Miss Pooja
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Miss Pooja performing in August 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gurinder Kaur Kainth |
| Born |
4 December 1980 Rajpura, Punjab, India |
| Genres |
Bhangra, Pop, Folk Religious, Hip Hop, Dance |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Website | TheMissPooja.com |
Miss Pooja (born 4 December 1980 as Gurinder Kaur Kainth) is an Indian singer and is widely regarded as having revived Punjabi duet songs. She has become the largest-selling female bhangra artist in India and overseas. A partial reason for her success is the rapid increase in the number of songs that she continues to record. She has released duets with more than 70 different male singers.
Pooja has a Master's degree in music. She worked as a music teacher in Patel Public School in Rajpura, India before she embarked on her musical career.
In 2006, Miss Pooja debuted with her first duet song "Jaan Ton Piyari". In 2009, her debut solo album was "Romantic Jatt" and the music video of her song "Do Nain" from that album was shot in Toronto, Canada. In 2010, her first two films were "Panjaban" and "Channa Sachi Muchi". In 2012, the music video of her song "Shona Shona" from her third solo album "Jattitude" was shot in Hong Kong and she also made a debut in the Bollywood Industry with the song "Second Hand Jawani" from the film "Cocktail". In 2013, her third film was "Pooja Kiven Aa" and fourth film was "Ishq Garaari". As of 2013, she has recorded over 3000 songs, released over 300 music albums (including religious music albums), shot over 800 music videos and acted in five Punjabi films.
Choice with Manjit Rupowalia
Baazi with Manjit Rupowalia Chah Da Cup 2 with Babu Chandigarhia
In 2009 Miss Pooja won Best International Act at the UK Asian Music Awards.
In 2010 she won Best International Album for her album Romantic Jatt.
In 2011 she was nominated for Shri Tanveer Singh Dhami ji International Act and Best International Album (for Panjaban) and ended up winning Best International Act.
In 2011 she won PTC Punjabi Film Award Best Duet Female Film: Punjaban.
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