# Pooja Gor (પૂજા ગોર)
**Pooja Gor** (પૂજા ગોર), born Pooja Gaur, is an Indian television and film actress from [Ahmedabad](https://www.edgepedia.org/ahmedabad), Gujarat, best known for playing the title role in the Hindi serial *[Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya](https://www.edgepedia.org/mann-kee-awaaz-pratigya)* (2009–2012) and for her film debut in *Kedarnath* (2018).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) • [2](https://tv9gujarati.com/photo-gallery/indian-television-actress-pooja-gor-family-tree-1453045.html) She has since worked across television, Bollywood films, and streaming series.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) |
| Birth name | Pooja Gaur; professionally known as Pooja Gor[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) |
| Breakout role | Pratigya in *Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya* (2009–2012), later revived in *Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya 2* (2021)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) • [3](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/if-love-happens-again-ill-consider-myself-lucky-pooja-gor/articleshow/120722987.cms) |
| Hosting | *Savdhaan India* on Life OK, 2013–2015[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) |
| Film debut | *Kedarnath* (2018), as Brinda Mishra, alongside Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) |
| Recent work | *Guns & Gulaabs* (2023), *IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack* (2024), *Adrishyam – The Invisible Heroes 2* (2025) as Officer Durga[4](https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/web-series/article/pooja-gor-on-adrishyam-2-the-stakes-are-higher-than-last-time-23515176) |
| Family | Parents Avinash Gor and Aarti Gor; younger brother Naman Gor[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) |
## Early life and television debut
Gor was born in Ahmedabad in 1991, to Avinash Gor and Aarti Gor, and has a younger brother, Naman.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) She completed her schooling at AG School in Ahmedabad and enrolled at [Gujarat University](https://www.edgepedia.org/gujarat-university) for further studies.[2](https://tv9gujarati.com/photo-gallery/indian-television-actress-pooja-gor-family-tree-1453045.html) In interviews she has described her family as academically strong, with doctors, MBAs, and engineers, and said acting was never a planned career; she moved to Mumbai only after being finalized for a role.[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tellyblazer-pooja-gor-on-getting-typecast-after-pratigya-i-did-get-stronger-roles-and-as-much-as-i-was-happy-about-it-it-also-felt-a-little-limiting/articleshow/82426792.cms)
Her first screen work was a supporting role in Imagine TV's romance *Kitni Mohabbat Hai* in 2009, appearing alongside Karan Kundra and Kritika Kamra.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) • [2](https://tv9gujarati.com/photo-gallery/indian-television-actress-pooja-gor-family-tree-1453045.html)
## Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya
The audition that changed her career came about by accident: a friend dragged her to a Star Plus audition for a show about an Allahabadi family, she gave it reluctantly at the casting director's insistence, and was called back two days later.[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tellyblazer-pooja-gor-on-getting-typecast-after-pratigya-i-did-get-stronger-roles-and-as-much-as-i-was-happy-about-it-it-also-felt-a-little-limiting/articleshow/82426792.cms) *Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya*, in which she played Pratigya opposite Arhaan Behll, ran from 2009 to 2012 and made her a household name.[2](https://tv9gujarati.com/photo-gallery/indian-television-actress-pooja-gor-family-tree-1453045.html) • [6](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tv-is-home-will-return-if-i-get-a-good-opportunity-pooja-gor/articleshow/103594051.cms) She had just turned 18 when she began playing a character written as 23 or 24, and in the revival season the character was a lawyer and mother in her thirties.[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tellyblazer-pooja-gor-on-getting-typecast-after-pratigya-i-did-get-stronger-roles-and-as-much-as-i-was-happy-about-it-it-also-felt-a-little-limiting/articleshow/82426792.cms)
**Typecasting after Pratigya.** Gor has said that after the serial ended she was offered mainly similar strong-willed roles, which she found limiting, and that this is why she stayed away from daily soaps for years.[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tellyblazer-pooja-gor-on-getting-typecast-after-pratigya-i-did-get-stronger-roles-and-as-much-as-i-was-happy-about-it-it-also-felt-a-little-limiting/articleshow/82426792.cms) In that period she took other kinds of work: the scripted real-time show *The Serial*, hosting the crime show *Savdhaan India* on Life OK from 2013 to 2015, the fiction show *Roshni*, in which she played a cardiothoracic surgeon, episodic appearances, and advertising.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) • [5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tellyblazer-pooja-gor-on-getting-typecast-after-pratigya-i-did-get-stronger-roles-and-as-much-as-i-was-happy-about-it-it-also-felt-a-little-limiting/articleshow/82426792.cms) She returned to the character in *Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya 2* (2021), her last television serial to date.[3](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/if-love-happens-again-ill-consider-myself-lucky-pooja-gor/articleshow/120722987.cms)
## Reality television and film
In 2014 she appeared in the Box Cricket League and competed in *Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) Her Bollywood debut came with [Abhishek Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/abhishek-kapoor)'s romance *Kedarnath* (2018), starring [Sushant Singh Rajput](https://www.edgepedia.org/sushant-singh-rajput) and [Sara Ali Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/sara-ali-khan); she played Brinda Mishra, a role she described as a challenge because of the character's complexity.[2](https://tv9gujarati.com/photo-gallery/indian-television-actress-pooja-gor-family-tree-1453045.html) • [7](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kedarnath-pooja-gor-bollywood-debut-5488992/)
