Poonam Kaur

Poonam Kaur is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films.^[3][4] She is also a politician, based in Telangana and a member of the Congress Party.^[5]

Poonam Kaur
Born	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Other names	Deepa[1] Nakshatra[2]
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2006–present

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 films 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 was nominated as a brand ambassador for the Miss Telangana event.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2006	Mayajalam	Swati Rajender	Telugu	Credited as Deepa (Telugu Debut)
	Oka `V` Chitram	Deepa	Telugu
2007	Nikki And Neeraj	Nikki	Telugu
	Nenjirukkum Varai	Bhuvana Rangasamy Naidu	Tamil	Credited as Deepa (Tamil Debut)
2008	Souryam	Divya	Telugu	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
	Bandhu Balaga	Lakshmi	Kannada	Kannada Debut
	Vinayakudu	Sandhya (Sandy)	Telugu
2009	Unnaipol Oruvan	Anu Sethuraman	Tamil
	Eenadu	Anu Gautham	Telugu
	Ganesh	Deepa	Telugu
2010	Nagavalli	Pooja	Telugu
2011	Payanam	Air Hostess Vimala Gupta	Tamil
	Gaganam		Telugu	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
	Brahmi Gadi Katha	Bhagya	Telugu
	Vedi	Aishwarya	Tamil	[6]
2013	6	Lizzy	Tamil
	Bangles	Avanthika	Malayalam	Malayalam Debut
	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	Hindi Debut
	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
2022	Nathicharami	Srilatha	Telugu

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
2016	Super 2	Herself	Telugu	E TV Telugu
	Celebrity Danger	Herself	Telugu	Star Maa
2018–2019	Swarna Khadgam	Queen of Manipuram Vindhyavathi	Telugu	E TV Telugu

References

1. "Deepa". totalbollywood.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
2. "Poonam Kaur becomes Nakshatra!". Sify. 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". The Times of India.
4. Ganguly, Nivedita (3 May 2017). "On a high after IPL show". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
5. "Actor Poonam Kaur explains why Rahul Gandhi held her hand; 'Sit down...': Priyanka Chaturvedi to troll". Hindustan Times. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
6. "Poonam Kaur is Kollywood bound". The Times of India. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

External links

• Poonam Kaur at IMDb