Samantha to replace Pooja Hegde beside Mahesh Babu?

Dusky girl Pooja Hegde is busy with several projects in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. The actress is roped in to romance Mahesh Babu in Trivikram's upcoming movie that will commence shoot soon. The shoot of the film was pushed to next year after there is a delay in the shoot of Mahesh Babu's present film "Sarkaru Vaari Paata".

The latest grapevine says that Pooja Hegde is out of the project as she could not accommodate the dates for the film. There are talks that Samantha will be playing the lead role in the film and the makers will make an official announcement soon. Haarika and Hassine Creations will produce this film. The shoot of this untitled film starts in March and Thaman is composing the music. As per the sources, Trivikram is done with the script work and he is waiting for the arrival of Mahesh Babu.