Poornima Indrajith (née Poornima Mohan) is an Indian actress and film producer who works predominantly in

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films. She debuted as child artist with the Malayalam film '' Onnu Muthal Poojaym Vare'' in 1986. Her last film before marriage was Dany in 2001. She made a comeback in 2019 film

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which was critically acclaimed and a box office success.

Early and personal life

Poornima Indrajith was born to Mohan and Shanthi, in a

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family that settled in Kerala. Her mother tongue is Tamil. Her father is a practicing lawyer and her mother runs a dance school. She has a younger sister Priya Mohan, who is also an actress. Poornima is married to actor

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. She has two daughters including singer

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. She is the daughter-in-law of the late

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and

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is her brother-in-law.

Career

Poornima started her career as a model and then acted in a Successful

TV serial '' Kolangal''. She then acted in many TV serials in Malayalam Television serial industry. Following this she acted in supporting roles in movies, including '' Meghamalhar'' (2001), '' Valliettan'' (2000) and '' Randam Bhavam'' (2001). After 17 years, she made a comeback with ''

'' which was included in

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's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade.

Filmography

As actor

* ''All films are in

language unless otherwise noted''.

Television

Television shows as host

Television shows as judge

Television serials (Partial list)

References

External links

*
Poornima Mohan at MSI
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