Shubha Poonja is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n actress and former model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

. She mostly appeared in Tamil

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 and Kannada films.

Career

Shubha Poonja, a Mangalorean by birth, brought up in Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, studied in Carmel Convent School, Jayanagar in Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, before she started modelling, appearing in various television ads

Television advertisement

A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...

. Meanwhile, she took part at a beauty contest

Beauty contest

A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...

 in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, where she won the "Miss Chennai-Top Model 2003" title. Subsequently, she entered the Tamil film industry, after K. S. Vasanthakumar, director of the Tamil film Machi approached her to enact the lead female role in the film, having seen her photos. After starring in the Tamil films Thirudiya Idhayathai and Shanmuga in the following months, which all proved to be very unsuccessful at the box-office, failed to attract people and hence, went totally unnoticed, she got to enter the Kannada film industry with the 2006 film Jackpot. Afterwards, she appeared in several Kannada films, including Chanda, Moggina Manasu

Moggina Manasu

Moggina Manasu is a Kannada film released in 2008, directed by Shashank and produced by E. Krishnappa, who produced the blockbuster Mungaru Male. It stars Radhika Pandit, Shuba Punja. It received good reviews. The movie is being remade in Telugu as Siri Malle Puvvu...

and Slum Bala and was able to make her mark there, with people beginning to take notice of her. Lately, she appeared in Anjadiru, the Kannada remake of the 2008 Tamil hit film Anjaathe, and in Thakath.

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Role	Notes
2004	Machi	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...	Rakshita
2005	Thirudiya Idhayathai	Tamil	Haritha
	Shanmuga	Tamil
2006	Jackpot	Kannada Kannada language Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...	Preethi
	Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan Oru ponnu oru paiyan Oru ponnu oru paiayan is film directed by Naren Deivanayagam. Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan is a film which dwells on the untold love of a pair due to family circumstances.This film starres Sandeep, Swetha and Shubha Punja.-Plot:...	Tamil	Shubha
2007	Duniya Duniya -Awards:*2006-2007: Karnataka State Film Awards**Best Actor: Vijay**Best Screenplay: Soori**Best Supporting Actor: Rangayana Raghu**Best Female Playback Singer: M. D. Pallavi Arun-External links:* * * IndiaGlitz, 23 July 2007.*...	Kannada		Super Hit movie of the year
2007	Chanda	Kannada	Swapna
2008	Moggina Manasu Moggina Manasu Moggina Manasu is a Kannada film released in 2008, directed by Shashank and produced by E. Krishnappa, who produced the blockbuster Mungaru Male. It stars Radhika Pandit, Shuba Punja. It received good reviews. The movie is being remade in Telugu as Siri Malle Puvvu...	Kannada	Renuka	Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films.-External links:*...
	Slum Bala	Kannada	Mallige
	Sutta Pazham	Tamil	Vandana
2009	Anjadiru	Kannada	Uththara
	Thakath	Kannada	Bhagya (Bhageerathi)
2010	Preethi Hungama	Kannada	Geetha
	Naariya Seere Kadda	Kannada
2011	Kanteerava Kanteerava Kanteerava is a 2011 Kannada-language film directed by Tushara Ranganath and produced by the veteran producer Ramu. It is a remake of the Telugu hit Simhadri. Duniya Vijay and Shuba Poonja are the lead pair of the film. Chakri has composed the music for the film....	Kannada	Indra
	Golmal	Kannada		Filming
	Nanalla	Kannada		Filming