In today’s era, not just the stars but their managers have also become equally famous, and Pooja Dadlani is one such name. Pooja Dadlani is known for managing Shah Rukh Khan’s business affairs, IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders and Red Chillies Entertainment. Although she is known for being associated with the superstar since long, not many know that she has also managed a big Bollywood actress.
Did Pooja Dadlani also manage Deepika Padukone?
Yes! Mrs Dadlani became Khan’s manager in 2012, but before that she worked as a talent manager for several other actors. Farah Khan had once revealed that Pooja was managing Deepika Padukone when she made her debut. In an old interview with Mashable India, the filmmaker was shown a picture from the sets of Om Shanti Om and was asked to comment on it.
In the picture, Pooja was sitting right behind Deepika Padukone and Farah immediately said, “You are looking at Pooja Dadlani behind. She was Deepika’s manager at that time.”
He elaborated about the picture and said that his assistant was teaching Shah Rukh the steps while Deepika’s parents also came to the set. If one searches the internet well, there are many pictures of Puja with Deepika available.
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More information about the manager game
Deepika soon after hired Karishma Prakash as her manager until 2020, while Shah Rukh added Pooja to his team in 2012, which was reportedly previously headed by Karuna Badwal. There is no update on who is currently managing Deepika at KWAN – the talent agency the actress has signed up with.
Talking about her personal life, Pooja married Hitesh Gurnani in 2008, who is the director of a Mumbai-based jewelry brand called Lista Jewels. Pooja and Hitesh have a daughter named Reyna Gurnani.
Talking about Deepika’s work front, she was recently seen in a pan-India science fiction film Kalki 2898 AD. It also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Prabhas and Disha Patani in lead roles and is the highest-grossing film of 2024 so far. She will next be seen in Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again, which is set to release on Diwali this year.
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