## Move to streaming
After nearly a decade in television, Gor shifted toward films and streaming, saying she was not getting the kinds of roles she wanted on TV and that OTT storytelling offered more variety.[3](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/if-love-happens-again-ill-consider-myself-lucky-pooja-gor/articleshow/120722987.cms) Her digital credits include *Guns & Gulaabs* (2023), in which she worked with [Dulquer Salmaan](https://www.edgepedia.org/dulquer-salmaan), and *IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack* (2024).[6](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tv-is-home-will-return-if-i-get-a-good-opportunity-pooja-gor/articleshow/103594051.cms) • [4](https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/web-series/article/pooja-gor-on-adrishyam-2-the-stakes-are-higher-than-last-time-23515176) In 2025 she led the espionage thriller *Adrishyam – The Invisible Heroes 2* on SonyLIV opposite [Eijaz Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/eijaz-khan), playing Officer Durga, a role she called fierce and enigmatic.[4](https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/web-series/article/pooja-gor-on-adrishyam-2-the-stakes-are-higher-than-last-time-23515176) • [8](https://www.ottplay.com/amp/interview/adrishyam-2-exclusive-pooja-gor-opens-up-about-officer-durgas-enigmatic-persona-theres-a-mystique-about-her/6dcd614327356) She joined the web series *Looteri Dulhan* as police officer Sandhya Yadav, a story about brides who rob their husbands and vanish overnight.[2](https://tv9gujarati.com/photo-gallery/indian-television-actress-pooja-gor-family-tree-1453045.html) Database listings also credit her with *Laal Banarasi* (2024) and *[Kaptaan](https://www.edgepedia.org/kaptaan-tv-series)* (2026).[9](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm16255620/) She has said that despite the move to streaming, television remains home and she would return for the right opportunity.[6](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tv-is-home-will-return-if-i-get-a-good-opportunity-pooja-gor/articleshow/103594051.cms)
## Personal life
Gor was in a relationship with television actor Raj Singh Arora from 2009 to 2020; she announced their separation on Instagram in December 2020.[2](https://tv9gujarati.com/photo-gallery/indian-television-actress-pooja-gor-family-tree-1453045.html) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) In a 2021 interview she described the split as a mature decision and said the two remained friends.[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tellyblazer-pooja-gor-on-getting-typecast-after-pratigya-i-did-get-stronger-roles-and-as-much-as-i-was-happy-about-it-it-also-felt-a-little-limiting/articleshow/82426792.cms) She has trained in kickboxing for self-defense and fitness.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) A Gujarati, she has described Navratri as a time of homecoming, returning to Ahmedabad for garba celebrations.[10](https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/cinema/pooja-gor-navratri-is-the-time-of-homecoming-for-gujaratis-101728448164885.html)
A note on her birth year: her IMDb biography page and TV9 Gujarati both give June 1, 1991,[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/) • [2](https://tv9gujarati.com/photo-gallery/indian-television-actress-pooja-gor-family-tree-1453045.html) while the main IMDb title page lists June 1, 1994.[11](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947)
## References
1. [Pooja Gaur – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947/bio/)
2. [Indian television actress Pooja Gor Family Tree, TV9 Gujarati](https://tv9gujarati.com/photo-gallery/indian-television-actress-pooja-gor-family-tree-1453045.html)
3. [If love happens again, I'll consider myself lucky: Pooja Gor, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/if-love-happens-again-ill-consider-myself-lucky-pooja-gor/articleshow/120722987.cms)
4. [Pooja Gor on Adrishyam 2: The stakes are higher than last time, Mid-Day](https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/web-series/article/pooja-gor-on-adrishyam-2-the-stakes-are-higher-than-last-time-23515176)
5. [Exclusive – #Tellyblazer Pooja Gor on getting typecast, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tellyblazer-pooja-gor-on-getting-typecast-after-pratigya-i-did-get-stronger-roles-and-as-much-as-i-was-happy-about-it-it-also-felt-a-little-limiting/articleshow/82426792.cms)
6. [Exclusive! TV is home, will return if I get a good opportunity: Pooja Gor, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-tv-is-home-will-return-if-i-get-a-good-opportunity-pooja-gor/articleshow/103594051.cms)
7. [Kedarnath actor Pooja Gor: It was a challenge to play such a complex character, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kedarnath-pooja-gor-bollywood-debut-5488992/)
8. [Adrishyam 2 star Pooja Gor on officer Durga's enigmatic persona, OTTplay](https://www.ottplay.com/amp/interview/adrishyam-2-exclusive-pooja-gor-opens-up-about-officer-durgas-enigmatic-persona-theres-a-mystique-about-her/6dcd614327356)
9. [Pooja Gor, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm16255620/)
10. [Poojaa Gor: Navratri is the time of homecoming for Gujaratis, Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/htcity/cinema/pooja-gor-navratri-is-the-time-of-homecoming-for-gujaratis-101728448164885.html)
11. [Pooja Gor – main page, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5156947)
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