Pooja Umashankar

About Pooja Umashankar

This Indian actress of Sri Lankan origin is most known for her parts in Tamil films like as Naan Kadavul and Vidiyum Munn, but she has also won accolades for her work in Sinhala films such as Anjalika and Kusa Pabha.

Pooja Gauthami Umashankar, known as Pooja, is an Indo-Sri Lankan actress who has mainly appeared in Tamil films as well as Sinhala, Malayalam. Following a string of successful business ventures, Bala's Naan Kadavul saw Pooja perform as a critically acclaimed blind beggar, winning major awards including South Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. She also worked in Sinhala cinema and was part of several successful films such as Anjalika, Asai Man Piyabanna, Suwanda Denuna Jeewithe and Kusa Pabha, thus she became one of the main actresses of Sinhala cinema. .

Spouse(s)	Prashan David Vithakan
Occupation	Model, actress
Years active	1981–present
Born	Pooja Gauthami Umashankar, 25 June 1981, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Trivia

For her performance as Seema in the 2003 Tamil film Jay Jay, she earned the Amrutha Surabi Film Award in the "Best Female Debut" category.

Pooja Umashankar before fame

She earned a bachelor's and master's degree in business from Mount Carmel College in Bangalore.

Achievement of Pooja Umashankar

In 2003, she received the Amrutha Surabi Film Award for"Best Female Debut" for her role as Seema in the Tamil film Jay Jay.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Pooja Umashankar family life

Despite being born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to a Sinhalese family, she spent the majority of her childhood in India. Deepak Shanmuganathan, a model, was previously engaged to her but the couple divorced.

Associations of Pooja Umashankar

She co-starred with Ajith Kumar in the 2004 film Attahasam.

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