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Pooja Bedi (born 11 May 1970) is an Indian actress, television talk show host and newspaper columnist. She is the daughter of Indian actors Kabir Bedi and Protima Bedi. She participated in the reality television shows Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, Nach Baliye, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and Bigg Boss.

Pooja Bedi
Bedi in 2019
Born	(1970-05-11) 11 May 1970 (age 52)[1] Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress, television presenter, relationship columnist
Years active	1991–2020
Spouse	Farhan Ebrahim Furniturewala ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 2003)​
Children	2, including Alaya F
Parents	Kabir Bedi (father) Protima Bedi (mother)

Life and career

Early life and career beginnings (1970–2006)

Pooja Bedi was born in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) to the late Indian classical dancer Protima and film star Kabir Bedi.[2] She was brought up in what she calls a bohemian progressive artistic environment.[1]

From 1991 to 1995, Bedi worked in Bollywood films and appeared in many commercials and campaigns. She is remembered for the KamaSutra condom campaign which she endorsed and used as a vehicle to raise awareness of AIDS.[3]

She made her film debut with Jag Mundhra's film Vishkanya (1991). She went on to act in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (1992) with Aamir Khan for which she earned a nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1993.^{[citation needed]} Her other films include Lootere (1993)[4] and Aatank Hi Aatank (1995).^{[citation needed]}

Breakthrough role and debut in reality shows (2006–2011)

In 2000, she compiled and edited Timepass, the memoirs of her mother Protima Bedi.^{[citation needed]} She has been a columnist with the Times of India, the Hindustan Times, and MiD DAY newspapers, and has written articles for numerous publications, including L'officiel, Femina and The Week.[5]

In 2005, Bedi along with Hanif Hilal participated in Nach Baliye. In 2006, Bedi participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in its first season followed by Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi. In 2011, Bedi was a celebrity contestant in the fifth season of the Indian version of the reality TV show Big Brother, Bigg Boss.[6] She was evicted after surviving for 8 weeks in the house, which was Day 56 (27 November).[7][8]

Personal life

Bedi married Farhan Furniturewala a Gujarati Muslim of Parsi and Khoja descent, whom she met in 1990. They were married 6 May 1994 and Bedi converted to Islam upon marriage taking up the name Noorjahan.[9][10][11] They have two children, a daughter Alaya Furniturewala born in 1997 and son Omar Furniturewala, born in 2000. Bedi and Farhan divorced in 2003.[12]

In February 2019, Bedi got engaged to a Parsi named Maneck Contractor.[13]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, she traveled from Mumbai which was a red zone under quarantine to Contractor's holiday residence in Goa (then a green zone, but soon also turned red due to infected persons flooding into Goa from COVID-19 hotspots in other states of India), and created a ruckus on social media by criticising the quarantine facilities at the state. She also caused an outrage among the native Goans, by falsely claiming that she and Contractor are also Goans.[14]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director
1991	Vishkanya	Lead role	Jag Mundhra
1992	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar	Supporting role	Mansoor Khan
1993	Lootere		Dharmesh Darshan
	Chittemma Mogudu		Co-starring Mohan Babu
	Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee		Mahesh Bhatt
1995	Aatank Hi Aatank	Guest	Dilip Shankar
2011	Shakti	Faqtooni	Meher Ramesh
2020	Comedy Couple	Zohra	Nachiket Samant

Television

Year	Show	Role
2006	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 1	Contestant (evicted in 1st week)
2007	Nach Baliye 3	7th place (semifinalist)
2008	Bigg Boss 2	Guest Host
	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 1'	Contestant (4th runner up)
2011	Maa Exchange	Episodic role -
	Bigg Boss 5	(Contestant) Evicted on Day 56
2020	Masaba Masaba	Geeta Chopra (Extended cameo)

References

External links

• Official website
• Pooja Bedi at Bollywood Hungama
• Pooja Bedi at IMDb
• Pooja Bedi at Penguin India

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