Teaming up with big stars down South increases the pan-India profile of actresses. The likes of Ileana and Shriya Saran have borne the fruits of big-ticket Telugu and Tamil films in the past.

It's now the turn of Pooja Hegde to enjoy the phase. Doing 'Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo', 'Maharshi' and 'Aravindha Sametha' have made her a noteworthy name in Bollywood. Of the three films, the first one has been watched by a number of Hindi film personalities.

She has bagged Rohit Shetty's 'Cirkus', which mainly stars Ranveer Singh, thanks to these films. In her latest interview, Pooja suggested that work down South has had an upstream effect on her career.

The actress' biggest film as yet is 'Radhe Shyam', the multi-lingual Prabhas starrer. It holds the potential to make her a bigger name than ever before.