Poonam Kaur

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Poonam Kaur
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Born (1983-10-21) 21 October 1983 (age 40)
Other namesDeepa[1]
Nakshatra[2]
OccupationActress, model
Years active2006–present

Poonam Kaur is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films.[3][4]

Career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Deepa". totalbollywood.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  2. "Poonam Kaur becomes Nakshatra!". Sify.com. 14 March 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  3. "'Never thought I'll perform pooja at Pakistan's iconic Katas Raj temples".
  4. Ganguly, Nivedita (3 May 2017). "On a high after IPL show". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. "Poonam Kaur is Kollywood bound". The Times of India. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

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