She
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 filmMugamoodi (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.[11]
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 memorizing words in English, adding that the similarity
between Tamil and her native tongue Tulu was also useful.[12]
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.[13]
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."[14][15] 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.[16]
Her 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).[17] Following a brief hiatus after Mugamoodi,
she revealed that the film's prominent 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.[18] She is also currently filming for Mukunda opposite debutant Varun Tej, nephew of actor Chiranjeevi. The romantic-action tale, set in the backdrop of a village, will release in late 2014.[19][20] In her second Telugu film, Hegde impressed many with her memorable performance in Gopikamma song from Mukunda.[21]
In July 2014, Hegde agreed terms to make her Bollywood debut opposite Hrithik Roshan in Ashutosh Gowariker's forthcoming period film Mohenjo Daro,
set against the backdrop of the Indus Valley civilisation. She was
selected after Gowariker's wife had spotted her in an advertisement and
called her to audition, which she successfully completed.[22][23]
As a result of her commitment to the film, she revealed that she would
take a break from appearing in regional Indian movies until her Hindi
film's release and rejected an opportunity to work in a film directed by
M ani Ratnam.[24][25] In
Summer 2017, Due to this Bollywood Debut being a failure; Pooja still
won many fans but also one crazy one who has been silence since 2010 ,
till now the fan based in London has bought the leggy lass a star
through an online registration website that allows you to name a star
after a loved one. Pooja was really touched and wants to meet him next
time she goes to London.[1]
Venkat Subha as Opposition Party Leader of Andhra Pradesh
Neetu Chandra special appearance in the song "Sone Sone"
Harish siva as rahul
Box Office
The film collected ₹201.5 million (US$3.1 million) in domestic box office on its opening day and ₹770 million (US$12 million) in 5 days of release.[33] The film collected ₹1 billion (US$16 million) worldwide in 6 days.[34] The film managed to collect MYR 3,663,660 after two week screenings.[35] On the other hand, the film only managed to collect ₹20.8 million (US$320,000) in United States.
