Speculation is increasing whether Pooja Hegde is on the downside. There is no denying the fact that Pooja Hegde attained stardom due to Tollywood. True that she made her debut in Kollywood with Mugamudi and then after starring in Ola Laila Kosam and Mukunda, she realized her dream by romancing Hrithik Rohsan on debut in Bollywood in Mohanzodaro. She dreamed of conquering Bollywood with Mohanzodaro but the film bombed at the box office.
When all her dreams came down crashing, she got a fresh lease of life with Allu Arjun's DJ. Her bikini blast opened up floodgates and she romanced Ram Charan, NTR, Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, and Akhil. She is now romancing Prabhas in Radhe Shyam. However, Pooja Hegde is not getting along well with Prabhas and Prabhas is not even taking her name in the promotions. Pooja also skipped promotions in a couple of cities. Pooja in Chennai promotions showered praises on Kollywood. This is hurting Prabhas' fans and also Tollywood.
Many feel that she is getting headstrong and success went into her head after doing a couple of Bollywood projects. They say Pooja cannot ignore Tollywood as Tollywood is powering the entire Indian film industry. They say Pooja Hegde is on a sticky wicket and is on the downside if she does not indulge in damage control. They cite how Ileana after attaining stardom in Tollywood romancing top stars, spit venom on NTR in the sets of Shakti and flew to Bollywood and made insinuating statements on Tollywood. They cite Ileana is left with no offers at present and if Pooja does not learn from her mistakes, she will also meet the same fate as that of Ileana.