After considering the likes of Rashmika Mandanna, and Kiara Advani, the makers of Acharya finally locked Pooja Hegde to romance Ram Charan in Megastar Chiranjeevi's Acharya. Pooja Hegde is a sensational star in Tollywood right now. The actress has back to back hits and a handful of films in multiple languages. Interestingly, Pooja Hegde will have a screentime of 20 minutes in Acharya.

Ram Charan plays Siddha in the film which is a full-length role. Pooja will be paired up with Charan. The buzz reveals us that Pooja Hegde is going to get almost a crore for her 20 minutes presence in the film. Since Pooja is currently the heroine on demand, the producers had to shed out huge money to get her on board.

Directed by Koratala Siva, the film is jointly produced by Ram Charan and Niranjan Reddy. Mani Sharma is the music director of the film.