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News : Pooja Gandhi in Tear Jerker Reddy The popularity scaling to heights from ‘Mungaru Male’ for Pooja Gandhi the Delhi based heroine is not continuing in the same scale is a fact. Lot of sundry roles she has accepted in the last three years brought her to Shruthi kind of roles.
Source : SuperGood Movies
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Pooja Gandhi to create awareness on AIDS Karnataka AIDS Control Board has roped in Pooja Gandhi as the brand ambassador for creating awareness on HIV and AIDS. Pooja's voice will explain about the precautions and other details on HIV and AIDS on Airtel and Reliance mobile phones.
Source : kannada.galatta.com
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Waiting for the right manPooja Gandhi speaks to Metrolife on her various upcoming films including the remake of 'Rani Maharani', which is her dream project
She has got over 50,000 voice bloggers trailing her every day. Mungaru Male’s ‘chirpy girl Pooja Gandhi continues to be among the most admired girls in Sandalwood. In fact, Pooja’s fan following continues to grow though the actress herself had taken her career a little slow.
Source : Deccan Herald
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Pooja packs a punch
Pooja Gandhi is all set to take on two women-oriented films as her next projects.....
There comes a point when you need to do more than just run around trees,” says Pooja Gandhi, explaining why she’s signed two women-centric films. The actress was in Mysore over the weekend shooting for Apta and will soon start work on na Rani nee Maharani.
Source : The Times of India
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Rani Maharani to be remade
Pooja Gandhi, who is one of the most enterprising actresses in Kannada film today, is getting ready to do a double role in a forthcoming film. It will be the remake of the hit Rani Maharani, directed by B.Ramamur- thy and with Malashri, Ambareesh and Shashi Kumar in the lead. Rani Maharani is inspired by the Hema Malini-Dharmendra-Sanjeev Kumar film Seeta Aur Geeta. B.Ramamurthy will be directing the Rani Maharani remake. The new Rani Maharani would go in for a complete change in the story, though the basic premise will remain the same.
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Pooja Gandhi's new film is untitled yet!
Pooja Gandhi's latest film opposite model-turned-actor Raghu Mukherjee is yet to find a title though 50 per cent of the shooting is complete.
The movie is directed by Shiva Ganapathi. The movie is being shot in a hush-hush manner as the director is not keen on revealing the plot.
Source : Sify Movies
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Bold and Beatiful
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Pooja to walk the ramp
Excited and nervous at the same time, she says, "Walking the ramp is so different from facing the camera. Both are equally challenging and I hope it goes well."
Being glamourous is part of her life and we have seen her fashion side on screen.
Source : Deccan Herald
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Pooja likes masala
With movies like Anu, Inniya, Gokula, I am, Huchchi and others, Pooja wanted to experiment and expand her talent as an actress. But many of these films failed at the box-office but that hasn't disappointed Pooja. "I have no regrets being part of these projects. I am happy with all the films as they showed different shades of me," she says.
Source : Deccan Herald
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Pooja Gandhi in search of her hero
Pooja Gandhi hasn't signed any projects after Gokula, but she's not in a hurry to choose whatever comes her way. "It's a resolution I've made this year. Last year, I experimented a lot with various offbeat subjects and characters. This year, I want to go commercial," she says. As a first step towards her goal, the actress has agreed to do a film for Anitha Kumaraswamy's banner. There are reports suggesting that Pooja, along with the director of the film, is taking the reality show route to find her co-star.
Source : India Times
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Pooja Gandhi: Will you be my hero?
As a first step towards her goal, the actress has agreed to do a film for Anitha Kumaraswamy's banner. There are reports suggesting that Pooja, along with the director of the film, is taking the reality show route to find her co-star. "They wanted a fresh face and everyone thought TV would be the best way to find one," says Pooja, who'll be part of the show.
Source : Times of India
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Short Takes
Source : Times of India Bangalore
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Pooja Gandhi denies item song reports
Pooja Gandhi, one of the leading actresses in Kannada, dismissed the reports of item song stating that a dance number in Sri Harikathe has been added for special effect. Earlier, a few reports even stated that it was not important. Irritated by these reports Pooja has said that it is not an item song and it is an introduction song. It is very much part of the script.
Source : oneindia
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Music launch of Sri Hari Kathe
Recently, the film Sri Hari Kathe had its music launch. The film is directed by Dayal Padmanabhan and produced by N Kumar and S A Chinegowda. Producer K Manju and popular director Indrajith released the music of the film.
Dayal Padmanabhan praised the debutant music composer Sameer Kulkarni and said that he did the music fabulously. He added that the lyrics of the film have been written by directors Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar and Yograj Bhat, actor Naveen Krishna, music director Sameer Kulkarni and dialogue writer Prasanna.
