Poonam Sinha

Poonam Sinha (née Chandiramani; born 3 November 1949) is an Indian politician and former actress, fashion model. She acted in Hindi cinema under the screen name Komal in her early career. She was crowned Miss Young India in 1968. She is married to actor and politician Shatrughna Sinha. She worked in lead roles in Hindi movies and has also produced two films.

Early life Poonam was born in Hyderabad, in a Sindhi family as Poonam Chandiramani. She later moved to Mumbai, where she pursued a career in modelling and films.

Career She was credited as Komal in all her films as heroine, including Jigri Dost, Dil Diwana and others. She was cast with Shatrughan Sinha in the movie Sabak (1973). The two later got married in 1980. They had earlier met in a train compartment while travelling.

After her marriage, she largely left her acting career to raise their children. After a long gap of thirty years, she starred in the film Jodhaa Akbar (2008) playing Mallika Hamida Banu Begum—mother of Emperor Akbar, enacted by Hrithik Roshan, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.

Politics On 16 April 2019, she joined the Samajwadi Party, while her husband Shatrughan Sinha joined Indian National Congress after resigning from BJP. She lost the Loksabha election to Rajnath Singh from Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency).

Personal life She is married to actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha. They have twin sons, actors Luv Sinha and Kush Sinha, and a daughter, Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha. She lives with her husband and children in their Juhu bungalow, Ramayan.

Sonakshi had said she lives with her family due to her being a mommy/daddy's girl and that she has all the space she needs at her parents' house and that her apartment is more of a studio.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleDirector(s)Notes 1968 Jigri Dost Komal Ravikant Nagaich 1969 Wapas Satyen Bose Aadmi Aur Insaan Renu Mehra Yash Chopra 1970 Aag Aur Daag Renu A. Salaam 1972 Joroo Ka Ghulam Tina A. Bhimsingh 1973 Sabak Poonam Jugal Kishore 1974 Shaitaan Munish's Date Firoz Chinoy Dil Diwana Sunita Narendra Bedi 1977 Dream Girl Komal Pramod Chakravorty 1981 Prem Geet N/A Sudesh Issar Associate Producer 2002 Mitr, My Friend Relative Revathi 2006 Mera Dil Leke Dekho N/A Rohit Kaushik Producer 2008 Jodhaa Akbar Mallika Hamida Banu Begum Ashutosh Gowariker