Gandhi has received applause for her character in the film as Nandini. It went to become highest grossing South Indian film during its time of release. And it was collected over ₹75 crore in its lifetime theatrical run at Indian box office. Gandhi debut in the Kannada film industry was with Mungaru Male, The film was the first in India for any language to be screened for continuously one year in a multiplex, and ultimately ran over 865-days in Karnataka. Gandhi during shooting of Mungaru Male film in 2006 Gandhi got engaged in November 2012 with realter Anand Gowda but ended the relationship the following month.
Gandhi started her career as a model by acting in advertisements and television series with Awaz (a remake of Lost in Hindi language) and a serial Zameen Se Aassman Tak, directed by Aruna Irani. She has two younger sisters – Radhika Gandhi, who is also an actress in Kannada films, and Suhani Gandhi, a tennis player. She studied at Sophia Convent and Dewan Public School in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Pawan Gandhi, is a businessman and her mother, Jyothi Gandhi, is a housewife. Gandhi was born in Meerut and brought up in Dehli into a traditional Punjabi family. 2.4 Critical acclaim and box office success (2012–18).
2.3 Series of commercial failures (2009–2011).2.2 Initial success and fame in Kannada (2006–08).However, she was defeated in the elections and did not win any seat from the constituency. She soon hopped onto KJP party and later to the BSR Congress party and contested the Karnataka assembly elections from Raichur constituency. She joined the Janata Dal (Secular) party in 2012 by taking the membership of the party. In 2016, Gandhi received an honorary doctorate award by the Governing Council of Confederation of International Accreditation Commission - CIAC in affiliation with KEISIE International University - South Korea, for her contribution to Kannada film industry. Following the success of a series of films, she established herself as one of the leading actresses of Kannada cinema. Since then, she has played lead roles in commercially successful films such as Mungaru Male (2006), Milana (2007), Krishna (2007), Taj Mahal (2008), Budhivanta (2008), Anu (2009), Gokula (2009), Dandupalya (2012), Dandupalya 2 (2017) and Dandupalya 3 (2018). Gandhi made her acting debut in 2001 with the Hindi film Khatron Ke Khiladi opposite Raj Babbar. The Banglore Times placed her in the list of "25 Most Desirable Women of 2012". Gandhi has acted in over five languages and 50 films in a decade. Gandhi is popularly referred as Male Hudugi (Rain Girl) in the media and Kannada film industry. Pooja Gandhi after starring in the commercially successful 2006 film Mungaru Male, became one of the most popular and highest paid actresses in Kannada cinema and also the recipient of several awards, including an honarary Doctorate. Pooja Gandhi (born Sanjana Gandhi in 1983) is an Indian film actress, who mainly works in Kannada, Hindi and Tamil language films.
Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress (2013).