Poonam was a romantic movie released in the year of 1981. The movie was directed as well produced by Harmesh Malhotra. The major roles in the movie were played by Raj Babbar, Shakti Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon and Madan Puri while the roles of Kalpana Iyer and Jeevan were equally important. The music of the film was directed by Anu Malik while the songs were sung by Mohammed Rafi, Poonam Dhillon, Amit Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar.

Poonam was a romantic movie, the genre of which is not depicted by its title. The movie was directed by the famous director Harmesh Malhotra who has directed movies like Patthar Aur Payal released in 1974, Phaansi Ke Baad released in 1985 and Paapi Devta released in 1995 while his first film was Beti released in 1969. He has also produced the movie while his first production was Gaddar released in 1973. Mangal Pandey released in 1982 was also his production.

The male lead in the film was played by the famous actor Raj Babbar who has given many hit movies like Umrao Jaan released in 1981, Angaarey released in 1986, Aulad Ke Dushman released in 1993 while his first movie as a actor was Kissa Kursi Ka released in 1977. The female lead in the film was played by Poonam Dhillon who has acted in films like Trishul released in 1978, Qayamat released in 1983 and Dosti Dushmani released in 1986 while her first film was Sabak released in 1973.

The songs of the movie are:
1.    Aa zara mere ham-nashi thaam le mujhe thaam le
2.    Aan kaun hai are baaba kaun hai
3.    Chaand poonam ka khila madbhari yeh raat hai
4.    Din suhaane yeh mausam bahaar ka
5.    Do din ki zindagi mein dukhde hain beshumar