Poonam Sinha


Poonam Sinha is an Indian actress, fashion model, and politician. She acted in Hindi cinema under the screen name Komal in her early career. She was crowned Miss Young India in 1968. She is the wife of actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha. She worked in lead roles in Hindi movies, and has also produced two films.

Early life

Poonam was born in Hyderabad, in a Sindhi family.

Career

She was credited as Komal in all her films as heroine, including Jigri Dost, Dil Diwana and others. She was cast with Shatrughan Sinha in the movie Sabak.
The two later got married in 1980. The two had earlier met in a train compartment while traveling. After her marriage, she largely left her acting career to raise their children. After a long gap of thirty years, she starred in the film Jodhaa Akbar playing Mallika Hamida Banu Begum - mother of Emperor Akbar, enacted by Hrithik Roshan, directed by noted film director Ashutosh Gowariker.

Politics

On April 16, 2019, she joined the Samajwadi Party, while her husband Shatrughan Sinha joined Indian National Congress after resigning from BJP. She lost the Loksabha election to Rajnath Singh from Lucknow.

Personal life

She is married to actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha. They have twin sons, actors Luv Sinha and Kush Sinha, and a daughter, Bollywood actress, Sonakshi Sinha.

Filmography

; As Producer