Pooja Sharma (Indian actress)

Pooja Sharma is an Indian television actress and model known for the role of Draupadi in Star Plus's Mahabharat and as Mahakali/Parvati in Colors TV's Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai.[1]

Pooja Sharma
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2012-present
Known forMahabharat
Mahakali

Career

Pageantry

Sharma was one of the top 10 finalists of Femina Miss India 2006 edition.[2] She also won the subtitle 'Miss Beautiful Hair' in the pageant.[3]

Television

Sharma has worked as an anchor for a sports-based talk show on Doordarshan, and for Zoom TV during her college days.[4] She made her acting debut in 2012 with Star Plus's Teri Meri Love Stories, where she played Siya Behl, an episodic role. In 2013, she portrayed the role of Draupadi on Star Plus's Mahabharat.[5] The show was critically and commercially successful.[6] The show ended in August 2014. In the end of 2014, she was seen as Lakshmi in comedy show, Ajab Gajab Ghar Jamai on Big Magic.[7] In 2015, she was seen in a cameo appearance in Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan on Star Plus.[8]

After a two and half year absence from television, in 2017, Sharma was seen portraying the role of Mahakali / Parvati on Colors TV's Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai. The show didn't prove to be as successful as Mahabharat. In 2018 and 2019, she voiced over for a show and narrated three shows.

Media

Sharma was listed 17th in Times of India's Top 20 Most Desirable Women on Indian Television 2017.[9]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Teri Meri Love Stories Siya Behl
2013–2014 Mahabharat Draupadi
2014 Ajab Gajab Ghar Jamai Lakshmi Cameo
2015 Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan Pooja Cameo
2017–2018 Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai Mahakali/Parvati
2018 Karmaphal Daata Shani Mahakali Cameo
2019 TV Ka Dum- India TV's Mega Conclave Herself/Panelist [10]

As a voice artist
YearTitleRoleNotes
2017–2018 Porus River Jhelum Narrator
2018 Chandragupta Maurya River Jhelum
RadhaKrishn Yogmaya Voiceover
2019 Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush River Sarayu Narrator

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Show Result Ref.
2014 Indian Telly Award Fresh New Face (Female) Mahabharat Nominated
Best Actress in a Lead Role Nominated
2017 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor (Female) Popular Mahakali Nominated

References
  1. Sana Farzeen (23 July 2017). "Playing Mahakali is challenging but also a lifetime experience: Pooja Sharma". Indian Express. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. "From Beauty queens to Television actresses". Indiatimes. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. "Neha Kapoor crowned Miss India". Hindustan Times. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. "I can't connect to daily soaps, but now I respect them: Pooja Sharma". Times of India. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. "Playing Draupadi made me strong: Pooja Sharma". Times of India. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. "Tuesday Trivia: 2013's Mahabharat was the first Indian TV show made on a budget of Rs 100 crore". India Today. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  7. "Mahabharat's Draupadi returns to TV". Times of India. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. "Pooja Sharma to do cameo in 'Manmarziyan'". Indian Express. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  9. "Meet The Times 20 Most Desirable Women on TV". The Times of India.
  10. "TV Ka Dum: Siddharth Kumar Tewary, Mukesh Khanna, Debina Bonnerjee and others talk about impact of mythological shows". India TV news. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.


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