Pooja Hegde to star opposite Mahesh Babu in new film

Pooja Hegde

Actor Pooja Hegde has been cast opposite Mahesh Babu in an untitled Telegu film, which will be directed by Vamsi Paidipally. The film will be backed by producer Dil Raju via his production house Sri Venkateswara Creations. Pooja shared the news on her Twitter handle and posted, "Glad to announce my next Telugu film with Mahesh Babu and Vamsi Paidipally. Looking forward to get together and create a beautiful film for you all to watch. Excited."

Pooja's last film, "Duvvada Jagannadham", was also produced by Dil Raju and the actor is excited to collaborate with him again. "It's my second film with Dil Raju post 'Duvvada Jagannadham', as it so happens, DJ was the 25th film under his banner and this is Mahesh's 25th film. "Vamsi is a great director, so looking forward to create something beautiful with this lovely team," Hegde told PTI. The film is expected to start shooting soon.

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