Sanchita Poonacha is a theatre artist turned actress who is known to Telugu audience with her work in 'Love, Life and Pakodi' movie.  Sanchita Poonacha hails from Coorg, Karnataka and her mother tongue is Kodava. After completing his college, Sanchita also did theatres. To get into advertising, Sanchita decided to go to Mumbai to get more offers.  After getting to know about the auditions, Sanchita met with the director Jayanth Gali and got the offer to play the female lead in 'Love, Life and Pakodi' movie.  Sanchita received decent response for her performance in the film. Though Telugu is not her mother tongue, she has learnt the language and even gave dubbing for her role in the film.  People often get confused that she is a relative of Kannada actress Harshika Poonacha. Though the duo share the same mother tongue, they don't have any relation.