Winning a beauty pageant and then finding the crowned face in a Bollywood film is not uncommon. And it is not a thing that started in the late 90s. This practice had been in place since forever. Model turned actors again is not new. Similarly this actress also joined Bollywood after being a former Eve’s Weekly Miss Young India in 1978. She became a part of the industry when your workplace give you some of the best relationships friendships that last a lifetime. The actress in focus was offered a role by Yash Chopra and then it was looking only upwards and forwards for her. She had a good career graph but her love life made more headlines. The name of the actress is Poonam Dhillon. Actress Who Was Slapped By Shashi Kapoor There are several anecdotes when actors reveal what lengths they go to get their character right to get real reactions from the actors. following a similar pattern Poonam Dhillon once revealed how she was slapped by the veteran actor Shashi Kapoor during the shooting of her film Trishul.  Dhillon once revealed that as soon as the director said action Kapoor slapped her. It was a part of the scene but she didnt know what was going to happen. This was done to make the scene more realistic. Later Kapoor also apologies to the actress and shared that it was done only after the approval of Yash Chopra.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Bollywood Nostalgia (@bollywood.nostalgia) Crush on Salman Khan When Salman Khan entered the industry his charming personality wooed several people. And Poonam Dhillon was one of them. He was younger than me by a few years and I never thought he would be such a big star. But he was very good-looking she recalled in an old interview once. Poonam often visited Salim-Javed’s house while working with them where she would see Salman. Later when Maine Pyar Kiya was released Poonam now married found herself admiring Salman again. She playfully nudged her husband Ashok Thakeria saying “Look how cute he is! Even today she admires his charm and fan following proving some crushes never go away. While Poonam Dhillon gave several hit films she often made headlines due to her personal life. She got married to Ashok Thakaria in 1988 and had two kids. Few years down the line Dhillon got a hint about the extra-marital affair of Thakaria. According to NDTV Hindi report she also had ana affair but it was to taken revenge from her husband. However there has been no confirmation about it. After troubled times at home the couple parted ways and Dhillon got the custody of both their children. The actress had always been active with social welfare activism and politics. She has always been a voice for social causes. She joined Bhartiya Janta Party n 2004 as well. On the work front Poonam Dhillon was last seen in Hindi romantic dram Plan A Plan B starring Ritiesh Deshmukh and Tamannaah Bhatia in 2022.