Poonam Bajwa


Poonam Bajwa is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu films. She made her acting debut in List of [Telugu films of 2005|2005] with the Telugu film Modati Cinema, followed by another Telugu film Boss. Her debut Kannada- and Tamil- language movies were Thangigagi and Seval, respectively.

Early life and education

A Punjabi by birth, she was born in Bombay to Amarjit Singh Bajwa, a Naval Officer and Jayalakshmi Bajwa. She has a younger sister, Deepika Bajwa. She was crowned Miss Pune in 2005, after which she started modeling part-time while studying. When she went to Hyderabad for a ramp show, the director of Modati Cinema spotted her and asked her if she was interested in films. She had finished her 12th then and had a five-month gap before college and hence agreed to star in his film, despite excelling in academics. She pursued a degree in English Literature from Symbiosis [International University], Pune.

Acting career

She made her acting debut in the 2005 Telugu film Modati Cinema, following which she appeared in several Telugu films, including Boss, [I Love You|Boss] alongside Nagarjuna and Bhaskar's Parugu, in which she had a cameo appearance as Prakash Raj's elder daughter. She debuted in Tamil in 2008 with the Hari-directed masala film Seval and subsequently starred in Thenavattu and Kacheri Arambam, both co-starring Jeeva, and Drohi and Thambikottai. She acted in China Town, a Malayalam movie.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2005Modati CinemaSindhuTeluguTelugu Debut
2006Premante IntePavaniTelugu
2006BossSruthi RamprakashTelugu
2006ThangigagiPriyaKannadaKannada Debut
2007VedukaHariniTelugu
2008ParuguSubbalakshmiTelugu
2008SevalParijatham PanjamiTamilTamil Debut
2008ThenavattuGayathriTamil
2010Kacheri ArambamMadhiTamil
2010DrohiShruthi / LochaniTamil
2011ThambikottaiKanaga AmirthalingamTamil
2011China TownEmily GomezMalayalamMalayalam Debut
2011Venicile VyapariMahalakshmiMalayalam
2012ShikariRenuka,
Nanditha		Malayalam
Kannada
2012 ManthrikanMalu/ChandanaMalayalam
2014PeruchazhiHerselfMalayalamSpecial appearance in the song "Po Mone Dinesha"
2015RosapookkalamLena AlexanderMalayalam
2015AambalaHerselfTamilSpecial appearance in the song "Madras to Madurai"
2015Romeo JulietNishaTamil
2016Mast MohabbatMayaKannada
2016Aranmanai 2ManjuTamil
2016Muthina KathirikaiMayaTamil
2017Zacharia Pothen JeevichirippunduMariyaMalayalam
2017MasterpieceSmithaMalayalam
2019N.T.R: KathanayakuduGarapati LokeswariTelugu
2019Kuppathu RajaMaryTamil
2022Pathonpatham NoottanduQueen of Travancore
Mathruppillil Kalyanikutty Amma		Malayalam
Mei Hoom MoosaKunjipaathuMalayalam-
GurumoorthiTamizhTamil-