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needy girl. It is very rare in Tamil cinema
that heroines volunteer to come along dark-
complexioned in a filthy costume all the
time. The last heroine who did this is Jo
as Shenbagam in Perazhagan, but she had
an equation in her beautiful and bubbly
look alike Priya. However, what adds to
Pooja’s uniqueness and talent is her
willingness to dub for herself. At times
when in fact actresses who know Tamil are
dubbed by the high, clear voices of Savitha
and such, it is really pleasing to hear
a natural voice on tabloid. Hence, we can
consider Tamil cinema exceptional as it
makes an actress of Sinhalese and Kannada
origin to dub for herself in Tamil language!
Pooja is indeed very special, because she
is the only actress who entered cinema with
a Masters Degree in Business & Management!
Most often actresses start their cinematic
career at a very young age chaperoned by
a mother/ father and are recruited for their
blemish-less looks. Their immaturity manifests
in skimpy dresses and item numbers as soon
as they see themselves climb down the greasy
pole. Pooja took off with Jeeva’s
Ullam Ketkume along with other talented
newbies like Arya and Asin. However, this
honeysweet story of college students coming
of age wasn’t released until her following
successful movies Jay Jay and Attagasam
with Maddy and Ajith respectively. Even
so, Pooja was not always on the sunny side
as Jithan and Thagapansamy came to nothing,
and Thambi, Pori and Oram Po had only a
decent run at the box office. But despite
being unnoticed for quite a time and being
a judge on TV dance shows, Pooja never shed
her clothes, which was liked by her female
audience very much!
Today, after the success of Pattiyal and
Naan Kadavul, she settled herself as a versatile
and talented actress in the industry. Her
forthcoming movies are Venkat Prabhu’s
Goa and Drohi directed by Mani Ratnam’s
assistant Sudha. We wish her all the best
and further success in her upcoming movies!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Pooja!
Thanks,
Surenuga Mahalingam
mahalingam@web.de
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