Born and brought up in Bombay, Pooja Hegde started her career in the world of pageants. After winning the title of the second runner up in Miss Universe, she went on to give her first debut in the Tamil flick Mugamoodi. After which she did several Telugu and Hindi films.
Hegde’s recent movie Housefull 4 with Akshay Kumar and gang saw the comical side of the actress. Nadia Malik strikes up a conversation with the super-talented and gorgeous Pooja Hegde on her life, career, and future projects.
Questionnaire
If you could describe yourself in one word, what would that be?
If I could describe myself in one word, then it would be versatile.
From pageants to movies, how has been your journey so far?
The journey has been great. Pageants just happened by accident, now when I look back and connect the dots. It’s great doing movies and the feeling of being on the sets gives me such a high as watching it all come together. In my family, I am the only one who is into this industry. To come this far without any kind of Godfather or support system within the industry, it feels good that I have made it so far. But I also do feel I have a very very long way to go, I still feel I am a baby as I have just done two films in Hindi. I have just started.
Would you ever date a fan?
I don’t know. I think if the fan does not look at me as the star or the actress Pooja Hegde, I would not look at the person as a fan, then maybe yes. I like to believe that people can go beyond your job title and look at who you are. If human connect is there and we connect, then I am sure it could be possible.
You have been interviewed so many times. What is the one question you wished someone would have asked, but never did?
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