New Delhi, Dec 30: Actress Poonam Dhillon, who plays an illiterate person in her new TV show, says education is not limited to a certain age or class and describes it as a daily growth that helps one become a complete person.
Her show is titled "Ekk Nayi Pehchaan" and it shows how she learns to read and write from her daughter-in-law.
"Education is a daily growth. It's not about the degrees but about the kind of person it makes one. I feel it makes a human being complete," Poonam told Ians in a telephonic interview.
"It makes you a more interesting person and it makes you deal with people in a better way.
"For.
Her show is titled "Ekk Nayi Pehchaan" and it shows how she learns to read and write from her daughter-in-law.
"Education is a daily growth. It's not about the degrees but about the kind of person it makes one. I feel it makes a human being complete," Poonam told Ians in a telephonic interview.
"It makes you a more interesting person and it makes you deal with people in a better way.
"For.
- 12/30/2013
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
Mumbai, Nov 11: Bollywood actress Poonam Dhillon, last seen in the third season of TV reality show "Bigg Boss", is set to return to the small screen with a fiction show.
The yet untitled show is loosely based on highly acclaimed Sridevi-starrer movie "English Vinglish" and Poonam will be essaying the role of a loving mother-in-law.
This is not Poonam's first fiction show - she had earlier featured in "Kittie Party", which had a successful run of approximately 500 episodes.
The show, about self-awakening and self-respect of a woman, will soon go on air on Sony.
Ians...
The yet untitled show is loosely based on highly acclaimed Sridevi-starrer movie "English Vinglish" and Poonam will be essaying the role of a loving mother-in-law.
This is not Poonam's first fiction show - she had earlier featured in "Kittie Party", which had a successful run of approximately 500 episodes.
The show, about self-awakening and self-respect of a woman, will soon go on air on Sony.
Ians...
- 11/11/2013
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
With the intention of celebrating, promoting and facilitating the Art and Artists of India, Kiran Joneja Sippy- Bollywood actor, producer and wife of eminent film director, Ramesh Sippy, officially be launched Respond foundation on the 26th of July, Hyatt Regency, Andheri(E), Mumbai. Extending their support, noted guests such as veteran actor turned politician Shatrughan Sinha, politicians Praful Patel, V. N. Dhoot, Ashwani Kumar, film director Madhur Bhandarkar, Bhushan Kumar and his wife, Divya, Kishen Kumar, veteran actor Kabir Bedi and daughter Pooja Bedi, theatre personality Lillette Dubey, Sharon Prabhakar, actors Ayushmaan Khurrana, Isha Koppikar, Divya Dutta, Suchitra Krishnamurty, Suchitra Pillai, Preeti & Parvin Dabas, Rhea Chakraborty, musicians Adnan Sami, Anu Malik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Bappi Lahiri, Madhu Nigam(Sonu Nigam’s wife) Socialites Debbie Hitkari, Priyanka Thakurwa, Neelam Shah, designer Neeta Lulla, dress designer Rohit Verma, jewellery designer Poonam Soni, socialite Pooja and her husband, famous lawyer, Vikram Nankarni, actor Sheeba and her director husband Akashdeep,...
- 7/31/2013
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Mumbai, Aug 24: Poonam Dhillon has set her eyes on films again! The veteran actress is busy shooting for Prabhu Deva's untitled project, which features Shruti Haasan opposite producer Kumar Taurani's son, Girish Kumar.
"I am working on Prabhu Deva's film. It is a love story," Poonam told Ians.
The 50-year-old, who has a son and daughter, says she is now more open to doing films as her kids have grown up.
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"I am working on Prabhu Deva's film. It is a love story," Poonam told Ians.
The 50-year-old, who has a son and daughter, says she is now more open to doing films as her kids have grown up.
"I.
- 8/24/2012
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
Mumbai, Oct 19: Celebrities thronged 'Jalsa', the residence of Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, on Tuesday to attend a baby shower ceremony of his daughter-in-law and former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is due to deliver a baby next month.
Bollywood actresses Urmila Mantodkar, Raveena Tandon, Asha Parekh and Dimple Kapadia with daughter Twinkle Khanna and fashion designer Neeta Lulla were among the celebrities who attended the ceremony.
"The ceremony was organized really well. We came here to give blessings to Aishwarya and are leaving now. I cannot disclose everything that happened inside. We are family friends and this is an auspicious day for the Bachchans and we came to be a part of the celebration," said Poonam.
Bollywood actresses Urmila Mantodkar, Raveena Tandon, Asha Parekh and Dimple Kapadia with daughter Twinkle Khanna and fashion designer Neeta Lulla were among the celebrities who attended the ceremony.
"The ceremony was organized really well. We came here to give blessings to Aishwarya and are leaving now. I cannot disclose everything that happened inside. We are family friends and this is an auspicious day for the Bachchans and we came to be a part of the celebration," said Poonam.
