New Delhi: Pooja Hegde, who made her Bollywood debut with ‘Mohenjo Daro’ opposite Hrithik Roshan, took to Twitter to inform her followers that her Instagram account was hacked.  The ‘Housefull 4’ actress had requested her fans to not reveal any personal information or accept any invitations.


“Hi guys, so I’ve been informed by my team that my insta account has been hacked and my digital team is helping me with it. Please do not accept any invitations or pass out any personal information out to the person asking. Thank you,” Pooja wrote on the micro-blogging site.



Within an hour, Pooja’s team managed to retrieve her Instagram account. She tweeted, “Spent the last hour stressing about the safety of my Instagram account. Thanking my technical team for instant help at this hour. Finally, got my hands back on my Instagram Smiling face with 3 hearts  Any message, follow back or post in d past hour from my account has been done will be undone. Ty.”



Although, Pooja Hegde’s Instagram account was restored by her technical team, the damage was done by then. The hacker posted a photo of Samantha Akkineni from her film ‘Majili’ on Pooja’s Instagram story and took a dig at her looks. The caption for the post read, "I don't find her pretty at all."

( A fan took a screenshot of the Insta story and posted it on Twitter)

Hegde deleted the controversial post but Samantha’s fan took notice of it. They trended the hashtag #PoojaMustApologizeSamantha on Twitter, asking Pooja to apologize to Samantha. Check out some of the tweets!







Pooja Hegde's fans extended support to the actress by trending #WeSupportPoojaHegde on Twitter.





On the professional front, Pooja Hegde was last seen in 'Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo' opposite Allu Arjun. Her next film 'Most Eligible Bachelor' was slated to hit the silver screens in April 2020; however, it got delayed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. She also has the much-awaited flick 'Jaan' co-starring Prabhas in her kitty.

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Talking about Samantha Akkineni, the talented actress was recently seen in 'Jaanu', which received a good response from the movie buffs and critics.

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