actress Pooja Bedi has turned 54 years old today. She is the daughter of actors Kabir Bedi and Protima Bedi. The actress debuted in Bollywood with the film Vishkanya in 1991. It was directed by Jag Mundhra. Along with films, she has also worked in many advertisements which often garnered headlines in the entertainment industry. The actress has married twice in her life. It is interesting to note that Pooja Bedi is older than her stepmother, Parveen Dusanj. At the age of 70, Kabir married for the fourth time.
Before venturing into the film industry, the actress garnered headlines with her Kamasutra condom commercial, which was first-of-its-kind. In this advertisement, she was bathing in the swimming pool with model Marc Robinson. The advertisement was so bold at that time that Doordarshan banned it. Even after coming from a star family, Pooja Bedi had a hard time gaining recognition in the film industry. Her only notable film till now is Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar in 1992, starring Aamir Khan as the lead. She garnered headlines for her lip-lock scene with Aamir Khan. In the 90s, she was counted among the bold actresses of that era.
According to media reports, the actress has been in several relationships. Pooja’s affair was first discussed with Aditya Pancholi. Later, the duo broke up. After this, she dated Farhan Furniturewala for three years. The couple got married in 1994. Pooja Bedi converted to Islam upon marriage taking up the name Noorjahan. They have two children–Alaya F and Omar Furniturewala. The couple got divorced in 2003.
After a few years of marriage, problems started between them and in the year 2003, Pooja divorced Farhan. After separating from Farhan, Pooja dated choreographer Hanif Hilal. The duo also participated in Nach Baliye 3. After two years of relationship, the couple announced their breakup. As per the report of Amar Ujala, Pooja Bedi also had an 18-month relationship with Dwiti Vikramaditya.
Pooja Bedi got engaged to businessman Maneck Contractor in 2019. Apart from being an actor, Pooja Bedi also donned the hat as a newspaper columnist and has written for The Times of India, Hindustan Times, and Mid Day.
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