Pooja Devariya Biography and Career
Pooja Devariya is an Indian theatre and film actor as well as a performance coach who works primarily in Tamil films, alongside a Kannada film. She was born on 29 July 1991. In this article we are going to talk about the biography, career, notable works, films and family of Actress Pooja Devariya so read the article till the end.
Career
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Starting in various minor roles and as a dancer to eventually starring alongside some of Tamil film industry’s biggest names, Pooja’s acting career spans the theatre and film industry over 10 years.
After working with many theatre groups in Chennai in various capacities, Pooja became the principal actor and one of the directors with the theatre company Stray Factory This association lasted till 2016, during which time she was the recipient of numerous acting and directing awards including Short+Sweet Theatre Festival’s Best Actress Award for Stray Factory’s Carpouram.
Pooja was to forge a strong connection with the founder of Short + Sweet Theatre Festival franchise, Mark Cleary. His guidance and mentorship drove Pooja to expand her repertoire and perform her plays in multiple countries. One such performance of her play, My name is Cine-maa in Hollywood won her the Emerging Artist Award and also bagged her multiple Best Actress awards in Chennai, Mumbai and Malaysia.
It was during this time that she also worked under director Yosup Bae (Founder and Director of Tuida) in South Korea for a physical theatre performance titled Bahuchara Matha (Beyond Binary). This collaboration solidified her as a performance-focused actor and Pooja considers Yosup Bae to be a big influence on her acting trajectory.
Pooja’s entry into the Tamil Film Industry was in 2011, when she played the role of Dhanush’s friend Padmini in Selvaraghavan’s Mayakkam Enna, She was widely praised for her portrayal of Malarvizhi in the 2016 Karthik Subbaraj flick Iraivi She won the Behindwoods Gold Medal for Best Actress Critics Choice for this role.
Short biography of Pooja Devariya
Pooja Devariya was born on 29 July 1991, to Balu Namasivayam and Pushpa Devariya in Bengaluru, India. She also goes by the patronym, Pooja Balu.
A big part of her formative years was spent in Abacus Montessori School, Chennai, to which Pooja credits her personality development and healthy curiosity.
Pooja Devariya is also a jazz and ballet dancer, having trained in Jeffery Vardon’s Hotshoe Dance Academy, alongside silambattam, a martial arts style from Tamil Nadu which she was trained in by Pandian Master, well-known trainer in Tamil film industry. In addition, she is an accomplished rower and is a National Rowing Medalist.
She started her film acting career with Selvaraghavan’s Mayakkam Enna, and has gone on to win several awards including Vikatan’s Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Kuttrame Thandanai.
Pooja Devariya is also the founder and creative director of Scout & Guide Media, an actors’ studio & production house, with her partner Sumanth Shetty.
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Random biography facts about Pooja Devariya
The same year, her performance in M. Manikandan’s Kuttrame Thandanai received rave reviews bagging her yet another gold medal from Behindwoods and the Best Supporting Actress award from the prestigious Vikatan Awards.
In 2018, Pooja made her Kannada debut with the film Kadheyondu Shruvagide, directed by Senna Hegde.
In 2020, Pooja Devariya founded Scout & Guide Media with her partner Sumanth Shetty. An actors’ studio & production house, Pooja’s work with Scout & Guide Media involves training new and established actors, and being the bridge between the director’s vision and the actor’s performance While the concept of a performance coach is very prevalent in Hollywood and European films, it is a relatively recent phenomenon in the Indian Film Industry.
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