Pooja Hegde: 7 lesser-known facts

GoHotBio · 17 Dec, 2022

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She hails from Udupi, Karnataka. Her dad is a lawyer named Manjunath Hegde.

She has an elder brother who is a doctor and her mother is a geneticist and immunologist.

2

The Miss Universe India 2010 and Miss India South 2010 pageants crowned Pooja the second runner-up.

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An experienced Bharatnatyam dancer, Pooja Hegde has trained for more than a decade.

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It is her native language, Tulu, but she speaks English, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi fluently as well.

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Because she was born on Lakshmi pooja day, her family wanted to name her Lakshmi, but because her maternal aunt thought it was a bit outdated, they changed it to Pooja.

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With the film "Mohenjo Daro (2016)," she made her Bollywood debut.

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In order to maintain her figure and fitness, she works out routinely in the gym for hours at a time.

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