Mumbai girl Pooja Hegde has been roped in to play the female lead opposite Jeeva in Mugamoodi which is to be directed by Mysskin. Pooja was second runner-up at the Miss Universe India 2010 beauty pageant.
Earlier there was a speculation that Amala Paul has chances of being the heroine in this film but the heroine trashed the rumours. Nandha is playing a full-fledged negative role for the first time in his career. Anjali of Angadi Theru fame is expected to star opposite the baddie of the film, Nandha.
Mugamoodi shoot is going to start in the first week of September. The film is all about a super hero who attempts to eradicate corruption in the society. Though it carries a message for the society the film is said to be an action – adventure family entertainer. The filmmakers have signed a debutant music director K to score the tunes for the film.
According to some snoopy sources it is revealed that Pooja Hegde has been reportedly signed up for Mugamoodi for a whopping sum of Rs.18 lakhs! Isn’t it quite a sum for a newcomer?
Mugamoodi is first superhero project in Tamil which is going to be produced by UTV Motion Pictures.