Poonam Dhillon

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Poonam Dhillon
Born Poonam Dhillon
April 18, 1962 (1962-04-18) (age 49)
Kanpur, India
Occupation Actress
Years active 1978–present
Spouse Ashok Thakeria (1988–1997 Divorced)
Children Anmol, Paloma
Website
http://www.poonamdhillon.com

Poonam Dhillon is an Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. She is best known for her 1979 film, Noorie, for her six films with Rajesh Khanna Red Rose, Dard, Nishaan, Zamana, Awam (from 1980 to 1987) and Sohni Mahiwal (1984), Samundar Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986) and Naam (1986) .

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[edit] Career

Dhillion first gained fame when she was crowned Miss Young India[1] at the age of 16. Director Yash Chopra noticed her and offered her a role in the film Trishul (1978) where she performed the song "Gapoochi Gapoochi gum gum" with co-star Sachin Pilgaonkar. Chopra then gave her the title role in Noorie (1979), which he produced. For this, Dhillon was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Subsequently she did about 90 films in Hindi, including Sohni Mahiwal, Red Rose, Teri Kasam, Dard, Nishana, Yeh Vada Raha, Samunder, Romance, Kasam, and Sitamgar. She was often paired with Rajesh Khanna[2] and together, they performed in Dard, Nishaan, Zamana and Awam and the critically acclaimed Red Rose which became a box office failure and potboiler Jai Shiv Shankar.[3]She takes the pride of featuring in six films opposite Kaka, the phenomenally brilliant actor of the yesteryears: the much glorified Rajesh Khanna.[4]

She did a cameo in Judai (1996) as a favor to producer Boney Kapoor after Juhi Chawla dropped out. She also appeared in regional films such as Nyay Danda, (Bengali), Yudha Kanda (Kannada) and Ishtam (Telugu). She has done Hindi theatre, a comedy play The Perfect Husband which won the best comedy play award in 2005 and which recently completed Golden Jubilee run. She is currently acting in the plays The Perfect Wife co-starring Sooraj Thapar and Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi with Asif Sheikh.

Dhillion ventured into the make-up van business, pioneering the concept in Indian Film industry. She runs a successful make-up van company, "VANITY." She was one of the first to start a personal website in 2000. She has been very active with social causes like drug awareness, AIDS awareness, family planning and organ donation. Dhillon was the fourth guest on Bigg Boss (Season 3) aired on Colors TV. She ended up as the second runner-up on the show.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television

[edit] References

  1. ^ Trivia - Celebrity Snippets - Femina Miss India - Indiatimes
  2. ^ Birthday Special: Rajesh Khanna - 6
  3. ^ A rose by any name - The Economic Times
  4. ^ Poonam Dhillon to enchant the silver screen once again

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