Poonam Sinha (née Chandiramani; born 3 November 1949) is an Indian politician and former actress, fashion model. She acted in

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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

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, in a Sindhi family as Poonam Chandiramani.

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 ''

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'' (2008) playing Mallika Hamida Banu Begum—mother of Emperor

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, enacted by

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, directed by

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Politics

On 16 April 2019, she joined the

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, while her husband

Shatrughan Sinha Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (born 15 July 1946) is an Indian actor and politician. He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Asansol constituency as a member of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). Earlier he was elected as Member of Parliament ...

joined

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after resigning from BJP. She lost the Loksabha election to

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from

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Personal life

She is married to actor-politician

. They have twin sons, actors

Luv Sinha Luv Sinha is an Indian actor and politician who played the lead role in the Hindi film '' Sadiyaan'' (2010). He also starred in J. P. Dutta's ''Paltan'' (2018). He is the son of Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha and the elder brother of actress ...

and Kush Sinha, and a daughter,

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actress

Sonakshi Sinha Sonakshi Sinha (; born 2 June 1987) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and series. The daughter of actors and politicians Poonam Sinha, Poonam and Shatrughan Sinha, she has appeared in ''Forbes India'' Forbes Celebrity 100, Celebrity ...

. 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

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