Poornima Bhagyaraj (
née
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Jayaram) is an Indian actress in
Malayalam
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and
Tamil
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People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
films. She has also done a few
Hindi
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and
Telugu films. She is best known for her leading roles from 1980 to 1985. She married actor and director
K. Bhagyaraj, who directed one of her Tamil film named ''
Darling, Darling, Darling''.
Early life
Poornima was born and brought up in
Mumbai
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. She learned
Bharatanatyam
''Bharatanatyam'' is a Indian classical dance form that came from Tamil Nadu, India. It is a classical dance form recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas of Hinduism and Jainism.< ...
in Sri Rajarajeswari Bharatha Natya Kala Mandir, Mumbai. Her grandfather was the founding member of Shanmukhananda Sabha, Mumbai.
Filmography
Tamil
Malayalam
Telugu
Hindi
Producer
Short Film
Television
Serials
Shows
Web series
Awards and honours
References
External links
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21st-century Indian actresses
Actresses from Mumbai
Actresses from Tamil Nadu
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Indian film actresses
Living people
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Filmfare Awards South winners
Kerala State Film Award winners
20th-century Indian actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Tamil television