Actor Pooja Hegde to star opposite Dulquer Salmaan in upcoming film

Actor Pooja Hegde will star alongside Dulquer Salmaan in his next feature film, the makers have announced.

The yet-to-be-titled movie is Dulquer's 41st feature project and will be directed by Ravi Nelakuditi, who earlier helmed Mahesh Babu-starrer Sarkaru Vaari Paata (2022). It will be produced by SLV Cinemas.

The banner shared a video on Instagram from the sets of the upcoming film on Wednesday to announce Pooja's casting.

The video showed Dulquer and Pooja looking at their camera footages and some behind the scenes banter among the stars while the words "Welcome on board Pooja Hedge" flashed across the screen.

Pooja was last seen in the 2025 Tamil film Retro, co-starring Suriya, and the Hindi film Deva with Shahid Kapoor.

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Dulquer most recently appeared in a cameo in Kalyani Priyadarshan's superhero movie Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra, which he also produced through his production company Wayfarer Films.