- 10/19/2011
- by Arun Pantit
- RealBollywood.com
Anees Bazmee's dream to cast Poonam Dhillon as Salman Khan's mother in his upcoming movie Ready has been shattered.When Bazmee approached Dhillon, she rejected the offer. "Maybe Poonamji didn't want to play mother. But it's okay. Moreover, I think that she had some date issues too," Bazmee told Mumbai Mirror.Buzz is that not only Bazmee, but Salman Khan was also bewildered after Poonam said no. "It is not a very good feeling, if you don't get your cast as per your plan, but Bazmee and Salman have taken it in their stride," a source told the tabloid.The ...
- 2/4/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Anees Bazmee's dream to cast Poonam Dhillon as Salman Khan's mother in his upcoming movie Ready has been shattered.When Bazmee approached Dhillon, she rejected the offer. "Maybe Poonamji didn't want to play mother. But it's okay. Moreover, I think that she had some date issues too," Bazmee told Mumbai Mirror.Buzz is that not only Bazmee, but Salman Khan was also bewildered after Poonam said no. "It is not a very good feeling, if you don't get your cast as per your plan, but Bazmee and Salman have taken it in their stride," a source told the tabloid.The ...
- 2/4/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Anees Bazmee's dream to cast Poonam Dhillon as Salman Khan's mother in his upcoming movie Ready has been shattered.When Bazmee approached Dhillon, she rejected the offer. "Maybe Poonamji didn't want to play mother. But it's okay. Moreover, I think that she had some date issues too," Bazmee told Mumbai Mirror.Buzz is that not only Bazmee, but Salman Khan was also bewildered after Poonam said no. "It is not a very good feeling, if you don't get your cast as per your plan, but Bazmee and Salman have taken it in their stride," a source told the tabloid.The ...
- 2/4/2011
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Anees Bazmee.s vision to cast Poonam Dhillon as Salman Khan.s mother, in his upcoming film, Ready, has unfortunately not panned out.The story goes that Bazmee was very keen that Poonam plays Salman.s mother and our source says, .Bazmee could not believe it, when Poonam said .no... Even Salman was bewildered by her rejection.Our source further reiterates Bazmee and Salman.s sentiments saying, .It is not a very good feeling, if you don.t get your cast as per your plan, but Bazmee and Salman have taken it in their stride..Since the unit leaves for a shoot scheduled in Bangkok today, the duo have not wasted much time sulking over the rejection and have instead approached Ashok Kumar.s granddaughter, Anuradha Patel, to come on board.When contacted, Bazmee said, .Maybe Poonamji didn.t want to play mother. But it.s okay. Moreover, I think...
- 2/4/2011
- Filmicafe
January 29th, 6:00 pm and this reporter found herself at the Yash Raj studios, Andheri with a VIP pass to the most popular Bollywood awards - the Filmfare awards. With the who's who of the industry turning up for the award show, it was no surprise that the 56th Idea Filmfare award night turned out to be a starry night with enough glamour and glitz to keep you entertained the whole night! The celebrity list who attended the show is pretty huge with a hoard of stars, superstars and megastars who managed to make themselves available for this high profile event - Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Gauri Khan, Karan Johar with mom Hiroo, Ranbir Kapoor and Imraan Khan, Yash Raj, Bappi Lahiri, Neha Dhupia, Arshad Warsi with wife Maria, Raveena Tandon, Ranveer Singh and Anushka, Anu Malik, Kalki Koechlin, Subhash Ghai, Isha Khopikar, Pratheik Babbar, Priyanka Chopra,...
- 1/31/2011
- Bollyspice
It's been such a hectic couple of weeks in Raj&Pablo's Bollytastic world - the sun has been shinning and we have been smiling all over London. This is despite Raj visiting the tooth fairy for root canal treatment! But best smiles forward....
We were totally floored by the beautiful Poonam Dhillon - she, like most of Bollywood, was in London for a few weeks on holiday with her kids. Poonam exudes a mischievous happiness that is infectious. She reminisced about her life and times and her surprise at her success. Poonam is over the moon at the reaction she received at her appearance on Big Boss - she almost didn't do it - it was her kids that told her 'go for it, mum'! One of the delights of being in London - apart form shopping is to catch up with old friends - Poonam was hooking up for...
We were totally floored by the beautiful Poonam Dhillon - she, like most of Bollywood, was in London for a few weeks on holiday with her kids. Poonam exudes a mischievous happiness that is infectious. She reminisced about her life and times and her surprise at her success. Poonam is over the moon at the reaction she received at her appearance on Big Boss - she almost didn't do it - it was her kids that told her 'go for it, mum'! One of the delights of being in London - apart form shopping is to catch up with old friends - Poonam was hooking up for...
