chandana | Malayalam | |||
2014 | Peruchazhi | Herself | Special appearance in the song "Po Mone Dinesha" | [ citation needed ] | |
2015 | Rosapookkalam | Lena Alexander | |||
Aambala | Herself | Tamil | Special appearance in the song "Madras to Madurai" | ||
Romeo Juliet | Nisha | ||||
2016 | Mast Mohabbat | Maya | Kannada | ||
Aranmanai 2 | Manju | Tamil | |||
Muthina Kathirikai | Maya | ||||
2017 | Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu | Mariya | Malayalam | ||
Masterpiece | Smitha | ||||
2019 | N.T.R: Kathanayakudu | Garapati Lokeswari | Telugu | [ citation needed ] | |
Kuppathu Raja | Mary | Tamil | |||
2022 | Pathonpatham Noottandu | Queen of Travancore Mathruppillil Kalyanikutty Amma | Malayalam | [8] | |
Mei Hoom Moosa | Kunjipaathu | [9] | |||
Gurumoorthi | Tamizh | Tamil |
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