Poonam Pandey

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Biography
Name	Poonam Pandey
Birth Name	Poonam Shobhanath Pandey 1
Nickname	Jalebi Bai
Profession	Indian model and actress
Years Active	2010-Present
Date of Birth	March 11, 1991
Age (In 2024)	33 Years
Birth Place	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Current City	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hinduism
Ethnicity	Indo-Aryan
Caste	Brahmin
Mother Tongue	Hindi
Zodiac	Pisces
Physical Stats
Height	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in Feet Inches- 5ft 7in
Eye Color	Brown
Hair Color	Black
Family and Marriage Details
Marital Status	Separated
Husband	Sam Bombay (Separated)
Marriage Date	September 1, 2020
Parents
Father	Shobhanath Pandey
Mother	Vidya Pandey
Sibling(s)
Sister(s)	Shradhdha Pandey
Brother(s)	Nilesh Pandey
Other Relatives
Niece(s)	Netra Pandey Aarya Pandey
Education Details
School	Little Flower High School, Thane
College	University of Mumbai
Educational Qualification	College Dropout
Filmography
Debut Movie	Nasha (2013)
Movies	Love in a Taxi (2023) The Journey of Karma (2018) GST – Galti Sirf Tumhari (2017) Malini & Co. (Telugu, 2015) Nasha (2013)
Item Song(s)	“UP Ki Don” in Aa Gaya Hero (2017) “Shyane Ishta Cricketettu” in Love Is Poison (Kannada, 2014)
Reality Show(s)	Lock Upp (contestant, 2022) Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 4 (contestant, 2011)
TV debut	Total Nadaniyaan (2015)
TV Show(s)	Pyaar Mohabbat Ssshhh (2015) Total Nadaniyaan (2015)
OTT debut	Honeymoon Suite Room No 911 (2023)
Web Series	Honeymoon Suite Room No 911 (2023)
Short Film(s)	The Weekend (2016) The Uncanny (2013)
Music Video(s)	Tere Jism Se (Mohd Danish, 2022)
Contact/Social Media Details
Twitter	twitter.com/ipoonampandey (1.3m followers)
Facebook	facebook.com/Poonam.pandeyFanClub (66k followers)
Instagram	instagram.com/poonampandeyreal/ (1.3m followers)
Youtube	youtube.com/@poonampandeyonline/ (32k subscribers)
Email	[email protected]
Other Details
Net Worth (Approx)	$10 million
Facts
Poonam Pandey is an Indian model and actress who stays in the limelight because of her controversial statements. She is also the Founder, Director, and CEO at Emppire Bay Limited. 2
Poonam Pandey was born on 11 March 1991 into a Brahmin Hindu family to Shobhanath Pandey, a businessman, and Vidya Pandey, a housewife in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. She has an elder brother named Nilesh Pandey, a freelance techie, and a younger sister named Shradhdha Pandey, a company secretary. 3 4
She studied at Little Flower High School in Thane, Maharashtra and later pursued a degree in commerce from the University of Mumbai but couldn’t continue it after her first year of graduation as she got busy with modeling work. 2
She is 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Pandey began her career as a model and walked the ramp for the first time in 2010.
In 2010, she participated in the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest and made it to the top 10. 5
Poonam first came into the limelight in 2011, when she promised to strip for the Indian cricket team if they won the 2011 Cricket World Cup. However, Despite India winning the World Cup, she did not fulfill her promise, citing the denial of permission by the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India).
In 2011, she was seen as a contestant in the fourth season of the stunt-based reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi, filmed in Cape Town where she finished in 11th place. Pandey was reportedly paid Rs 50 lakh to participate in the show hosted by Akshay Kumar. 6
She featured in the Kingfisher Calendar in 2012. 5
She appeared on the cover page of the Gladrags magazine’s March-April 2012 edition.