- 7/6/2010
- Bollyspice
Pravesh Rana, the former Mr. India and one of the finalists of season 3 of Bigg Boss being hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, has been punished for his unruly behavior and will have to go without any kind of food for twenty four hours. Not only this, Pravesh Rana has also been ordered by the bigg boss to cook food for ten children who will visit the Bigg Boss house and feed them with respect as a penance for his wrongdoing and indiscipline. Pravesh, who had all along been very childish and arrogant with the housemates like Vindoo Dara Singh and Poonam Dhillon(Bakhtiyaar Irani had already quit by accepting Rs 10 lakhs), meekly accepted the decision of Bigg Boss. Earlier, feeling insecurity from the other two celebrities-- Vindoo and Poonam--, Pravesh Rana had thrown all the food articles into the swimming pool of the house. Pravesh wanted to teach the other two contestants a lesson,...
- 12/24/2009
- Stardust Scoop of the Day
Pravesh Rana, the former Mr. India and one of the finalists of season 3 of Bigg Boss being hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, has been punished for his unruly behavior and will have to go without any kind of food for twenty four hours. Not only this, Pravesh Rana has also been ordered by the bigg boss to cook food for ten children who will visit the Bigg Boss house and feed them with respect as a penance for his wrongdoing and indiscipline. Pravesh, who had all along been very childish and arrogant with the housemates like Vindoo Dara Singh and Poonam Dhillon(Bakhtiyaar Irani had already quit by accepting Rs 10 lakhs), meekly accepted the decision of Bigg Boss. Earlier, feeling insecurity from the other two celebrities-- Vindoo and Poonam--, Pravesh Rana had thrown all the food articles into the swimming pool of the house. Pravesh wanted to teach the other two contestants a lesson,...
- 12/24/2009
- Stardust Bollywood
Bigg Boss participant Pravesh Rana has invited trouble for himself. Irritated by Vindu Dara Singh and Poonam Dhillon’s celebrity status, he threw all the food items in the pool. Pravesh Rana projected himself as Aam Aadmi (common man) and decided to teach them a lesson. He rebelled after he had a heated argument with Vindu Dara Singh. He said that he wanted to teach them a good lesson and will make the remaining four days hell for both Vindu and Poonam.Pravesh Rana who was Mr India 2008 is no way less than a celebrity projected himself as common man and appealed the audience to vote for a common man. He feared that Vindu and Poonam&r...
- 12/23/2009
- Bollywoodmantra.com
Aditi Govitrikar, the sizzling hot super model who won Mrs. India title in year 2001, was ousted from the Bigg Boss. house this Friday as the other nominated members Vindu Dara Singh, Bakhtiyaar Irani and Poonam Dhillon had been saved by the audience.s vote. Aditi Govitrikar, who is a doctor by profession, did not seem surprised by the results announced by Amitabh Bachchan, the host of the show. In fact, the beautiful lass was seen calmly walking to pack her bags to go out of the house. Sources say that Aditi knew very well that other candidates like Bakhtiyaar, Poonam and Vindu Dara Singh had been doing more work on television and so she would not be able to survive the competition against them. Now, the main fight in the Bigg Boss. house seems to be between former Mr India Pravesh Rana and legendary Dara Singh.s son Vindoo Dara Singh.
- 12/19/2009
- Stardust Scoop of the Day
Aditi Govitrikar, the sizzling hot super model who won Mrs. India title in year 2001, was ousted from the Bigg Boss. house this Friday as the other nominated members Vindu Dara Singh, Bakhtiyaar Irani and Poonam Dhillon had been saved by the audience.s vote. Aditi Govitrikar, who is a doctor by profession, did not seem surprised by the results announced by Amitabh Bachchan, the host of the show. In fact, the beautiful lass was seen calmly walking to pack her bags to go out of the house. Sources say that Aditi knew very well that other candidates like Bakhtiyaar, Poonam and Vindu Dara Singh had been doing more work on television and so she would not be able to survive the competition against them. Now, the main fight in the Bigg Boss. house seems to be between former Mr India Pravesh Rana and legendary Dara Singh.s son Vindoo Dara Singh.
- 12/19/2009
- Stardust Bollywood
It is learnt that ex-Miss India Poonam Dhillon will be making her comeback in Anurag Singh directed Yash Raj film playing Shahid Kapoor’s mom. It can be recalled that Poonam originally hailing from Chandigarh was a Yash Chopra discovery debuting in Trishul (1978). The yet untitled Yash Raj film stars Rani Mukerji in the lead and has cricket as its central theme.
Despite several attempts, while Poonam refused to comment, we got to know from her close friend that she was first slated to make a comeback with Anees Bazmee’s romantic comedy Its My Life playing Harman Baweja’s.
Despite several attempts, while Poonam refused to comment, we got to know from her close friend that she was first slated to make a comeback with Anees Bazmee’s romantic comedy Its My Life playing Harman Baweja’s.
- 1/15/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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