Pooja Hegde

Pooja Hegde born 13 October 1990 is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu Hindi and Tamil cinema She began her career in pageantry and was the second runnerup at the Miss Universe India 2010 competition before entering films She made her acting debut in Mysskins Tamil superhero film Mugamoodi 2012 followed by her Telugu films Oka Laila Kosam 2014 and Mukunda 2014 She made her Hindifilm debut in Ashutosh Gowarikers period film Mohenjo Daro 2016 Her subsequent Telugu and Hindi films include the action comedy Duvvada Jagannadham 2017 Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava 2018 Maharshi 2019 Gaddalakonda Ganesh 2019 and the comedy Housefull 4 2019 She played Amulya in Trivikram Srinivass Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo 2020 for which she received the SIIMA Award for Best Actress Telugu and received another SIIMA Award for Best Actress for Most Eligible Bachelor 2021 Her later films include the period romance Radhe Shyam 2022 Nelson Dilipkumars action thriller Beast 2022 Acharya 2022 Cirkus 2022 and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan 2023 Her filmography also includes the action thriller Deva 2025 Karthik Subbarajs action drama Retro 2025 H Vinoths political action drama Jana Nayagan 2026 and the comedydrama Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai 2026 She has received multiple SIIMA Awards and Filmfare nominations