She says after her film Anjalika was a blockbuster in Sri Lanka she is being flooded with offers from filmmakers there. In fact her second film, Asai Mang Piyabanna, has broken all box office records in the island nation. She says, however, that her feet are planted firmly in Kollywood.

Speaking about her latest release Oram Po, Pooja said that she grabbed the role the moment Pushkar and Gayathri, the director duo narrated the premise of the story. In Oram Po, Pooja plays the role of a roadside biriyani vendor who falls for Arya an auto racer. Sporting a deglamorised look in the movie, she added that she enjoyed playing the role of a bully. But what excited her more is her role in Naan Kadavul, which she considers her dream role and has given her 200 per cent to match director Bala’s expectations. However, she refused to divulge anything more on her role or the story.

When questioned about her refusal to work in Vishnu Vardhan’s Billa after sharing a good rapport with him in their previous project Pattiyal, she blamed it on her hydrophobia, as Billa required a lot of scenes to be shot in water. “My previous films like Jithan and Jay Jay, which had similar scenes, made for a horrifying experience,” she added. She broke into tears even while talking about that refusal.

Busy shooting for Naan Kadavul in Periyakulam she says, “I am not even listening to scripts because many directors want immediate dates, which I cannot give.” She has signed two more Sinhala films other than Yaluvo, which is under post-production and expected to be released in December, where she plays a Tamil girl. On talks of her Lankan fans building a temple for her she laughs it off saying “I am happy that I have so many fans there and this adulation and love is all because of my first hit Anjalika.”