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Ileana D'Cruz
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Ileana D'Cruz
Birth name Ileana D'Cruz
Born August 19, 1987 (age 19)
India Mumbai, India
Notable roles Devadasu (2005)
Pokiri (2006)
Ileana D'Cruz (born 1987 [1] in Mumbai [2]) is a popular South Indian
film actress
She made her Telugu language debut through Y.V.S. Chowdhary's Devadasu
opposite newcomer, Ram but has also done a Tamil language film and has
recently signed a Hindi language film.
Ileana, who originally hails from Mumbai, India, had grown up in
Mumbai and and currently resides at Goa. Before films, Ileana was
modelling for quite some time and doing ads. She has three sisters and
two brothers. Her father named her Ileana, a Greek name.
Contents
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* 1 Career
* 2 Filmography
* 3 Trivia
* 4 References
* 5 External links
[edit] Career
With quite a number of big projects in her kitty, Ileana is already
being touted as one of the `next big faces'.
She debuted in the Telugu language film Devadasu in 2006 directed by
Y.V.S. Chowdhary who spotted her in a Fair and Lovely ad film directed
by Rakesh Roshan [2]. The film went on to being a huge success at the
box-office and Ileana attracted a lot of attention for her sensitive
portrayal in the film.
Ileana, as she appears in a scene in Pokiri
Ileana, as she appears in a scene in Pokiri
Her breakthrough came with her second Telugu film where she essayed
the role of Shruti, an innocent girl haunted by a corrupt police
officer opposite Mahesh Babu in the immensely successful Pokiri. The
film not only gained her good reviews about her good display of
innocence and glamour in the film but also gave her terrific reach and
penetration among audiences in B and C stations. Her chemistry with
Mahesh was the cynosure of all eyes. The film went on to being the
biggest hit in Tollywood history [3].
She then made her Tamil language film debut alongside Ravi Krishna in
Kedi. Although the film did not do so well at the box-office, Ileana
was sought after by many directors an actors in Tamil for films which
she eventually rejected due to her commitments in Telugu [4][5].
Up next, Ileana has signed Amma Rajasekhar's Khatarnak oppposite Ravi
Teja, Krishna Vamsi's Rakhi opposte N.T.R. Junior and Dil Raju's Munna
opposite Prabhas. Ileana has also been approached by renowned Telugu
producer, M.S. Raju to do the role of the heroine in his upcoming
Telugu language films, Veera opposite Allu Arjun and Aata opposite
Siddharth Narayan. Recently, Ileana was also signed to don the role of
Pawan Kalyan's ladylove in Trivikram Srinivas' untitled film. Ileana
will be making her Hindi debut soon in a film directed by Sangeeth
Sivan opposite Bobby Deol.
[edit] Filmography
Year Title Role Co-Stars Other notes
2007 Untitled Sangeeth Sivan Project Bobby Deol, Nana Patekar
Remake of the Telugu blockbuster, Athadu [6]
2007 Untitled Trivikram Srinivas Project Pawan Kalyan
Announced
2007 Munna Prabhas Releases in March 2007 [7]
2007 Veera Allu Arjun Releases during Summer 2007 [8]
2007 Aata Siddharth Narayan Releases on Sankranthi 2007 [8]
2006 Rakhi Tripura N.T.R. Junior
2006 Khatarnak Nakshatra Ravi Teja
2006 Kedi Aarthi Ravi Krishna, Tamanna Dubbed into Telugu as Jadoo
2006 Pokiri Shruti Mahesh Babu
2006 Devadasu Bhanumathi Ram
[edit] Trivia
* Ileana replaced Mamta Mohandas in M.S. Raju's Aata. [9]
* Trisha Krishnan replaced her in Nagarjuna's Don. [10]
* She has fainted twice. Once on the sets of Kedi and Rakhi. [11][12] ...
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