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My Take
What strikes me most about Pooja Hegde is how she turned a pageant springboard into genuine pan-Indian stardom. Plenty of Miss Universe India contestants get one film and vanish; she instead built parallel careers in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi cinema, which demands fluency in three industries with very different audiences. Her turn in Ala Vaikunthapurramloo showed me a performer who can anchor a blockbuster's song-and-dance spectacle while still registering as a person. Becoming one of South India's highest-paid actresses as a Mumbai outsider is no accident — it reads to me as discipline and shrewd script sense. I suspect her most interesting roles are still ahead of her.
Overview
Pooja Hegde (; born 13 October 1990) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. One of the highest-paid actresses of South Indian cinema, Hegde is a recipient of four SIIMA Awards along with four Filmfare Awards South nominations. After participating in the 2010 Miss Universe India beauty pageant, Hegde made her film debut with the Tamil film Mugamoodi (2012).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pooja Hegde
- Name (Japanese)
- プージャ・ヘグデ
- Reading
- ぷーじゃ・へぐで
- Born
- October 13, 1990 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Horse
- Origin
- Mumbai, Bombay State, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / beauty pageant contestant / model / patron of the arts
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Smt. M. M. K. College of Commerce & Economics
Awards & achievements
- South Indian International Movie Awards
- Zee Cine Awards Telugu
- Sakshi Excellence Awards
- Bollywood Hungama Style Icons
- Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards
- Santosham Film Awards
- Pinkvilla Style Icons Awards
- Lokmat Stylish Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Ala Vaikunthapurramloo | — | |
| Notable work | Most Eligible Bachelor | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.