Poonam Sinha

Poonam Sinha
Sinha in 2023
Born
Poonam Chandiramani

(1949-11-03) 3 November 1949 (age 75)
Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, India
Other namesKomal
Occupations
  • Actress
  • politician
Political partySamajwadi Party
Spouse
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(m. 1980)​
Children3, including Sonakshi Sinha and Luv Sinha

Poonam Sinha (née Chandiramani) is an Indian politician and former actress, fashion model. She acted in Hindi cinema under the screen name Komal in her early career. She was crowned Miss Young India in 1968. She is married to actor and politician Shatrughna Sinha. She worked in lead roles in Hindi movies and has also produced two films.[1]

Early life

Poonam was born in Hyderabad, in a Sindhi family as Poonam Chandiramani.[2]

Career

She was credited as Komal in all her films as heroine, including Jigri Dost, Dil Diwana and others. She was cast with Shatrughan Sinha in the movie Sabak (1973). The two later got married in 1980. They had earlier met in a train compartment while travelling.[3]

After her marriage, she largely left her acting career to raise their children.[4] After a long gap of thirty years, she starred in the film Jodhaa Akbar (2008) playing Mallika Hamida Banu Begum—mother of Emperor Akbar, enacted by Hrithik Roshan, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.

Politics

On 16 April 2019, she joined the Samajwadi Party, while her husband Shatrughan Sinha joined Indian National Congress after resigning from BJP.[5] She lost the Loksabha election to Rajnath Singh from Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]

Personal life

She is married to actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha. They have twin sons, actors Luv Sinha and Kush Sinha, and a daughter, Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha.[7][8] She lives with her husband and children in their Juhu bungalow, Ramayan.[9]

Sonakshi had said she lives with her family due to her being a mommy/daddy's girl and that she has all the space she needs at her parents' house and that her apartment is more of a studio.[10]

Filmography

Year Film Role Director(s) Notes
1968 Jigri Dost Komal Ravikant Nagaich
1969 Wapas Satyen Bose
Aadmi Aur Insaan Renu Mehra Yash Chopra
1970 Aag Aur Daag Renu A. Salaam
1972 Joroo Ka Ghulam Tina A. Bhimsingh
1973 Sabak Poonam Jugal Kishore
1974 Shaitaan Munish's Date Firoz Chinoy
Dil Diwana Sunita Narendra Bedi
1977 Dream Girl Komal Pramod Chakravorty
1981 Prem Geet N/A Sudesh Issar Associate Producer
2002 Mitr, My Friend Relative Revathi
2006 Mera Dil Leke Dekho N/A Rohit Kaushik Producer
2008 Jodhaa Akbar Mallika Hamida Banu Begum Ashutosh Gowariker

References

  1. ^ "Response is overwhelming, says Poonam Sinha". The Times of India. 5 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. ^ Pradhan S. Bharati (12 June 2012), "It's work first for Sonakshi", The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Shatrughan Sinha: The role of a lifetimeTNN". The Times of India. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  4. ^ "I gave up films for my kids: Poonam Sinha". Yahoo Lifestyle. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Mr (Shatrughan) Sinha Joins Congress, Mrs (Poonam) Sinha Goes Samajwadi". NDTV. 16 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam Sinha joins SP, will contest against Rajnath Singh from Lucknow". India Today. 16 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha's first wife Poonam performs Chhath". India Today. 20 November 2012.
  8. ^ Lata Khubchandani (7 March 2008). "The women behind our heroes". Sify movies. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Sonakshi Sinha shares a perfect family picture on father Shatrughan Sinha's birthday". PressboltNews. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Will stay with my parents: Sonakshi Sinha". Hindustan Times. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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