What are the aspects that an actress takes into her consideration before giving green signal to a project? In most of the cases, the order will be story, hero, director, production house and finally remuneration. Yes, pay will be one of the prime priorities, but when they get to work with top stars or directors or production houses, they accept to cut down pay sometimes.
However, remuneration seems to have turned main concern for actress Pooja Hegde. The actress who is romancing top stars in Tollywood is signing films opposite medium range heroes as well. Pooja Hegde is presently doing Stylish Star Allu Arjun’s Ala Vaikunthapuram Lo directed by Trivikram Srinivas and Young Rebel Star Prabhas’s tentatively titled film Jaan under the direction of Radha Krishna Kumar.
Pooja Hegde who earlier romanced young heroes like Naga Chaitanya and Bellamkonda Srinivas is starring in Varun Tej’s Valmiki which is directed by Harish Shankar. The film which is official remake of Tamil hit Jigarthanda hardly gives scope to any artist other than Varun Tej. Coming to Pooja Hegde’s, her role is brief and she was needed limited call sheets.
Pooja Hegde initially refused to star in the film despite her good rapport with director Harish Shankar. But, she allegedly gave nod, only after the makers offered her ‘extra’ pay.
Now, reports are coming out that, Pooja Hegde is finalized to romance Akkineni Akhil in the young hero’s ongoing project with Bommarillu Bhaskar. Actually, the makers found it difficult to rope in popular heroine opposite Akhil since many rejected it owing to Akhil’s flop streak.
Interestingly, when nobody is keen to romance Akhil, Pooja Hegde accepted to be part of the project being made under GA2 banner. If a grapevine is to be believed, Pooja Hegde is offered huge pay for the film which is the reason why she accepted to romance Akhil.
However, analysts opine that, Pooja Hegde is taking huge risk for money. In fact, after romancing young and medium range heroes, stars will not show interest to work with her!