pooja hegde (born 13 october 1990) is an indian model and actress. she was crowned as the second runner-up at the miss universe india 2010 competition. her first movie was in the tamil superhero movie "mugamoodi" (2012). she then featured in the telugu movies "oka laila kosam" and "mukunda" (2014). she also starred in ashutosh gowariker's "mohenjo daro" (2016) along with hrithik roshan.