In 2012, Poonam Pandey again promised to pose naked if Shah Rukh Khan‘s Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL 5, and this time she kept her promise and tweeted a nude picture of herself along with the caption: “Here is a pic as I promised. WARNING 18 and under should not try looking up the pic. that said I do not take responsibility for anyone under age.” 7
In May 2014, she alleged that Mumbai police rudely questioned her for allegedly ‘misbehaving’ with a man in her car, who happened to be her brother, Aditya Pandey. A rattled Poonam said, “This is worse than the Taliban. It was 10:30 p.m. Not even late by metropolitan standards. I was with my brother, my own brother Aditya Pandey, and I wasn’t drinking or misbehaving in the car at all when I was questioned by cops. The minute I said I was Poonam Pandey their attitude changed. They began to get aggressive. They wanted to know what I was doing in the car with a man. Woh mera sagaa bhai hai. My blood brother.” 8
Some websites have incorrectly mentioned that Poonam Pandey starred in the 2014 Bhojpuri film ‘Adalat’. It was actually Poonam Dubey who had featured in the ‘Dodhi Main Daru’ song from the movie. 9
She portrayed the titular role of Malini in the 2015 Telugu film ‘Malini & Co.’, written and directed by Veeru K. In the same year, she played the role of Jalebi Bai in the Big Magic’s television shows, ‘Total Nadaniyaan’ and ‘Pyaar Mohabbat Ssshhh’. 10 11
Her father, Shobhanath Pandey passed away in 2019. 12
In February 2020, Poonam registered a case against Raj Kundra and his associates in the Bombay High Court for illegally using content featuring her after their contract had expired. Kundra’s company Armsprime Media was handling Poonam Pandey’s app. 13
Poonam Pandey married businessman Sam Bombay on 1 September 2020 after 3 years of courtship in a private ceremony attended by only their close friends and family. 14
On 11 September 2020, Pandey filed a complaint against Sam Bombay, alleging molestation, threats, and assault. Subsequently, Goa Police arrested Sam on 23 September 2020. Although he was later released on bail, they reconciled within a few days, leading to speculation that the incident may have been a publicity stunt. 15
Poonam and her then-husband, Sam Bombay, were detained by the Goa Police on November 5, 2020, for allegedly shooting an obscene video at the Chapoli dam in Canacona town. However, they were granted bail on the same day. 16
On November 10, 2021, Poonam Pandey was hospitalized after sustaining injuries to her head, face, and eyes. Mumbai Police arrested her then-husband, Sam Bombay, after Pandey accused him of assault. 17
In February 2022, she entered the reality show Lock Upp, hosted by Kangana Ranaut, as a contestant. She was eliminated from the show on Day 66, just four days ahead of the finale. 18
She featured alongside Karanvir Bohra in the music video for the song ‘Tere Jism Se’ by Mohd Danish, which premiered on YouTube on December 14, 2022. 19
In 2023, she starred alongside Yuvika Chaudhary, Navina Bole, Abha Paul, and Rrahul Sudhir in the ALT Balaji series ‘Honeymoon Suite Room No 911’.
She graced the cover page of Perfect Woman magazine’s July 2023 edition.
She is a dog lover and owns a pitbull named Caesar. 20
On 2 February 2024, a post was shared on Poonam Pandey’s Instagram handle claiming that the actress had died of cervical cancer at the age of 32. Her media manager Parul Chawla and her sister Shradhdha Pandey also confirmed the news of Poonam’s demise. However, the next day, Poonam released a video declaring she was well and alive and it was just a publicity stunt. Pandey took to her Instagram to share that she spread fake news about her demise from cervical cancer with good intentions of spreading awareness about the HPV vaccine. 21 22

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5. https://zeenews.india.com/people/poonam-pandey-brutally-trolled-for-saying-dont-have-courage-to-go-to-bigg-boss-netizens-call-her-out-for-cakey-make-up-2429017.html[↩][↩]
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8. https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/my-brother-has-gone-into-shock–poonam-pandey-15279079[↩]
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15. https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/crime/article/newly-wed-actress-poonam-pandey-accuses-husband-of-molesting-threatening-her/656465[↩]
16. https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/poonam-pandey-detained-by-goa-police-in-obscene-video-case-two-cops-suspended/story-gMNHPZgMsZJXtyjePbrY7N.html[↩]
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18. https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series/lock-upp-poonam-pandey-gets-evicted-ahead-of-finale-says-she-hopes-to-be-part-of-bigg-boss-now-101651576061885.html[↩]
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