Poonam Dhillon is a famous and celebrated Indian bollywood movie actress.Her father’s name is Amrik Singh and her mother’s name is Gurcharan Kaur. She has a younger sister named Dr. Rishma Dhillon-Pai who is a gynecologist based in Bombay.

She did her schooling from Carmel Convent High School, Chandigarh,India

She first gained fame when she was crowned the beauty queen title of “Miss India” in 1977. Famous director Yash Chopra noticed her and gave her a romantic role in the star-studded hit film “Trishul” (1978) where the famous song “Gapoochi Gapoochi gum gum” was picturized on her and she came to be known as the “Gapoochi Gapoochi gum gum” girl.

Yash Chopra was enthralled enough with her to give her the title role in Noorie (1979), which he produced but didn’t direct. The film became a major hit and earned Poonam a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress.It also catapulted her to the ranks of upcoming heroines in the late seventies and early eighties.

Subsequently she did about 90 films in Hindi like “Sohni Mahiwal”, “Red Rose”, “Teri Kasam”, “Dard”, “Nishana”, “Yeh Vada Raha”, “Samunder”, “Romance”, “Kasam”, Sitamgar, etc. She did a cameo in the hit film Judaii (1996) as a favor to producer Boney Kapoor after Juhi Chawla dropped out.

She also ventured out to do regional films, such as the Bengali film “Nyay Danda,” Kannada film “Yudha Kanda” and Telegu film “Ishtam.She has also done Hindi theater. She worked in a super hit comedy play “The Perfect Husband” which won best comedy play award in 2005 and which recently completed Golden Jublee run.

She pioneered “VANITY ” a make up van company in India and runs a successful Make up Van Business.Besides introducing the concept of Makeup vans in India, Poonam Dhillon has been one of the first to start a website. She has been very active with a lot of social causes like Drug awareness, Aids awareness, Family Planning, Organ Donation etc. She also is involved in running an events company.

She married film producer Ashok Thakeria in 1988, with whom she has two children, son Anmol and daughter Paloma. The marriage ended in divorce in 1997.

She briefly joined the Indian national Congress party in 2004.

