Who is Pooja Hegde - Famous Indian actress

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To people who are interested in Indian movies, Pooja Hegde is not a new name. She is a beautiful Indian model, actress as well as the second runner-up at the Miss Universe India 2010 competition. How about other information? Let's dig deeper with Knowinsider!

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Who is Pooja Hegde?

Pooja Hegde is an Indian model and actress who appears mainly in Telugu and Hindi Films. A former beauty pageant contestant, she was crowned as the second runner-up at the Miss Universe India 2010 competition, before going on to make her acting debut in Mysskin's Tamil superhero film Mugamoodi (2012).

Pooja Hegde then featured in the Telugu films Oka Laila Kosam and Mukunda (2014), while signing on to feature as the lead actress in Ashutosh Gowariker's Mohenjo Daro (2016), Filmibeat listed.

Pooja Hegde's early life

Pooja Hegde was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, to Manjunath and Latha Hegde. Her family is from Mangalore, Karnataka. Her mother tongue is Tulu, and she is also fluent in English, Marathi, Kannada and Hindi. She went to M.M.K College, she revealed she gained confidence by helping out with her mother's network marketing business, improving her networking skills. She regularly sought to enter in intercollegiate competitions, participating in dance and fashion shows

Model career

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Before making a mark in the film industry, Pooja began her journey as a model. Her modeling career took off in a topsy-turvy manner as she had to suffer an early exit from Miss India 2009 competition despite winning the title of Miss India Talented 2009. However, the following year, Pooja re-applied in the competition and went on to become the runner-up at Miss India 2010 competition. She also bagged the title of Miss India South Glamorous Hair 2010 in the subsidiary competition.

Movie career

Following her success at the competition, Pooja entered the acting world and made her acting debut with Mysskin`s Tamil superhero movie, Mugamoodi (2012).

Mysskin selected Pooja to play the lead after scanning through her photographs from the Miss India event. To attain fluency in Tamil, Pooja practiced writing the words in English and the similarities in Tamil and her native language, Tulu, helped her prepare for the role. Being a Tamil superhero movie, it generated immense curiosity amongst the audience. However, the movie failed to impress the audience and opened to negative reviews. Pooja`s performance was also criticized, with The Hindu quoting "she doesn`t have much scope for talent display."

Two years later, in 2012, Pooja appeared in the Telugu movie, Oka Laila Kosam, opposite Naga Chaitanya. Impressing everyone with her performance, Pooja was highly praised for her acting. She also took Telugu lessons for her role. After a gap of two years, in 2014, Pooja appeared in her second Telugu movie, Mukunda, directed by Srikanth Addala. The movie marked the debut of actor Varun Tej, the nephew of actor Chiranjeevi, and received a positive response at the box office.

In the same year, Pooja bagged a lead role in Ashutosh Gowarikar`s period drama, Mohenjo Daro, opposite Hrithik Roshan. The movie is scheduled to release in August 2016. It was Ashutosh Gowarikar`s wife, Sunita, who spotted Pooja in an advertisement and later called her to audition for the role. Being committed to work in her debut Bollywood movie, Pooja revealed that she would not sign any regional movie until Mohenjo Daro is released. More so, she even rejected an opportunity to work with the acclaimed director, Mani Ratnam. In 2017 the actress appeared alongside Allu Arjun in the Telugu movie Duvvada Jagannadham directed by Harish Shankar. Her 2018 releases include Rangasthalam, Race 3, Saakshyam and Aravindha Sametha. In 2019 she played a lead role in the comedy Housefull 4. Her 2020 release includes Angu Vaikuntapurathu, directed by Trivikram Srinivas, Bookmyshow reported.

Private life

Family

Father – Manjunath Hegde

Mother – Lata Hegde

Sister – N/A

Brother – Rishabh Hegde (Doctor)

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Love affairs

Actress Pooja Hegde has opened up on her love affair with actress Tara Sutaria's ex-boyfriend Rohan Mehra, who recently made his acting debut with Baazaar. The actress said that the two are just good friends.

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Pooja Hegde was spotted with Rohan Mehra on various occasions times at several places in Mumbai. This fueled the speculations that two must be in love in January 2020. The rumours about their relationship got features when the two were spotted together at Harshvardhan Kapoor's house for a get-together in February, Ibtimes noted.

Fun facts about Pooja Hegde

Does Pooja Hegde smoke? - No

Does Pooja Hegde drink alcohol? - No

Pooja speaks five languages - Tulu, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, and English.

Pooja has done several commercials and is a popular face amongst the brands. She has starred in a Hero Maestro advertisement opposite Ranbir Kapoor.

She is a colossal fan of Indian Cricketer Rahul Dravid.

Her family wanted her name to be Lakshmi as she was born on the Lakshmi pooja day, but because her maternal aunt considered it a bit old-fashioned, they changed it to Pooja.

She has a pet dog, Pedro, Starsunfolded listed.

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