Pooja Hegde wraps up shooting for Vijay’s ‘Beast’

The actress, who returns to Tamil films after a gap of nine years, says she enjoyed working in the Nelson-directed film

Actress Pooja Hegde on Friday said that she has completed shooting for her next film “Beast”, starring Vijay.

The upcoming Tamil-language film is a comedy-action thriller, written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar.

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Sun Pictures, which are backing “Beast”, shared the news of Hegde wrapping up the shoot along with a video message from the actor on social media.

“It’s a wrap for @hegdepoja! Hear what he has to say about shooting for #Beast with #Thalapathy @actorvijay and director @Nelsondilipkumar,” the tweet read.

Hegde, who is returning to Tamil films after a gap of nine years, says she really enjoyed working in ‘Beast’.

“Working on ‘Beast’ has been great because everyone is so alive and when we were shooting it felt like a vacation. Being on the set has been an absolute pleasure, we’ve loved making films. And me Hope you guys laugh too.”

“In the typical Nelson and Vijay sir style, this film is going to entertain. Sadly, today is my last day for ‘Beast’, it’s a shoot wrap for my part,” the 31-year-old actor said in the 46-second video clip.

Hegde’s first film with Vijay, ‘Beast’, debuted earlier this year.

Last week, the director had revealed through social media that the team has completed 100 days of shooting. The film is scheduled to release in 2022.

Hegde has a slew of exciting and varied projects which include multilingual film “Radha Shyam with Prabhas”, Telugu action drama “Acharya” with Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan, Hindi film directed by Rohit Shetty with Ranveer Singh and Salman Khan-starrer ” Circus”. “Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali”.

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