Pooja Hegde, with a plethora of big-budget films to her kitty, has signed her next Telugu film opposite Akhil Akkineni as the female lead and even allocated her dates for the same. However, the actress, who had previously saved those dates for her venture with Prabhas titled Jaan, has moved on to a new project considering the one with the Saaho actor being pushed ahead. As per sources close to the film co-starring Akhil, Pooja will be seen playing a strong and mature role while the former will be shown to be shy and submissive.
"Pooja plays a strong and mature role that drives the story from beat to beat, through conflict to resolution. Akhil will be seen in his real self -- in a soft and restrained avatar with a stylish makeover in the film. The audience will fall in love with their sparkling chemistry and characterisation," the source informed.
Pooja Hegde
As per the source, the makers of this Telugu film were considering to rope in a newcomer or any other actress but zeroed on to Pooja, owing to her massive popularity and also considering the fact that Akhil's first three films namely Akhil, Hello and Mr Majnu failed to ignite spark at the box-office. Speaking about the film, it is a romantic drama directed by Bommarillu Bhaskar. It is said to go on floors this month.
Meanwhile, Pooja will be seen in films like Valmiki which is scheduled to release in a week's time. Apart from that, she will share the screen space with Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon in Housefull 4, slated for a Diwali 2019 release. Besides this, she will also be a part of Allu Arjun's Ala Vaikuntapuramlo.
(Source: PeepingMoon)
