Pooja Gandhi

Pooja Gandhi is an Indian actress and model, who mainly works in Kannada and Tamil language films. After starring in the commercially successful 2006 film ''Mungaru Male'', she became one of the most popular and highest paid actresses in Kannada language films and also the recipient of several awards, including an honorary doctorate. Gandhi is popularly referred to as ''Male Hudugi'' (Rain Girl) in the media and Kannada film industry. Gandhi has acted in over five languages and 50 films in a decade. The ''Banglore Times'' placed her in the list of "25 Most Desirable Women of 2012".

Gandhi made her acting debut in 2001 with the Hindi film ''Khatron Ke Khiladi'' opposite Raj Babbar. Since then, she has played lead roles in commercially successful films such as ''Mungaru Male'' (2006), ''Milana'' (2007), ''Krishna'' (2007), ''Taj Mahal'' (2008), ''Budhivanta'' (2008), ''Anu'' (2009), ''Gokula'' (2009), ''Dandupalya'' (2012), ''Dandupalya 2'' (2017) and ''Dandupalya 3'' (2018). Following the success of a series of films, she established herself as one of the leading actresses of Kannada cinema.

In 2016, Gandhi received an honorary doctorate award by the Governing Council of Confederation of International Accreditation Commission (CIAC) in affiliation with KEISIE International University - South Korea, for her contribution to the Kannada film industry.

She became a member of the Janata Dal (Secular) party in 2012, before joining the KJP party, and later, the BSR Congress party. She contested the Karnataka assembly elections from Raichur constituency, but failed to win a seat. Provided by Wikipedia