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Indian actress Poonam Dhillon was born on 18th April, 1958, in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She started modelling from a very young age and was crowned Miss Young India in 1978 at the age of 16. Thereafter, she was noticed by director Yash Chopra who gave her a role in the...
Indian actress Poonam Dhillon was born on 18th April, 1958, in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She started modelling from a very young age and was crowned Miss Young India in 1978 at the age of 16. Thereafter, she was noticed by director Yash Chopra who gave her a role in the film, Trishul. After that, she got her first lead role in the 1979 film Noorie opposite actor Farooq Sheikh. The film was successful and she was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Next, she worked in many Bollywood films which included Sohni Mahiwal, Red Rose, Teri Kasam, Nishana, Samunder, Kasam, etc. Poonam extensively worked with legendary actor Rajesh Khanna and gave many hit films. Apart from that, she has also worked in other regional languages films such as Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil. Apart from her Bollywood career, Poonam has also been a part of theatre and worked in the theatre production, The Perfect Husband which won the Best Comedy Play Award in 2005. Other than that, she has also appeared on television and was seen in shows like Bigg Boss and Ekk Nayi Pehchaan. Poonam Dhillon is also very active in politics and activism. She is a part of several social awareness campaigns relating to drug awareness, AIDS, organ donation, and many more. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2004 and was appointed as the Vice President of its Mumbai unit in 2019. Talking about her personal life, Poonam Dhillon was married to producer Ashok Thakeria and has a daughter and a son.