Poonam Kaur

Poonam Kaur
Born October 9, 1983 (1983-10-09) (age 28)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names Deepa[1]
Nakshatra[2]
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2006–present

Poonam Kaur is an Indian actress and model. She has frequently appeared in Telugu films apart from Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films.

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Career

Born and brought up in Hyderabad, India,[1] Poonam Kaur did her schooling there as well, 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 reasons unknown. However, she instead took up the offer for another Teja film, Oka Vichitram.[1] Even before the release of that film, Kaur was lying the lead role in another Telugu film, Mayajalam, which, in fact, released first.[1]

Subsequently, she appeared in several Telugu film as Nikki And Neeraj, enacting the title role of Nikki and Souryam, alongside Gopichand and Anushka Shetty. For her performance in the latter, Kaur received a nomination for the Best Suuporting 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 2009, 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 legendary actors Kamal Haasan and Mohan Lal.

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2006 Mayajalam Swati Rajender Telugu
Oka Vichitram Deepa Telugu
2007 Nikki And Neeraj Nikki Telugu
Nenjirukkum Varai Bhuvana Rangasamy Naidu Tamil Credited as Deepa
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
Ganesh Just Ganesh Deepa Telugu
2010 Nagavalli Pooja Telugu
2011 Payanam Vimala Tamil
Gaganam Telugu
Brahmigadi Katha Bhagya Telugu
Vedi Aishwarya Tamil Remake of Telugu film "Souryam
Vettai Mannan Tamil Filming[3]
2012 6 Candles Tamil Filming
Manjina Hani Kannada Filming

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Deepa". totalbollywood.com. http://www.totaltollywood.com/interviews/Deepa_2053.html. Retrieved 2009-09-25. 
  2. ^ http://www.sify.com/movies/poonam-kaur-becomes-nakshatra-news-tamil-ldnngLcggbb.html
  3. ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/71674.html

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