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Pooja Hegde (pronounced [puːdʒa ɦɛɡdæ]; born 13 October 1990) is an Indian actress and model who appears predominantly in Telugu films, in addition to a few Hindi and Tamil films. She was crowned as the second runner-up at the Miss Universe India 2010 competition. She made her acting debut with the Tamil film Mugamoodi (2012). She made her Telugu film debut alongside Naga Chaitanya in Oka Laila Kosam (2014). In 2016, she made her Hindi film debut alongside Hrithik Roshan in Mohenjo Daro.


Born13 October 1990 (age 31)

Bombay, Maharashtra, India
(present-day Mumbai)

Alma materM. M. K. CollegeOccupation

Actress

model

Years active2012 – present



Hegde then went onto to play the lead in successful films such as Duvvada Jagannadham (2017), Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (2018), Maharshi (2019), Housefull 4 (2019), Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020), Most Eligible Bachelor (2021) and Beast (2022). She is a recipient of the SIIMA Award.

Hegde is one of the highest-paid actresses's in South Indian Cinema. Hegde stood in the 7th place on Forbes India's Most Influential Stars on Instagram in South Cinema for the year 2021.

Hegde is the founder of the All About Love, a non-profit organisation that helps people in need of medical or financial support in India.

LoveScotch

Hegde competed in the Miss India 2009 competition, but was eliminated in an early round despite winning the Miss India Talented 2009 honour. She re-applied the following year and was the second runner-up in the Miss Universe India 2010 competition, while also being crowned Miss India South Glamorous Hair 2010 in the subsidiary competition. She made her acting debut in Mysskin's Tamil superhero film Mugamoodi (2012) opposite Jiiva, portraying the female lead character of Shakthi, a fun-loving girl who inspires the male lead to change his outlook on society. She was selected after Mysskin had seen still photographs from her pageant success, and Hegde helped practice Tamil dialogue for the film by writing and memorising words in English, adding that the similarity between Tamil and her native tongue Tulu was also useful. Prior to release, the film garnered high expectations as a result of the novel theme of a superhero in Tamil films and the film took a grand opening at the box office in August 2012. However, the film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, hampering its progress, and the film ended up becoming a surprise commercial failure.] Hegde's performance also received mixed reviews with a critic from Sify.com citing that she "disappoints", though a critic from The Hindu noted "she doesn't have much scope for talent display. She earned a nomination for the Best Tamil Female Debut Actress at the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards, but lost out to Lakshmi Menon.

Debut in Telugu and Hindi cinema (2014–2019)

Hegde's second film release, the Telugu film Oka Laila Kosam (2014), featured her opposite Naga Chaitanya. She was praised for her performance in the movie. Around the same time, she bagged the nomination for Best Actress at the 62nd Filmfare Awards (South).[19] Following a production house and the success of the director Vijay Konda's previous venture, had prompted her to work on the project. She undertook Telugu lessons to help her portray the leading female role. In her second Telugu film, Hegde impressed many with her memorable performance in "Gopikamma" song from Mukunda (2014). It was a romantic-action tale, set in the backdrop of a village, released in late 2014.

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Pooja Hegde (pronounced [puːdʒa ɦɛɡdæ]; born 13 October 1990) is an Indian actress and model who appears predominantly in Telugu films, in addition to a few Hindi and Tamil films. She was crowned as the second runner-up at the Miss Universe India 2010 competition. She made her acting debut with the Tamil film Mugamoodi (2012). She made her Telugu film debut alongside Naga Chaitanya in Oka Laila Kosam (2014). In 2016, she made her Hindi film debut alongside Hrithik Roshan in Mohenjo Daro.


Born13 October 1990 (age 31)

Bombay, Maharashtra, India
(present-day Mumbai)

Alma materM. M. K. CollegeOccupation

Actress

model

Years active2012 – present



Hegde then went onto to play the lead in successful films such as Duvvada Jagannadham (2017), Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (2018), Maharshi (2019), Housefull 4 (2019), Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020), Most Eligible Bachelor (2021) and Beast (2022). She is a recipient of the SIIMA Award.

Hegde is one of the highest-paid actresses's in South Indian Cinema. Hegde stood in the 7th place on Forbes India's Most Influential Stars on Instagram in South Cinema for the year 2021.

Hegde is the founder of the All About Love, a non-profit organisation that helps people in need of medical or financial support in India.

LoveScotch

Hegde competed in the Miss India 2009 competition, but was elim