Cinema Actress Pooja Umashankar Biography And Picture Gallery

Name : Pooja
Birth name : Pooja Gautami Umashankar
Date of Birth : 25th June 1981
Birth Place : The Soyza Hospital, Sri Lanka
Mother Tongue : Sinhala
Native : Karnataka
Profession : Actress
Height : 5'3''
Hair Color : Black
Religion : Hindu
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status : Single
Languages known English, Kannada, Tamil, Sinhala and Malayalam
Family : Father – H.R.Uma Shankar (Group Manager, Hindustan Lever)
Mother – Gauthami
Education : School : Baldwin's School, Bangalore
College : MBA, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.
Debut Film : Tamil - Jay Jay (2003)
Sinhalese – Angelika (2005)
Favorites :
Actor: Hollywood - Brad Pitt
Bollywood - Hrithik Roshan

Actress: Hollywood - Meg Ryan
Bollywood - Madhuri Dixit

Movies: Hollywood - My Fair Lady
Bollywood – Devdas
Kollywood - Alai Payudhey

Singers: Lionel Richie, Shaan, SPB
Music Director - AR Rahman
All-time favourite song - Unchained Melodies
Clothing styles - Chiffon Sarees, Jeans with tops
Cartoon - Tom and Jerry
Color - Red,White
Food - Sri Lankan
Sports - Volleyball
Hobbies Reading, listening to music
Role model : Her mother
Her views :
Her Dream Partner:
"Dream partner would be extremely God fearing, caring, should love animals, kids and the list goes on and on…"

Definition of Love :
"Love is the most wonderful feeling God has ever created."

About Life :
“Life is a gift given by God and I love it.”
Most unforgettable day Her first day of shoot
Happiest moment When she got her MBA Certificate
Love to meet George Clooney
Dislikes Disloyalty
Goal in the film industry To do many good films.
Dream role : As a village girl
Sinhalese : After watching her performance in ‘Attagasam’ (tamil film), Sinhala director Janmabaraera approached her for his movie ‘Anjalika’.

After the success of her movie ‘Anjalika’ her fans have built a temple at Colombo.

Facts :

Her father is from Karnataka and her mother is a Sinhalese.
She was part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, ‘Netru, Indru, Naalai’.
Calls the press reporters as ‘Anna’ (brother).
Planning to adopt orphan kids.

Ambition “To better myself as a human being as well as an actor.”