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MUMBAI: Popular Telugu filmmaker Puri Jagannadh and actor Vijay Deverakonda are now busy with the shooting of their upcoming film Jana Gana Mana. Actress Pooja Hegde, who is playing female lead opposite Vijay Deverakonda has also joined the crew members and reportedly the actress has charged an amount of Rs. 5 crores for the movie.
Pooja Hegde used to charge Rs 3-4 crore per film but now for Puri Jagannadh’s next she has increased her remuneration to Rs 5 crore.
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If the reports are to be believed, then with this amount Pooja could become the second highest paid actress in south industry after Nayanthara. According to reports Nayanthara gets between Rs 5-7 crore per film.
Pooja Hegde will be seen performing many action scenes in Jana Gana Mana. She has already started preparations for this and she is being trained by fight masters from Thailand.
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Pooja was last seen in Thalapathy Vijay starrer Beast and Allu Arjun starrer Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.
Hegde also has a few Telugu and Hindi films in the pipeline. She will be playing the female lead in Mahesh Babu’s upcoming film SSMB28. She also has two Hindi films with Salman Khan and Ranveer Singh. She is paired with Salman Khan in Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali, which will be released in December, and in Cirkus she will be working with Ranveer Singh.
Credit: News 18
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