Poonam Kaur
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Poonam Kaur | |
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| Born | 21 October 1983 |
| Other names | Deepa[1] Nakshatra[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Poonam Kaur is an Indian actress and model from Hyderabad, who appears in Telugu, Tamil,Kannada and Malayalam films.[3][4]
Career
Born and raised in Hyderabad, India,[1] Poonam Kaur did her schooling in Hyderabad Public School, before doing fashion designing at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Delhi.[1] In 2006, after her studies, she signed up for a film to be directed by Teja, which didn't take off for unknown reason. However, she took an offer for another Teja film, Oka Vichitram.[1] Even before the release of that film, Kaur was pursuing a lead role in another Telugu film, Mayajalam, which released first.[1]
Subsequently, she appeared in several Telugu film as Nikki And Neeraj, enacting the title role of Nikki and in Souryam, alongside Gopichand and Anushka Shetty. For her performance in the latter, Kaur received a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Award for 2008. She made her acting debut in the Tamil and Kannada film industries, with S. A. Chandrasekhar's Nenjirukkum Varai and Bandhu Balaga, respectively. In 2010, she made a comeback in Tamil with the highly anticipated Unnaipol Oruvan, a remake of the 2008 Bollywood film, A Wednesday!, in which she played a small supporting role alongside Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal.Recently she has been nominated as a brand ambassador for Miss Telangana event.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Mayajalam | Swati Rajender | Telugu | Debut |
| Oka `V` Chitram | Deepa | Telugu | ||
| 2007 | Nikki And Neeraj | Nikki | Telugu | |
| Nenjirukkum Varai | Bhuvana Rangasamy Naidu | Tamil | Credited as Deepa (Tamil Film Debut) | |
| 2008 | Souryam | Divya | Telugu | Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu |
| Bandhu Balaga | Kannada | |||
| Vinayakudu | Sandhya (Sandy) | Telugu | ||
| 2009 | Unnaipol Oruvan | Anu Sethuraman | Tamil | |
| Eenadu | Anu Gautham | Telugu | ||
| Ganesh Just Ganesh | Deepa | Telugu | ||
| 2010 | Nagavalli | Pooja | Telugu | |
| 2011 | Payanam | Air Hostess Vimala Gupta | Tamil | |
| Gaganam | Telugu | Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu | ||
| Brahmigadi Katha | Bhagya | Telugu | ||
| Vedi | Aishwarya | Tamil | [5] | |
| 2013 | 6 | Lizzy | Tamil | |
| Bangles | Avanthika | Malayalam | ||
| Aadu Magaadra Bujji | Anjali | Telugu | ||
| 2014 | Poga | Telugu | ||
| 2015 | En Vazhi Thani Vazhi | Saraswathi (Sarasu) | Tamil | |
| Achaaram | Ramya | Tamil | ||
| Superstar Kidnap | Priya | Telugu | ||
| 2016 | Attack | Sakhi | Telugu | |
| Junooniyat | Kamya | Hindi | ||
| Nayaki | Shravani | Telugu | Guest Appearance | |
| Nayagi | Tamil | Guest Appearance | ||
| 2018 | Srinivasa Kalyanam | Kavya | Telugu | |
| Next Enti? | Prachiti | Telugu | ||
| 2019 | 3 Dev | Radha | Hindi | Delayed |
| Nandu En Nanban | Tamil | Filming | ||
| Guest | Tamil | Delayed |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Super 2 | Herself | Telugu | E TV Telugu |
| 2018–present | Swarna Khadgam | Queen of Manipuram Vindhyavathi | Telugu | E TV Telugu |
References
- ^ a b c d e "Deepa". totalbollywood.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ^ "Poonam Kaur becomes Nakshatra!". Sify.com. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ "'Never thought I'll perform pooja at Pakistan's iconic Katas Raj temples".
- ^ https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/on-a-high-after-ipl-show/article18371134.ece
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Poonam-Kaur-is-Kollywood-bound/articleshow/17720152.cms
External links
- Poonam Kaur at IMDb