Pooja Gandhi was born as Sanjana Gandhi in the year 1983. She is an Indian actor who works in Kannada, Hindi, and Tamil films. After her commercial success in the 2006 film Mungaru Male, she became one of the most beloved, successful, and highest-paid divas in Kannada cinema. She received an honorary Doctorate. In this blog we are going to tell you the Pooja Gandhi, so read this full blog to get the complete information.
Gandhi is famously called Male Hudugi (Rain Girl) in the media and Kannada film industry. She has acted in over 50 films and speaks five languages.
She has been placed in the Bangalore Times and on the list of “25 Most Desirable Women of 2012”.
Personal Life and Family
Pooja Gandhi was born in a traditional Punjabi family and brought up in Delhi. Her father, Pawan Gandhi is a businessman, and her mother, Jyothi is a homemaker.
Education and Qualification
She did her schooling at Sophia Convent and Dewan Public School in Meerut, UP. She has two younger sisters named Radhika Gandhi, who is also an actress in Kannada films, and Suhani Gandhi, who is a tennis player.
Pooja Gandhi got engaged in 2012 with Anand Gowda, who is a realtor but she ended the tie the following month due to some personal issues.
Debut in Bollywood
Pooja Gandhi debuted in the Hindi film industry with the Khatron Ke Khiladi opposite Raj Babbar in 2001.
Thereafter, she has acted for the lead roles in films such as,
- Mungaru Male in 2006
- Milana in 2007
- Krishna in 2007,
- Taj Mahal in 2008,
- Budhivanta in 2008,
- Anu in 2009,
- Gokula in 2009,
- Dandupalya in 2012,
- Dandupalya 2 in 2017 and Dandupalya 3 in 2018
Due to her successful films, she established herself as one of the leading and highest-paid actresses of Kannada cinema.
Awards and Recognition
In 2016, she was awarded an honorary doctorate award by the Governing Council of Confederation of International Accreditation Commission – CIAC in partnership with KEISEI International University – South Korea, for her great contribution to the Kannada film industry.
Political Debut
In 2012, Pooja Gandhi joined the Janata Dal (Secular) party by winning the membership of the party.
Thereafter, she joined the KJP party and then joined the BSR Congress party by contesting in the Karnataka assembly elections from the Raichur constituency.
However, she lost the polls.
