However she then got an opportunity to star in Telugu films and entered Tollywood with varun Tej starrer Mukunda by Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu fame srikanth Addala, but her bad luck continued and the movie failed, and she then followed it up with another disaster oka laila Kosam with Nag Chaitanya.
Her big-ticket Bollywood flick Mohenjodaro opposite hrithik roshan also failed big time. However, she was back into the game with her sizzling bikini act in allu arjun starrer Duvvada Jagannadham which became a blockbuster. Now, the actress is pinning hopes on Valmiki. The original version never had any such character and harish shankar has penned the new character into the remake script. The director revealed that Pooja's character will be a hot and noteworthy one.