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Pooja's personal Details:-

Original Name - Pooja Gautami Umashankar

Date of birth - 25th June

Place of birth - Sri Lanka

Hails from the state of - Karnataka

Mother Tongue - Kannada


Languages Known - Kannada, English and Tamil

Languages Spoken - Kannada, English, Tamil

No. of family members - 4 members


Father's name - Umashanker H.R

Occupation - Group Manager, Tea Estate Division, Hindustan Lever, Valparai.

Education - MBA – Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.

Movie life



Name of first film - Jay Jay

Director/Production - Saran

Co-star - R. Madhavan

Movies just released - Thambi, Pattiyyal



Movies around the corner - Auto, Pori, Thagappansaamy

Ambition - To better myself as a human being as well as an actor.


Hobbies - Reading, listening to music



Favourite actor

Hollywood - Brad Pitt

Indian films - Hrithik Roshan



Favourite actress

Hollywood - Meg Ryan

Indian films - Madhuri Dixit

Favourite music director -AR Rahman



All-time favourite song - Unchained Melodies

Favourite film

Hollywood - My Fair Lady

Indian films - Devdas,Alai Payudhey


Favourite singer

Hollywood - Lionel Richie

Indian films - Shaan,SPB

Clothing styles - Chiffon Sarees,Jeans with a Smart Top

Favourite after-hours haunt - Where ever my friends and I meet

Favorite Cartoon as a kid - Tom and Jerry

Favourite color - Red/White

Food - Sri Lankan

Sports - Volleyball

She, Herself, her thoughts

Her definition of love - Love is the most wonderful feeling God has ever created.

Does she believe in love at first sight? Yes and No!

She is an extremely romantic person

Her dream partner would be extremely God fearing, caring, should love animals, kids and the list goes on and on…

She expect her life partner to BE EVERYTHING!

The place in the world She would like to go to is Colombo

Her mother is her role model

She envy nobody

Her first day of shoot was her most unforgettable day

She was the happiest when she got her MBA Certificate

She would love to meet George Clooney

She dislike disloyalty


Life is a gift given by God and she love it.

My goal in the industry is to do many good films.

Her dream role would be that of village girl
She is a CUPA member