Pooja Bedi
Pooja Bedi was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on May 11th, 1970 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 53, Pooja Bedi biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Pooja Bedi (born 11 May 1970) is a former Bollywood actress, television talk show host, and newspaper columnist.
She is the niece and granddaughter of actor Kabir Bedi and Protima Bedi.
In 2011, Pooja appeared on the famous reality show, Bigg Boss.
Personal life
Bedi married Farhan Furniturewala, a Gujarati Muslim of Parsi and Khoja descent who was born in 1990. Bedi converted to Islam after marriage, and they were married on May 6, 1994, and they took the name Noorjahan. They have two children, Alaya Furniturewala, born in 1997, and Omar Furniturewala, born in 2000. In 2003, Bedi and Farhan divorced.
Bedi was employed by a Maneck Contractor in February 2019.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, she travelled from Mumbai, which was a red zone under quarantine, to Contractor's holiday home in Goa (then a green zone, but then turned red due to floods from COVID-19 hotspots in other states of India), and sparked outrage on social media by criticizing the quarantine establishments in the state. She caused outrage among the native Goans by falsely claiming that she and Contractor are both Goans.
Life and career
Pooja Bedi was born in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) to late Indian classical dancer Protima and film star Kabir Bedi. She was born in what she describes as a bohemian progressive cultural environment.
Bedi appeared in Bollywood films from 1991 to 1995, as well as numerous commercials and campaigns. She is remembered for the KamaSutra condom campaign, which she supported and used as a means to raise AIDS awareness.
Vishkanya (1991) was her first film appearance for her in film with Jag Mundhra's film Vishkanya (1991). She went on to appear in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (1992) with Aamir Khan, for which she received a nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1993. Lootere (1993) and Aatank Hi Aatank (1995) are among her other films.
She compiled and edited Timepass, her mother Protima Bedi's memoirs in 2000. She has worked for various newspapers, including L'officiel, Femina, and The Week, as a columnist with the Times of India, the Hindustan Times, and MiD DAY newspapers.
Bedi and Hanif Hilal were among the first two people to participate in Nach Baliye in 2005. Bedi served in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in the first season of the war, then Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi followed him. Bedi appeared on the Indian version of the reality TV show Big Brother, Bigg Boss, in 2011. After being housebound for eight weeks (Day 56), she was evicted.