Born and brought up in Hyderabad, India, Poonam Kaur did her schooling there as well, before doing fashion designing at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Delhi. In 2006, after her studies, she signed up for a film to be directed by Teja, which didn’t take off for reasons unknown. However, she instead took up the offer for another Teja film, Oka Vichitram. Even before the release of that film, Kaur was lying the lead role in another Telugu film, Mayajalam, which, in fact, released first.
