In the film industry, fortunes change overnight. Heroes become Zeroes and become heroes here. The same people who called you a golden leg when you have continuous hits will flip the side and call you iron leg when you deliver flops. Actress Pooja Hegde is currently experiencing the same. Her career started with the Tamil film Mask which was a bomb. Then back to back flops embraced her with Oka Laila Kosam, Mukunda in Telugu, and Mohenjo Daro in Hindi.
As the flops lined up, she was labeled as an iron leg, and filmmakers were reluctant to cast her. Over the years, her star polished bright, and the tide turned high. DJ, Aravinda Sametha, Maharshi, and Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo scored big, and once, an iron leg became a golden one. Suddenly, filmmakers were lined up to book her in their movies.
Now comes the exciting part. Following the golden leg sentiment, she was roped into big-budget films like Radhe Shyam, Beast, and Acharya. All these films bombed at the BO. As a result, the label iron leg was brought out yet again. Now, many makers are reluctant to give her chances. It’s noteworthy that Trivikram, who cast the actress for Aravinda and Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, has discarded her even after picking her up in SSMB28. This, people, is how the industry works.