Pooja Chopra

Pooja Chopra is an acclaimed Indian beauty queen turned actress. She was born on May 3, 1986 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She was raised by her mother, Neera Chopra who is a single parent and her grandmother. She is now residing at Kubera Park in Pune, Maharashtra.

She was crowned as Femina Miss India in February 2009. Pooja also received the Miss Perfect 10, Miss Beautiful Smile, Miss Catwalk, Talwarkars Best Body and the Nakshatra Miss Sparkling Beauty awards and this result to her entry in the top 10 finalists of the pageant. She also won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World in April 2009. She accidentally sprained her ankle a week before the Miss World finals in December 2009 and the doctor advised her to take a 3-weeks complete rest, but Pooja insisted to attend to the competition. Julia Morley, the Chair of the Miss World Organization proposed that she should drop the dance round, so she only donned few steps before she was allowed to stop. In the end, she was one of the top 16 finalists. Pooja also received the Beauty with a Purpose title at the Miss World 2009 because of her charitable deeds in India for the project, Nanhi Kali. She also received a total cash of $10,000 for the project which aims to help little girls in fighting over poverty. She also endorsed various brands including Tata Docomo, Evolve Med Spa, Body and Soul, Richfeel, Juvederm Voluma and more during her reign as Miss India World. On April 2010, she passed the crown to the next Miss India World, Manasvi Mamgai Manasvi Mamgai is a model and actress. She was bor >> Read More... . Pooja was also featured in 50 Most Beautiful Women of Times, ranking the No. 28th place.

She was debuted as a film actress in the epic film, Ponnar Shankar, from where she bagged the role of Princess Muthaayi, the love interest of Shankar (played by Prashanth). Prior to this, she made a special appearance in the drama film, Fashion in 2008. In 2012, Pooja also made a special appearance in another drama film by Madhur Bhandarkar Madhur Bhandarkar is an Indian film director, writ >> Read More... entitled, Heroine. In the same year, Pooja was seen in the Canadian documentary film, The World Before Her. In 2013, the actress played the main lead role as Simrit Kaur in the Hindi action thriller film, Commando – A One Man Army. Pooja is also filming for Commando 2 (the sequel of Commando) and the romantic comedy film, Roopnagar Ke Cheete.