| 1. Pooja had a passion for performing arts and regularly participated in debates and dramatics. |
| 2. She achieved a spot as one of the top 10 finalists in Femina Miss India 2006. |
| 3. During her college days, she hosted shows on DD National and later received an offer from Zoom channel to work as an anchor in Mumbai. |
| 4. In 2012, she appeared in an episode of Star Plus’s 'Teri Meri Love Story', leading to an opportunity to portray Draupadi in ‘Mahabharat’ by Siddharth Kumar Tewary. |
| 5. Dressing up as Draupadi required 2-3 hours daily due to the heavy costumes and jewellery that weighed almost 25 kg. |
| 6. Pooja shares a close bond with TV actors Aishwarya Sakhuja and Sehban Azim. |
| 7. She has a strong passion for reading. |
| 8. She worked as an anchor for a sports-based talk show on Doordarshan and Zoom TV during her college days. |
| 9. After a two and half year absence from television, she returned in 2017 to portray Parvati on Colors TV's 'Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai'. |
| 10. In 2018 and 2019, she voiced over for a show and narrated three shows. |
| 11. While filming for Mahabharat, she accidentally caught her clothes on fire during a break. |