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'Gokula' a winner all the way (Kannada Film Review)
Director Prakash's "Gokula" certainly qualifies to be one of the best films released this year. The movie, which has neatly blended comical elements with touching emotions, is a clear winner.
The film scores mainly because of its engaging screenplay and Prakash's style of narration. The entire family can enjoy the entertainer.
Prakash once again proves his class by effectively narrating a very neat film with some top class performances and good technical work.
Source : Thaindian News
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Gokula readying itself for release
Director Prakash's Gokula is ready for release. Starring Pooja Gandhi, Vijaya Raghavendra, Pawan, Yash, Raghuraj among others, the story of the film is about four orphans who get into an old couple's house. The couple believes them to be their lost children and this leads to a number of comedy sequences. Mano Murthy has composed the music of the film.
Source : Thaindian News
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'Uppi's my favourite co-star: Pooja
Super guru! That's how ad-film director Venkat Shastri, who worked with namma Upendra and Pooja Gandhi, describes the ad he shot with the two
Sandalwood stars
The Real Star and the Lovely Queen have teamed up in a footwear commercial, two years after they featured in the hit Buddhivanta. Pooja, who was roped in for the ad just after she hit the big league with Mungaru Male, continues to represent the brand for three years. "Since we've worked together before, I shared a great comfort level with Uppi when we shot this ad. He's my favourite co-star," says Pooja.
Source : India Times
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Viji, Pooja Gandhi in 'Gokula'
Prakash, director of hit films such as 'Khushi', 'Rishi' and 'Milana', returns with 'Gokula'.
Prakash's last release was Puneeth Rajkumar's 'Vamshi'. He has his favourite hero Vijay Raghavendra in the lead in 'Gokula'. The duo has worked together in three films.
Prakash himself writes and produces the film. The film revolves around four orphans and an aged couple. Vijay Raghavendra, Yash, Pavan and Raghuraj play the orphans while Srinivasamurthy and Sumithra play the aged couple. Pooja Gandhi plays Viji's love interest while Nakshatra is the female lead to Yash.
Satya Hegde is the cameraman and Manomurthy has composed the songs for the film.
Source : msn
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Sri Hari is now Harikathe
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Pooja Gandhi and Sudha Rani went on a music expedition at Radio Mirchi
Talking of music, it inspires a debate whether it was the simple good old melodious songs or is it the current hip hop techno fad among the music lovers across the city! Sandalwood's very own well known gorgeous ladies Pooja Gandhi and Sudha Rani went on a music expedition today at Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM to explore the best of Sandalwood music through the years of their existence in the industry!
The rendezvous of the beauties was facilitated by Radio Mirchi following the introduction two shows - "Rewind Raga" & "Mirchi Talkies" that plays musical melody starting from of 50's to 90's. With these shows, Radio Mirchi is the only FM radio station in the city to play such a wide variety of music spanning across three decades. Soulful melodies from Kasturi Nivasa to Anand, Premaloka to Mungaru Male, Manasare etc.will now regale listeners and add music to their lives.
Discussing the music from 'aa kaladinda' (then) and 'ee kaaladavaregu' (now), Pooja who is in the initial years of her journey into the industry was seen curiously interrogating the ace Sudha Rani of her times in Sandalwood.
Source : Radioandmusic
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Sandalwood adds glitz to pollution control rally
Sandalwood actress Pooja Gandhi took part in a Bicycle Eco Rally organised here on Saturday by the state transport department in association with the Ride-A-Cycle Foundation in continuation of its programmes held in November as part of the Pollution Control and Awareness Month.
Source : Express News Service
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Don't stop the music
Your favourite Sandalwood memories...
Sudha: Probably the first time I acted with Dr Rajkumar and got my first state award. I especially remember a scene that we shot in Anegundi for Aragini. After I finished my shot, the crowd cheered for me.
Pooja: The response I got after Mungaru Male. It was also heartening to receive two awards in the same year for Krishna.
Source : Times of India
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Eight Different Looks
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I have stopped signing films : Pooja Gandhi
It is after a long gap that Pooja Gandhi's films reached theatres in Karnataka. The last couple of weeks saw two of her films, 'Huchchi' and 'Ninagaagi Kadiruve', being released. Pooja is unhappy with the former and the latter, beset by problems even before release, bombed at the B.O.
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Pooja unfazed by Huchchi failure
Pooja Gandhi said she is looking forward to the release of Kadhiruve Ninagagi on Friday. Coming in the wake of Huchchi's failure, the movie is truly important for her. She has dubbed in her own voice for the first time.
The release of Kadhiruve Ninagagi, produced and directed by famous stunt director Jolly Bastin, has been delayed due to financial constraints. It is love story with a message for teenage audiences, said Bastin, who has also handled the story and screenplay.
