Pooja Hegde is an Indian actress and model. She was born on 13 October 1990 (31 years old) in Mangalore, India. In 2010, she won the second runner-up in Miss Universe India. She won the title of Miss India South. Her debut movie was ‘Mugamoodi‘ in 2012. Mysskin wrote and directed the Tamil movie ‘Mugamoodi‘. It was an Indian superhero film in which Pooja was in a lead role. She became very famous in the South-Indian film industry and then branched towards Tollywood. Pooja has also worked opposite Hrithik Roshan in the Hindi film ‘MohenJo Daro‘. She was also seen opposite Ranbir Kapoor in the advertisement of Hero Maestro.
Pooja Hegde has established her name in the Tollywood industry. She has become the most sought-after actress in the industry. Oka Laila Kosum is Pooja’s first film in the Tollywood industry. She starred in the movie opposite Akkineni Naga Chaitanya. From Salman Khan to Akshay Kumar, Pooja has worked alongside most bankable actors in the industry.
Currently, she is a part of many big projects in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Tollywood movies. In Tollywood, she will be seen starring in the movie ‘Radhe Shyam’ opposite Prabhas. In Bollywood, she will be seen working opposite Salman Khan in ‘ Kabhie Eid, Kabhie Diwali ‘. She has signed the movie ‘Cirkus’ opposite Ranveer Singh. Pooja will also be seen in the upcoming Tamil movie ‘Beast‘.
Why Selvamani Slammed Pooja Hegde?
Selvamani is the President of the Tamil Directors Association. He is a well-known and leading Director in the South Film Industry. It is reported that he has made shocking remarks on Pooja Hegde. Director RK Selvamani claimed that Pooja Hegde has been misusing her powers. He said that after attaining popularity, she has been putting an unnecessary burden on the producers. According to Selvamani, Pooja brings as many as 12 people to the various shooting locations which are owing to huge production costs.
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He said ‘ What is the need of bringing 12 people?’. In the early stages of Pooja’s career, she used to bring only 1 additional person alongside her to shooting locations. Nowadays, her actions are causing the producers to have to incur high production costs.
However, Pooja Hegde has not issued any statement yet. As a result, the director is unhappy with the way Pooja Hegde is handling things on the work front.
