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n. (context uncountable English) A form of worship in south Asia; a religious ceremony.
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Pooja is a Telugu movie of AVM Productions released in 1975. It was a musical hit, especially for the superhit song "Ennenno Janmala Bandham". The movie is a remake of the original Kannada movie Eradu Kanasu (1974), starring Dr. Rajkumar and music by the same music director duo Rajan - Nagendra.
The music director for the movie was Rajan-Nagendra, Lyrics by Dasaradhi. Some songs were sung by S.P.Balasubramanyam and Vani Jayaram. The song "Enneno Janmala Bandham" is known for the captivating lyrics. It is the retained version of the hit Kannada song Endendu Ninnanu Marethu.
Pooja is a 1967 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P Karamachandranand produced by P Karamachandran. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sheela, Sukumari and T. S. Muthaiah in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan.
Pooja (Worship) is a 1940 Hindi/ Urdu psychological drama film directed by A. R. Kardar. The music director was Anil Biswas, with lyrics by Khan Shatir Ghaznavi. Produced by National Studios, the story, screenplay and dialogue writer was M. Sadiq and the cinematographer was P. G. Kukde. The film starred Sardar Akhtar, Zahur Raja, Sitara Devi, Jyoti, Sankatha Prasad, Sunalini Devi and Bhudo Advani.
The story involves two sisters, Rama and Lachhi. The younger sister Lachhi, is raped by the rejected suitor of the other sister and gets pregnant. The film then follows the child being brought up by Rama while the real mother, Lachhi, works as a maid in the same house.
Usage examples of "pooja".
He turned with a rustling of his silk dhoti to see Kausalya, a pooja thali in her hands, standing in the doorway of her own bedchamber.
She looked back at the playhouse and called for Ryoo and Pooja to ease up.
R2-D2 rolled along right behind, with Ryoo and Pooja bouncing all about him.
It had been hard going through the complex formalities of the parade, the pooja, the yagna and havan, the speeches and entertainments, the feasting and games.
Minni worshipped the CD, before taking it from her mother, and placed it on the CD drive most reverently, as if making a pooja, and worshipped it again.