Pooja Umashankar

Pooja Umashankar

Pooja Gauthami Umashankar, mononymously known as Pooja is an Indian-Sri Lankan actress, who has primarily appeared in Tamil films as well as Sinhala, Malayalam and amateur films. Following a series of successful commercial ventures, Bala's Naan Kadavul saw Pooja's performance as a blind beggar praised by the critics, securing major awards, including the South Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. She simultaneously worked in Sinhala cinema and was part of several successful films like Anjalika (2006), Asai Man Piyabanna (2007), Suwanda Denuna Jeewithe (2010) and Kusa Pabha (2012), thus establishing herself as one of the leading actresses of Sinhala cinema.

  • Popularity : 7.908
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1981-06-25
  • Place of Birth : Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Pooja Umashankar Movies

  • 2006
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    Pattiyal

    Pattiyal

    7.4 2006 HD

    Two contract killers, who wish to leave the crime world, are betrayed by their boss.

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  • 2005
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    Jithan

    Jithan

    7.5 2005 HD

    A girl breaks up with her lover after a rich guy proposes marriage to her. The lover gets the power of invisibility due to an accident; he uses this...

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  • 2004
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    Attagasam

    Attagasam

    5.5 2004 HD

    The movie begins with Ajith, a driving instructor leading a happy life with his mother Sujatha. She hides from him the truth that his father,...

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  • 2007
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    Oram Po

    Oram Po

    6.1 2007 HD

    Chandru (Arya) and Bigilu (Lal) are close friends. Chandru is an expert auto driver & racer while Bigilu is a mechanic expert at customizing autos to...

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  • 2009
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    Naan Kadavul

    Naan Kadavul

    7.2 2009 HD

    This surreal Tamil entry tells the story of Rudran, who is abandoned as a child in Kasi and grows up to be a mystic who indulges in strange rituals...

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  • 2007
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    Pori

    Pori

    6 2007 HD

    Hari (Jeeva) is an unemployed youth who runs a pavement book shop in Tripiclane area. His father (Nagesh) an upright retired school teacher buys him...

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  • 2006
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    Thambi

    Thambi

    6.2 2006 HD

    A man cannot tolerate injustice and opposes it in any form; this earns him the wrath of a local goon, who plans to get rid of him at all costs.

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  • 2009
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    TN 07 AL 4777

    TN 07 AL 4777

    1 2009 HD

    The film's story revolves around a taxi driver and the son of a rich businessman, in which the two come in contact. The taxi driver, protective of...

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  • 2007
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    Asai Man Piyabanna

    Asai Man Piyabanna

    5 2007 HD

    Ranmalee, a village girl talented in both music and dancing meets the son (Praveen) of a businessman who are on a visit to Ranmalee's village in...

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  • 2010
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    Orange

    Orange

    6.4 2010 HD

    A young man falls in love with a girl but has to keep lying to make her happy. Unable to continue, he tells her that it cannot go on and breaks up...

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  • 2005
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    Ullam Ketkumae

    Ullam Ketkumae

    7.2 2005 HD

    A friendship between college friends Shyam, Priya and Pooja suffers when Shyam confesses his love for Priya, leaving Pooja, who also loves him,...

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  • 2010
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    Drohi

    Drohi

    4 2010 HD

    Samy and Karuna grow up together in the slums of Royapuram. One day, they witness the brutal murder of their teacher by a gangster. While Karuna...

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  • 2003
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    Jay Jay

    Jay Jay

    7.2 2003 HD

    Jagan and Jamuna spend all day chatting on their first meeting. Jamuna puts down her details on a 100 rupee note declaring that if the note comes...

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  • 2013
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    Vidiyum Munn

    Vidiyum Munn

    5.9 2013 HD

    Greed, lust and anger collide and threaten to rip apart the lives of two disparate women on the run to seek refuge. Vidiyum Munn explores the darker...

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  • 2024
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    Sihinayaki Adare (Love is a Dream)

    Sihinayaki Adare (Love is a Dream)

    6 2024 HD

    The complicated love story of a man and a woman, whose pasts make it harder for them to love one another.

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  • 2015
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    Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi

    Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi

    4 2015 HD

    Jai and Neha, eloping to Hyderabad to get married, offer lift to a stranger on the highway not realizing that he is a murderous psychopath who has...

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  • 2006
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    Thagapansamy

    Thagapansamy

    1 2006 HD

    The film begins with Kadhirvel (Prashanth), a do-gooder going all out to get water for his village. With monsoon repeatedly failing, his village...

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  • 2016
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    Paththini

    Paththini

    1 2016 HD

    Kannagi (Pooja) born in the Chola kingdom, one of the three kingdoms in South India around 1,500 years ago, is happily married to Kovalan (Uddika), a...

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  • 2016
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    Sarigama

    Sarigama

    10 2016 HD

    A woman leaves a convent to become a governess to the children of a Army officer widower.

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  • 2007
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    Panthayakozhi

    Panthayakozhi

    4 2007 HD

    Nandagopal lives with his mother and mute sister Maya at the mercy of his uncle. They come to know their late father bought a bungalow in...

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  • 2012
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    Kusa Pabha

    Kusa Pabha

    1 2012 HD

    The love story between beastly-looking prince Kusa and beautiful princess Paba.

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  • 2006
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    Anjalika - අංජලීකා

    Anjalika - අංජලීකා

    8 2006 HD

    A young man named Thivanka returns home to Sri Lanka from England to fall in love with a village girl named Anjalika. This proves to be problematic...

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  • 2007
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    Friends

    Friends

    1 2007 HD

    Yahaluvo (Friends) (යහළුවෝ), also known as Yahaluwo, is a 2007 Sinhala romantic drama film. It was directed by Sumitra Peries, produced...

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