Pooja Jain (born 28 December 1993), better known as Dhinchak Pooja, is an Indian

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. She was a contestant on the reality show ''

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'' in 2017, and is often considered as the queen of

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Music videos

Dhinchak Pooja received media attention after her

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such as ''Swag Wali Topi'' (2015), ''Daaru'' (2016), ''Selfie Maine Leli Aaj'' (2017), ''Dilon Ka Shooter'' (2017), ''Baapu Dede Thoda Cash'' (2017), and ''Aafreen Fathima Bewafa Hai'' (2017), received millions of views on YouTube, shortly after their individual releases. Her songs have been subject to wide-ranging criticism, and have often been described as part of a new trend of producing cringe-worthy videos to gain web-fame. On 11 June 2017, in response to an individual complaint,

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deleted all the song-videos on grounds of privacy violation. The videos, though have been re-uploaded by other users and continue to be available. Pooja released a new video after a year in 2019 titled ''Naach ke Pagal'' (2019), which she has since deleted from her YouTube channel. In 2020 she uploaded a new song regarding the

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titled ''Hoga Na Karona'' in which she talks about taking precautionary measures to stop the spreading of the disease.

Other activities

She featured on

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's Asian Network, in an episode titled: "Dhinchak Pooja and Nakash Aziz" and in a programme by

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. Jain was chosen as a participant in ''

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'', through a wild card she was evicted on 5 November 2017.

Television

Personal life

Pooja Jain was born on 28 December 1993. She was born and brought up in

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. Pooja Jain has a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pooja, Dhinchak 1993 births Living people Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants Music YouTubers Indian YouTubers