Pooja Hegde has risen to become telugu movie's highest-paid leading lady, thanks to a string of superhits. She began with the best in Hindi: hrithik roshan in Ashutosh Gowariker's Mohenjo Daro. Her meteoric rise in telugu film is undeniable, despite her delayed growth in Bollywood. Her career accelerated with the films duvvada jagannadham (2017) and Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020).
Recently, the actress opened to a leading bollywood portal and she said, "What does it mean to me to be successful? One of the things that drove me to achieve was the desire to realize my own as well as my family's hopes for me. My folks do an excellent job of keeping me grounded (laughs). They have implanted in me a value system that guarantees that my success does not go to my head. Adulation, on the other hand, makes me feel horrible. I don't want anyone to have to go through this on my account. But I'm grateful that they want to meet me. I am thankful for all of the support from my fans.
Yes, I've witnessed some bizarre fan behavior. I've met fans who have my name tattooed on their forearms. The wildest fan was a man who traveled all the way from andhra pradesh to mumbai to meet me and slept on the road for two nights before getting what he wanted. I'm not going to talk about money. But, sure, I think it's fantastic to be accepted in a dialect I don't understand. I'm starting to feel like I'm a part of Tollywood. That means a great deal to me."