Pooja Gauthami Umashankar, mononymously known as Pooja is an Indian-Sri Lankan actress, who has primarily appeared in Tamil films as well as Sinhala, Malayalam and amateur films.
Following a series of successful commercial ventures, Bala’s Naan Kadavul saw Pooja’s performance as a blind beggar praised by the critics, securing major awards, including the South Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. She simultaneously worked in Sinhala cinema and was part of several successful films like Anjalika (2006), Asai Man Piyabanna (2007), Suwanda Denuna Jeewithe (2010) and Kusa Pabha (2012), thus establishing herself as one of the leading actresses of Sinhala cinema.
Pooja Umashankar Biography / Wiki
| Name | Pooja Umashankar |
| Also Know | Pooja Gauthami Umashankar, Pooja, Pooja Umasankar |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Date of Birth | 1981-06-25 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 41 |
| Deathday |
Pooja Umashankar Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Vidiyum Munn | Rekha | 2013-11-29 | Greed, lust and anger collide and threaten to rip apart the lives of two disparate women on the run to seek refuge. Vidiyum Munn explores the darker s… |
| Paththini | Kannaki | 2016-05-05 | Kannagi (Pooja) born in the Chola kingdom, one of the three kingdoms in South India around 1,500 years ago, is happily married to Kovalan (Uddika), a … |
| Sarigama | Maria | 2016-10-30 | A woman leaves a convent to become a governess to the children of a Army officer widower…. |
| Kusa Pabha | Princess Pabha | 2012-01-26 | The love story between beastly-looking prince Kusa and beautiful princess Paba…. |
| Friends | Manorani | 2007-12-20 | Yahaluvo (Friends) (යහළුවà·), also known as Yahaluwo, is a 2007 Sinhala romantic drama film. It was directed by Sumitra Peries, produced by… |
| Anjalika – අංජලීක෠| Anjalika / Uttara | 2006-06-28 | A young man named Thivanka returns home to Sri Lanka from England to fall in love with a village girl named Anjalika. This proves to be problematic fo… |
| Attagasam | Sapna | 2004-11-12 | The movie begins with Ajith, a driving instructor leading a happy life with his mother Sujatha. She hides from him the truth that his father, Nizhalga… |
| Naan Kadavul | Hamsavalli | 2009-02-06 | This surreal Tamil entry tells the story of Rudran, who is abandoned as a child in Kasi and grows up to be a mystic who indulges in strange rituals an… |
| Oram Po | Rani | 2007-11-30 | Chandru (Arya) and Bigilu (Lal) are close friends. Chandru is an expert auto driver & racer while Bigilu is a mechanic expert at customizing autos to … |
| Pori | Pooja | 2007-07-07 | Hari (Jeeva) is an unemployed youth who runs a pavement book shop in Tripiclane area. His father (Nagesh) an upright retired school teacher buys him a… |
| Thambi | Archana | 2006-02-22 | A man cannot tolerate injustice and opposes it in any form; this earns him the wrath of a local goon, who plans to get rid of him at all costs…. |
| Jithan | Priya | 2005-05-06 | A girl breaks up with her lover after a rich guy proposes marriage to her. The lover gets the power of invisibility due to an accident; he uses this t… |
| Thagapansamy | 2006-12-23 | The film begins with Kadhirvel (Prashanth), a do-gooder going all out to get water for his village. With monsoon repeatedly failing, his village reels… | |
| Panthayakozhi | Chempakam | 2007-04-14 | Nandagopal lives with his mother and mute sister Maya at the mercy of his uncle. They come to know their late father bought a bungalow in Kalimuthupal… |
| Asai Man Piyabanna | Ranmalee | 2007-11-01 | Ranmalee, a village girl talented in both music and dancing meets the son (Praveen) of a businessman who are on a visit to Ranmalee’s village in searc… |
| Pattiyal | Sandhya | 2006-02-17 | Two contract killers, who wish to leave the crime world, are betrayed by their boss…. |
| Jay Jay | Seema | 2003-11-14 | Jagan and Jamuna spend all day chatting on their first meeting. Jamuna puts down her details on a 100 rupee note declaring that if the note comes back… |
| TN 07 AL 4777 | (cameo) | 2009-02-21 | The film’s story revolves around a taxi driver and the son of a rich businessman, in which the two come in contact. The taxi driver, protective of his… |
| Ullam Ketkumae | Irene | 2005-06-03 | A friendship between college friends Shyam, Priya and Pooja suffers when Shyam confesses his love for Priya, leaving Pooja, who also loves him, heartb… |
| Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi | Guest Appearance | 2015-03-20 | Jai and Neha, eloping to Hyderabad to get married, offer lift to a stranger on the highway not realizing that he is a murderous psychopath who has esc… |
| Drohi | Roja (Guest appearance) | 2010-09-10 | Samy and Karuna grow up together in the slums of Royapuram. One day, they witness the brutal murder of their teacher by a gangster. While Karuna manag… |
| Orange | Meenakshi Teacher (Guest Appearance) | 2010-11-25 | A young man falls in love with a girl but has to keep lying to make her happy. Unable to continue, he tells her that it cannot go on and breaks up wit… |
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