Actor Pooja Hedge is on cloud nine as she is on a signing spree. The Oka Laila Kosam actor has been bagging offers to share screen space with some of the top stars in the film industry.
It has recently been confirmed that she is onboard to play the female lead opposite Prabhas in an upcoming film. To be directed by Radha Krishna Kumar, the film will be bankrolled by Vamsi Krishna and U Pramod under their banner UV Creations.
Reports are that this film will go on to the floors in June this year and the prep work for it is already underway.
In the meantime, Prabhas will be wrapping up his upcoming film Saaho, a magnum opus being directed by Sujeeth. This sci-fi thriller stars Shraddha Kapoor as the female lead with Arun Vijay, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Jackie Shroff in pivotal roles.
Pooja Hegde made her acting debut with the Mysskin directorial Mugamoodi and went on to act in Telugu and Hindi movies such as Oka Laila Kosam, Mukunda, Mohenjo Daro and Duvvada Jagannadham.
She is currently busy with the Telugu film Saakshyam, which is being directed by Sriwass. The film has Bellamkonda Srinivas playing the lead role with R Sarathkumar, Meena, Jagapati Babu, Vennela Kishore, Ravi Kishan and Ashutosh Rana in the star cast. Shakthi Kanth Karthick is the music director while Arthur A Wilson is the cinematographer and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is the editor.
She also has the Bollywood flick Race 3 in her kitty which is being helmed by Remo D'Souza. Scheduled for release on June 15 this year, the film has Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez, Saqib Saleem, Daisy Shah and Sonakshi Sinha in the star cast. It is bankrolled by Ramesh S. Taurani and Salman Khan under the banner Tips Films and Salman Khan Films.