Vishal plays the male lead; music is by Robin Gurang. The other prominent names are: P. Rajan (cinematographer), Hosamane Murthy (art direction) and Madan Harini
source: kannada.galatta.com
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Balaji-Pooja's Iniya set to release soon
The first copy of Balaji-Pooja Gandhi starrer movie Iniya is now ready. The movie is produced by Shailendra Babu under the banner Shailendra Productions. Iniya has been shot in beautiful locations and has completed all post-production works at a popular studios in Bangalore.
According to producer Shailendra Babu, the movie Iniya will be soon screened before Censor Board to get the permission. After the Censor formalities it will be released statewide. Mussanje Maatu fame director Mahesh has helmed the movie. He says that like his previous movie, Iniya will also be a successful movie at the Box Office.
source: One India
Pooja Gandhi in Bollywood film
Kannada actress Pooja Gandhi has bagged a role in a Hindi short film by Onir, of 'My Brother Nikhil' fame. The film, which has child abuse as its theme, is titled 'Abhimanyu'.
"Though I play a short role, its sure is a significant role in the film. The film is being made in Bangalore and the makers wanted me to play the role. More than the chance to work in Bollywood, it has been the content that makes me happy. That's the only reason why I chose to act in the film," says Pooja.
This is the first of the five short films on child abuse to be directed by Bollywood directors. The shooting for 'Abhimanyu' has already been started; Sanjay Suri, Radhika Apte, Shernaz Patel and Rahul Bose share screen space with Pooja.
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Pooja spends time with slum kids - 01 Jun 2009
 BANGALORE: These days many cine artistes don’t turn up even for their own commitments, forget about social causes. But it’s not that film stars have no concern for social cause,a few of them are always ready to spare a few hours for the underprivileged. Pooja Gandhi, the heartthrob of Kannada cine buffs is one among them.
More than 600 children from the nearby slums at Cox Town had the privilege to get autographs, handshakes and notebooks from Pooja. She was the chief guest along with the national award winner Tara at this occassion, which was organised by Bharatinagar Residents’ Forum. While Tara, along with her husband, was seen rushing from the venue to a BJP meeting, Pooja waited to spend a few more minutes with the children.
``I was impressed by the social service done by Ravi of Bharatinagar Residents’ Forum. He has been doing a good job. I had attended a similar programme last year too. It is nice to spend a few hours with innocent children,’’ says Pooja with a smile, when asked about what made Pooja to come all the way to Cox Town from Padmanabha Nagar.
What is her advice to children:``I want them to focus on education because education plays a key role in their future.
They should realise the hardship of their parents who toil day and night to provide education to them. They should work hard to score good marks in exams,’’ says Pooja.
Speaking on the occasion, NS Ravi, president of Bharathinagar Residents’ Forum has said that it was the 10th year that the association was organising free notebook distribution. ``We have been distributing the note books for the children of economically poor families. We will continue to do it because we know the value of education. Distributing notebooks will be a small contribution from our association,’’ says Ravi.
source: Express Buzz
Pooja Gandhi's wedding blues - 2009-05-21
Bangalore: The Mungaaru Male actress, who recently launched her web site, reveals she's been flooded with proposals from fans
Pooja Gandhi's web site is getting her a lot of attention of the wrong kind. The petite actress says she is inundated with shaadi offers from her fans. "I enjoy reading their (fans') offers and I reply to them, saying marriage doesn't figure anywhere on my list of priorities right now," she grins.
- Why did you decide to launch your web site?
I wanted to get feedback for my films from fans, so I thought a web site would be a good idea. When Globo Sport approached me with the offer, I took it up. They handle the technical details of the web site.
- Has the web site helped you find a boyfriend?
(Laughs) No! I am fed up of, 'Pooja, will you marry me?' kind of offers, but there are many fans, who have said nice things about my film roles.
- Would you describe yourself as a tech-savvy person?
I am not on Face Book or Orkut, though I enjoy surfing the web. I have been spending 3-4 hours every day on my laptop ever since my web site was launched. My laptop, my digital camera and my cell phone are my constant companions. I also carry my DVD player with me when I am on outdoor shoots.
- You've finally dubbed for yourself in Huchchi and Ninagagi Kadiruve. How did it feel?
I like Kannada and when I finally got a chance to dub for myself in Huchhi, I was thrilled. I wrapped up the dubbing in for four days, and for Ninagagi Kadiruve, I took 12 days. It took a lot of effort to get the pronunciation right because I am a Punjabi. But we've been in Bangalore for two and half years now.
- You've signed up for a comedy. Are you tired of heavy-duty romances?
I am looking for challenging roles. The comedy seemed like a good idea. I am also doing B Ramamurthy's Rani Maharani, where I play a double role like Malashri in the original.
- Aren't you afraid of comparisons with the original Rani Maharani?
It's an honour to be offered this role, and the script is new, so I'm sure it will be a great experience.
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