She was praised for her performance in the movie. Hegde's second film release, the Telugu film Oka Laila Kosam (2014), featured her opposite Naga Chaitanya.

Debut in Telugu and Hindi cinema (2014вЂ“2019) 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. Hegde's performance also received mixed reviews with a critic from citing that she 'disappoints', though a critic from The Hindu noted 'she doesn't have much scope for talent display. However, the film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, hampering its progress, and the film ended up becoming a surprise commercial failure. 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. 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 memorising words in English, adding that the similarity between Tamil and her native tongue Tulu was also useful. She made her acting debut in Mysskin's Tamil superhero film Mugamoodi (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. 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. Hegde competed in the Miss India 2009 competition, but was eliminated in an early round despite winning the Miss India Talented 2009 honour. Hegde at the Red Carpet event of LoveScotch In 2022, Hegde had three critical and commercial failures including Radhe Shyam and Acharya which impeded her career. Hegde stood in the 7th place on Forbes India's Most Influential Stars on Instagram in South Cinema for the year 2021. Hegde is one of the highest-paid actresses's in South Indian Cinema. Hegde then went onto to play the lead in successful films such as Duvvada Jagannadham (2017), Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (2018), Maharshi (2019), Housefull 4 (2019), Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020) and Most Eligible Bachelor (2021). She made her Telugu film debut with Oka Laila Kosam (2014) and Hindi film debut with Mohenjo Daro (2016). She made her acting debut with the Tamil film Mugamoodi (2012).

She was crowned as the second runner-up at the Miss Universe India 2010 competition. Pooja Hegde ( pronounced born 13 October 1990) is an Indian actress and model who appears predominantly in Telugu films, with few Hindi and Tamil films.

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