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Ileana D'Cruz
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Ileana at Jalsa Audio function.
Years active2006-present

Ileana D'Cruz (born in August 19, 1987[1] in Mumbai [2]) is a South Indian film actress.She made her Telugu language début 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.

Early life

D'Cruz, who originally hails from Mumbai, India, had grown up in Mumbai and currently resides in Goa. Her parents named her name after Ileana from greek mythology.

Career

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 did not get good reviews from the critics,but it was a success at the box-office and Ileana attracted a lot of attention for her charm and beauty.

Her breakthrough came with her second Telugu film where she essayed the role of Shruti opposite Mahesh Babu in the immensely successful Pokiri. The film gained her good reviews. The film went on to being the biggest hit . [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].Recently she acted with Pawan Kalyan in the movie Jalsa . She currently signed a Tamil film opposite Vikram.

She is considered as a hardworking and sincere actress. In one of the interviews to a TV channel, Mahesh babu himself praised her talents and co-operation in the sets.

Filmography

Year Title Language Role Co-Stars 'Other notes
2008 Bhale Dongalu Telugu Jyothy Tarun Kumar
2008 Jalsaa Telugu Bhagamathi Pawan Kalyan, Parvati Melton
2007 Aata Telugu Sathya Siddharth Narayan Dubbed into Malayalam as Aattam
2007 Munna Telugu Nidhi Prabhas, Prakash Raj Dubbed into Malayalam as Munna
2007 Rakhi Telugu Tripura N.T.R. Junior, Charmi
2006 Khatarnak Telugu Nakshatra Ravi Teja, Biju Menon
2006 Kedi Tamil Aarthi Ravi Krishna, Tamanna Dubbed into Telugu as Jadoo
2006 Pokiri Telugu Shruti Mahesh Babu, Prakash Raj
2006 Devadasu Telugu Bhanumathi Ram, Sayaji Shinde Dubbed into Malayalam as Devdas

References

  1. ^ "Ileana - chitchat". Idlebrain. Retrieved 2 November. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "Ileana - interview". Ragalahari. Retrieved 2 November. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Telugu cinema trade report for the first half of 2006". Idlebrain. Retrieved 9 November. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Prabhu Deva to direct the Tamil version of "Pokiri"". TotalTollywood. Retrieved 9 November. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Asin's no to Surya". Sify. Retrieved 9 November. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |work= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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