Films Done By Poonam Dhillon

2020 Jai Mummy Di Danish Hussain Navjyot Gulati Hindi
2014 Double Di Trouble Dharmendra Smeep Kang Punjabi
2013 Ramaiya Vastavaiya Randhir Kapoor Prabhu Deva Hindi
2011 Kunasathi Kunitari None Rekha Sahay, Nitin Jagdish Marathi
2011 Miley Naa Miley Hum Kabir Bedi Tanveer Khan Hindi
2009 Dil Bole Hadippa! Anupam Kher Anurag Singh Hindi
2009 13B Manohar’s mother Vikram Kumar Hindi
2001 Ishtam Sharath Babu Vikram Kumar, Raj Kumar Telugu
1997 Judaai Guest appearance Raj Kanwar Hindi
1997 Mahaanta Mohsin Khan Afzal Khan Hindi
1992 Virodhi None Rajkumar Kohli Hindi
1991 Deshwasi Rajiv Goswami Rajiv Goswami Hindi
1991 Jhoothi Shaan Mithun Chakraborty Ranjan Bose Hindi
1991 Qurbani Rang Layegi Sanjay Dutt Raj N. Sippy Hindi
1990 Jai Shiv Shankar Jeetendra S.A. Chandrasekhar Hindi
1990 Amiri Garibi Raj Babbar Harmesh Malhotra Hindi
1990 Atishbaz Aditya Pancholi Mukhtar Ahmed Hindi
1990 Pathar Ke Insan None Shomu Mukherjee Hindi
1990 Police Public Raj Kiran Esmayeel Shroff Hindi
1989 Yuddha Kaanda Ravichandran K.V. Raju Kannada
1989 Batwara Mohsin Khan J.P. Dutta Hindi
1989 Abhimanyu Shakti Kapoor Tony Juneja Hindi
1989 Galiyon Ka Badshah Mithun Chakraborty Sher Jung Singh Hindi
1989 Hisaab Khoon Ka Raj Babbar Surendra Mohan Hindi
1989 Saaya Shatrughan Sinha Keshu Ramsay Hindi
1988 Hum Farishte Nahin Raj Babbar Jatin Kumar Hindi
1988 Kasam Anil Kapoor Umesh Mehra Hindi
1988 Maalamaal Naseeruddin Shah Kewal Sharma Hindi
1988 Sone Pe Suhaaga Dharmendra K. Bapaiah Hindi
1987 Himmat Aur Mehanat Jeetendra K. Bapaiah Hindi
1987 Awam Rajesh Khanna Baldev Raj Chopra Hindi
1987 Mard Ki Zabaan Jackie Shroff K. Bapaiah Hindi
1986 Avinash Mithun Chakraborty Umesh Mehra Hindi
1986 Dosti Dushmani Rajinikanth T. Rama Rao Hindi
1986 Ek Chadar Maili Si Rishi Kapoor Sukhwant Dhadda Hindi
1986 Karma Anil Kapoor Subhash Ghai Hindi
1986 Khel Mohabbat Ka Farookh Sheikh Satish Duggal Hindi
1986 Naam Kumar Gaurav Mahesh Bhatt Hindi
1986 Palay Khan Jackie Shroff Ashim Samanta Hindi
1986 Samundar Sunny Deol Rahul Rawail Hindi
1986 Saveray Wali Gaadi Sunny Deol Bharathiraaja Hindi
1985 Bepanaah Shashi Kapoor Jagdish Sidana Hindi
1985 Geraftaar Kamal Hassan Prayag Raaj Hindi
1985 Kabhi Ajnabi The Sandeep Patil Vijay Singh Hindi
1985 Shiva Ka Insaaf Jackie Shroff Raj N. Sippy Hindi
1985 Sitamgar Rishi Kapoor Raj N. Sippy Hindi
1985 Tawaif Rishi Kapoor B.R. Chopra Hindi
1985 Teri Meherbaniyan Jackie Shroff Vijay Reddy Hindi
1985 Zamana Rajesh Khanna Ramesh Talwar Hindi
1984 Badal Mithun Chakraborty Anand Sagar Hindi
1984 John Jani Janardhan Rajanikanth T. Rama Rao Hindi
1984 Laila Anil Kapoor Saawan Kumar Hindi
1984 Sohni Mahiwal Sunny Deol Umesh Mehra, Latif Faiziyev Hindi
1984 Yaadgar Kamal Hassan Dasari Narayana Rao Hindi
1983 Nishan Rajesh Khanna Surendra Mohan Hindi
1983 Qayamat Dharmendra Raj N. Sippy Hindi
1983 Romance Kumar Gaurav Ramanand Sagar Hindi
1982 Aapas Ki Baat Raj Babbar Harmesh Malhotra Hindi
1982 Sawaal Shashi Kapoor Ramesh Talwar Hindi
1982 Teri Kasam Kumar Gaurav A. C. Tirulokchandar Hindi
1982 Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya Kamal Hassan T. Rama Rao Hindi
1982 Yeh Vaada Raha Rishi Kapoor Kapil Kapoor Hindi
1981 Baseraa Raj Kiran Ramesh Talwar Hindi
1981 Dard Rajesh Khanna Ambrish Sangal Hindi
1981 Main Aur Mera Haathi Mithun Chakraborty R. Thiagaraj Hindi
1981 Poonam Raj Babbar Harmesh Malhotra Hindi
1980 Red Rose Rajesh Khanna Bharathi Raja Hindi
1980 Biwi-O-Biwi Randhir Kapoor Rahul Rawail Hindi
1980 Nishana Jeetendra K. Raghavendra Rao Hindi
1979 Kaala Patthar None Yash Chopra Hindi Sp. App.
1979 Noorie Farooque Sheikh Manmohan Krishna Hindi
1978 Trishul Sachin Yash Chopra Hindi

Television Done By Poonam Dhillon

1995 Andaz Pooja Zee TV Co-stars Sudesh Berry
2002 Chusth Durusth Host Zee TV
2002-2004 Kittie Party Manju Zee TV
2005 Showbiz India (Celebrity Profile) Herself
2009 Bigg Boss 3 Contestant Colors TV Second runner-up
2013 – 2014 Ekk Nayi Pehchaan Sharda Sony TV
2014 Comedy Nights with Kapil Guest Colors TV With Dharmendra
2016 Santoshi Maa Herself / Narrator Life OK
2018 Dil Hi Toh Hai Mamta Noon Sony TV
2018 Pratigya – Stand For a Cause Host India News

Awards Received By Poonam Dhillon

1980 Noorie Filmfare Award Best actress Nominated
2015 Ekk Nayi Pehchaan Indian Telly Awards