Who is Pony Verma? On Tuesday, August 24, actor-producer Prakash Raj celebrated his 11th wedding anniversary with his wife Pony Verma.
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Taking to Twitter Raj said that they got married again because their son Vedhant wanted to witness it. He also thanked Verma for being "a wonderful friend...a lover and a great co-traveller." Raj parted ways with his first wife Lalitha Kumari in 2009. He married Verma at the age of 45 a year later.
Who is Pony Verma? Five things we know about Prakash Raj's wife
Pony Verma is a choreographer who started her career in Bollywood in the year 2000. She has choreographed dance performances films like Tiger Zinda Hai, Zanjeer, Prince, Guzaarish, Bhool Bhulaiyaa and so on.
Her real name is Rashmi Verma. She was reportedly born as a premature baby and had a lot of wrinkles on her body. This made her mother comment that she resembled a 'pona' (Punjabi word for the cloth used to keep chapattis). Since she was a girl, her grandmother named her 'Pony'.
She was a choreographer at the dance reality show Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena. The show was a competition between seven couples each consisting of a cricketer and an actor. Harbhajan Singh and Mona Singh won the first season of the show. Verma was also a judge at the dance reality show for kids Chak Dhoom Dhoom alongside the late Saroj Khan and Bosco Ceaser.
The choreographer's Twitter bio reads, "Choreographer in Indian film industry, co-founder PRF, home baker, loves films, music & art & Baby Vedhant's mommy."
Talking about the filmmaker Priyadarshan, she said in an interview that he is the one who introduced her to the industry. She believes that she has received her name, fame and identity because of him.
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