Pooja Umashankar

Pooja Umashankar
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Born	(1981-06-25) June 25, 1981 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Occupation	Actress

Pooja (born 25 June 1981 as Pooja Gautami Umashankar in Sri Lanka) is an actress in Kollywood and the Sinhala film industry. She has a Masters Degree in Business & Management. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow).

Biography

Early life

Her mother is a Sri Lankan Sinhalese and her father is Kannadiga. The languages she can speak are Kannada, Tamil, Sinhalese, and English. She went to school and college in Bangalore, Baldwin's and Mount Carmel College respectively.

Career

Her debut film was Ullam Ketkumae in Tamil with Shaam, Laila, Arya, and Asin Thottumkal which was directed by the late Jeeva. It wasn't released until her second and third films Jay Jay and Attagasam released in 2003 and 2004 respectively. She bagged one of the main roles in Bala's Naan Kadavul by replacing Bhavana and Karthika and was appreciated by the critics for her fantastic performance.

She became a sensation in Sri Lankan film industry and a household name after the success of of Anjalika (2005) and Asai Man Piyambanna (2007). This also earned her the role of broadband ambassador for SLT (Sri Lanka Telecom).

Television

She is one of the judges in the popular reality dance show Aatam Paatam Kondatam opposite dance master Prasanna on Kalaignar TV.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Jay Jay	Pooja	Tamil
2004	Attagasam		Tamil
2005	Ullam Ketkumae	Irene	Tamil
	Githan	Priya	Tamil
	Anjalika	Anjalika & Uththara	Sinhala	Dual role
2006	Pattiyal	Sandhya	Tamil
	Thambi	Archana	Tamil
	Thagapansamy	Marikozhundhu	Tamil
2007	Pori	Uma	Tamil
	Panthaya Kozhi	Shenbagam	Malayalam
	Asai Mang Piyabanna	Ranmalee	Sinhala
	Oram Po	Rani	Tamil
	Yahaluvo		Sinhala
2009	Naan Kadavul	Hamshavalli	Tamil
	TN-07 AL 4777		Tamil	Guest appearance
	Goa		Tamil	Filming

References

• Indian star's popularity leads to tax on foreign actors, Hindustan Times, August 29, 2007

External links

• Pooja at IMDb

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