They were married at their Mumbai home in the presence of close friends and family. The wedding had to be private because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pandey married her long-term boyfriend Sam Bombay on 1 September 2020. Pandey signed on to star in the planned sequel to Nasha, where she will be reprising her role as Anita. The general secretary of Shiv Sena Chitrapat objected to advertisements, saying, 'We find the poster highly vulgar and derogatory and won't allow such hoardings.' The posters for the film, which featured her 'clad in nothing, but two placards tactfully placed to cover her body', angered people and a group of protesters tore the posters and set them on fire on 20 July 2013 in Mumbai. While Rediff stated that she excelled as a seductress in the role, the Mumbai Mirror said she did 'not play seductresses but a proper, responsible drama teacher' and that 'Poonam makes an effort but isn't quite there'. In 2013, she played the female lead of the film Nasha, playing a teacher who ends up having a sexual relationship with one of her students. She also uploaded a sex tape in which she was with her then boyfriend, on to Instagram that she later deleted.

The app was banned by Google soon after its launch in the Play Store and currently available in her official site only. She went on to have her own mobile application developed. In 2012, she posed nude after Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL 5. However, she did upload a video on her mobile app, where she is seen stripping naked at the Wankhede Stadium at night. India indeed lifted the World Cup however, Pandey did not fulfill her promise due to public disapproval, but later claimed she was denied permission by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

She rose to media spotlight when she promised to strip for the Indian cricket team if it won the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Her revealing photos have received much media attention. Pandey became popular through her social media accounts, including Twitter when she started posting her semi-nude photos. She became one of the top nine contestants of the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest and appeared on the cover page of the fashion magazine.

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