Poonam Dhillon
Born on April 18, 1962 in Kanpur, India, Cusp-born Poonam Dhillon is one of three children of former Aeronautics Engineer, Amrik Singh, and mom, Gurcharan Kaur. She has a brother, and a sister, Dr. Rishma Pai, who has a medical practice in Bombay. She studied in Carmel Convent High School in Chandigarh.
Poonam became popular after attaining the Miss India '77 Crown. This opened doors for modeling as well as her pretty face being splashed on magazine covers, and also landed her a role in 'Trishul', which was a hit at the box office, with the song pictured on her 'Gapuchi Gapuchi gam gam' continuing to be popular even today.
Then came 'Noorie' in 1979, which made a star overnight.Her on-screen pairing with Rajesh Khanna was very popular with them having four super-hits 'Dard', 'Nishan', 'Zamana', 'Awam', and one unfortunate box office dud but critically acclaimed film Redrose.
Subsequent to her debut 'Kaala Patthar', 'Dard', 'Red Rose', 'Biwi O Biwi', 'Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya', 'Teri Meharbaniya', 'Karma', 'Batwara', 'Kasam', 'Sohni Mahiwal" became super-hits. She has also acted in regional language movies in Bengali, Tamil, and Kannada. Her movie career as a leading lady spanned from 1978 with 'Trishul' through onto 1992 with 'Virodhi'.
In 1988 she fell in love and married film maker, Ashok Thakeria, and subsequently gave birth to a son, Anmol, and a daughter, Paloma. Her marriage ended in a divorce in 1997.
Poonam loves to spend time with Anmol, Paloma, and her aunt, who lives in Chandigarh. Her parents have since passed away. Both her children intensely dislike her former involvement with Bollywood, the attention that is forced upon them, and avoid being photographed. She is friendly with Bollywood actresses Padmini Kolhapure, and Rati Agnihotri.
She is involved as a host in Zee TV Africa's 'Chusth Dhrusth' show, acts in a Zee TV serial 'Kitty Party'. She had won an award for her role in the Hindi play 'The Perfect Husband' in 2005. She was also part of the Indian political scene in 2004 when she briefly joined the Congress party.
She is also associated with Zeenext.com as a Consulting Editor; was responsible for pioneering the makeup van business.
Movies
- Apr 05, 2024
- Hindi
Sabhyata, who falls in love with the village pradhaan's son, must decide how she will fight the ceremonial ritual of Kori in order to have a happy and respectful married life.
- Mar 29, 2020
- Hindi
Inspired by a true mining tragedy the film is about people from all walks of life showing courage and character to fight the forces of nature.
3.7
- Jan 17, 2020
- Hindi
Sick of keeping their love a secret from their constantly bickering mothers, a young couple seeks to uncover the cause of the women’s longstanding war.
- Jan 01, 2020
- Hindi
The Noons are a family with values, traditions, and legacy. Rithwik, the eldest son of the family, is the most loved.
- Jul 18, 2013
- Hindi
Ram falls in love with Sona, who lives on the fields of Punjab. He follows her to her farm, where her elder brother challenges him to produce more seed on their fields. If he wins, he will be allowed to marry her.
- Nov 04, 2011
- Hindi
A tennis player incurs his pushy divorced parents' displeasure when he pretends to fall for a struggling model.
HD
- Mar 05, 2009
- Hindi
A man experiences a supernatural occurrence at his newly purchased apartment; a soap opera being telecast exclusively on his TV, which shows the future of his family.
- Jan 01, 1990
- Hindi
Talented sisters, Sita and Lata, are renowned performing artists. However, the rivalry between them leads to a competition with far-reaching consequences.
7.3
- Aug 08, 1986
- Tamil
The BSO is a British oriented group who wants to take control of India. When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests there leader Dr. Michael Dang the authorities blast the jail Dang is logged in killing huge numbers of inmates including two of Vishwa's sons and his daughter-in-law; with Dang escaping in the process. Vishwa who now calls himself Dada Thakur is determine to put an end to Dang and his PSO gang which prompts him to recruit three prisoners who are soon to be hang namely Baiju Thakur, Johnny and former terrorist Khairuddin Kisti. Soon Dada Thakur will come to realize that these prisoners are least interested in his mission as they planned their own agenda.
- Mar 06, 1986
- Hindi
Ravidas, a gifted poet falls in love with Jyoti. Because of differences in caste, the villagers oppose their marriage. He decides to move to the city to fulfill his dreams of becoming a recognized poet and eventually marrying Jyoti. There he comes across a big newspaper publisher who recognizes his talent and publishes some of Ravidas's poems in a column in his newspaper and Ravidas becomes famous. He communicates to Jyoti by writing on the side of the morning express train, hence the title of the film Saveray Wali Gaadi. Jyoti reads these messages each morning hoping for the time when Ravidas will return and take her away with him.
