Pooja Hegde Net worth, age, friend, family, biography and more

Pooja Hegde is an Indian model and Bollywood actress who has a net worth of $7 million. She has been featured in many Hindi and Telugu movies in recent years. Pooja Hegde was the second runner-up in the Miss Universe India 2010.

She started her acting career with the Tamil movie “Mugamodi” in 2012. She got her first Hindi movie in 2016 in which she played the lead role opposite Hrithik Roshan.

Pooja Hegde Wiki/Biography

Born at 13^e October 1990, Pooja’s age is 31 years as of 2022. She was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Her native language is Tulu, but the Housefull 4 actress can also speak Hindi, English and Marathi fluently. Her zodiac sign is Libra and she follows Hinduism.

Growing up, Pooja had always been passionate about dancing and fashion pageants. She shared that she participated in dance competitions and fashion shows during her college days. Pooja has completed her master’s degree in commerce. She studied at the MMK College.

Family, friend and relations

Pooja Hegde is from Mumbai. However, her hometown is Bangalore. She is the daughter of Manjunath Hegde and Latha Hegde.

Pooja has an older sibling “Rishabh Hegde” who works as an orthopedic surgeon.

Pooja is unmarried, but whether she is single or not has not yet been confirmed. If we are to believe the sources, this southern actress has been in a relationship with the Baahubali star “Prabhas” for a while now. Pooja was also spotted with Rohan Mehra before her relationship rumors with Prabhas became the talk of the town. Neither Pooja nor Prabhas have confirmed the rumours. She said she has been concentrating on her work lately.

Physical appearance

Pooja has appeared in many beauty pageants and fashion shows. She is a beautiful Indian actress and model. Her figure measurement is 34-25-34. She weighs 53 kg and is 175 cm tall. She has brown eyes and black hair.

Career

Pooja Hegde competed in the Miss India Talented honor and won the title in 2009. In the same year, she appeared in the Miss India 2009 competition where she was knocked out in the first few rounds. Later, she entered the Miss Universe competition and became the second runner-up. Pooja Hegde got her first breakthrough in the movie industry through Mysskin’s movie “Mugamodi” in 2012. She teamed up with Jiiva and played the role of Shakthi in the movie. She played the role of a cute and cheerful woman. She was selected for the role after attracting the director’s attention through her appearances in the beauty pageants.

Hegde wrote all the dialogues in English in order to remember and understand them. Her native language is Tulu, which is a bit like Tamil. During its opening, the film performed incredibly well. However, it failed to satisfy the critics. The film failed at the box office due to negative reviews from critics. Two years later, she appeared opposite Naga Chaitanya in Oka Laila Kosam. This romantic comedy did well at the box office, and Hegde’s performance received critical acclaim from the critics. Pooja was nominated for the Best Actress at Filmfare Awards South.

Pooja picked up her first Hindi project in Ashutosh Gowariker’s movie “Mohenjo Daro”. She was seen opposite Hrithik Roshan. She was called up for the audition after Gowariker’s wife spotted her in the TV commercial. Before starting the shooting for Mohenjo Daro, Pooja Hegde turned down all offers for the regional films. The film was released in 2016. Unfortunately, it underperformed. A year later, Hegde’s Telugu film was released. She worked with Allu Arjun in the movie Jagannadham.

She appeared in three Telugu movies in 2018. In the first film, she made a special appearance in one of the songs. She worked in Rangasthalam and Saakshyam. In the following year, Pooja worked on three films including Gaddalakonda, Maharshi and Housefull 4. After a long hiatus, she returned to the Hindi film fraternity. Housefull 4 released in 2019 was one of the highest grossing movies of the year with a whopping INR 280 Crore at the box office. She played the role of Pooja and Rajkumari Mala in the film. She went on to work with Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Kriti Kharbanda, Ritesh Deshmukh and Bobby Deol. Her movie “Ala Vaikunthpurramuloo” was a commercial hit with a box office collection of INR 250 Crore.

Pooja Hegde is working on her next project with Salman Khan in the movie “Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali”. She has also signed a few Telugu movies for the year.

Controversy

Pooja’s Instagram account was hacked on 27^e Can. She broke the news via Twitter, asking her fans not to disclose any personal information if prompted via her Instagram account. Although her team was able to retrieve her account, it was too late. The hacker had done the damage. A post with Samantha was posted on Hegde’s Instagram story with the caption “I don’t like her at all”. She deleted the message once her account was retrieved. However, the fans asked Pooja to apologize to Samantha for the post.

Pooja Hegde Net worth

As of 2022, Pooja Hegde’s net worth is $7 million. She earns mainly through his film projects, television projects and various other business ventures.

Facts and information

Pooja was educated in Bharatnatyam.

Gowariker’s wife recommended Pooja Hegde for the movie Mohenjo Daro opposite Hrithik Roshan after seeing her in the TV commercial.

Pooja had to turn down the offer for the Tamil movie because she made the commitment for the movie Mohenjo Daro.

She is fluent in Tulu, Hindi, English and Marathi.

Hegde was born on Lakshmi Pooja Day. Her parents chose “Lakshmi” as her name, but her aunt said it was a bit traditional. In the end, her parents named her “Pooja”.

Pooja has made a commercial advertisement for Hero Maestro together with Ranbir Kapoor.

She likes to eat pizza and biryani.

Her favorite actresses are Jennifer Lawrence, Madhuri Dixit and Meryl Streep.

Her favorite actors are Leonardo Di Caprio, Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan. Her hobbies are singing, traveling, dancing and reading.

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