Ileana D'Cruz

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Ileana D'Cruz

Ileana at Jalsa Audio function.
Born August 19, 1987 (1987-08-19) (age 20)
Mumbai, India
Years active 2006-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.

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[edit] Early life

D'Cruz, who originally hails from Mumbai, India, had grown up in Mumbai and currently resides in 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. Her mother was a Muslim before marriage and they are all now Christians[citation needed]

[edit] 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 not only gained her good reviews 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].Recetnly she acted with pawan kalyan in the movie jalsaa which turned out to be a big hit.

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Language Role Co-Stars Other notes
2008 Untitled K.S. Ravikumar film Tamil Vikram Announced. [1]
2008 Mirchi Telugu Mahesh Babu Filming.
2008 Bhale Dongalu Telugu Jyothy Tarun Kumar
2008 Jalsaa Telugu Bhagamathi Pawan Kalyan
2007 Aata Telugu Sathya Siddharth Narayan
2007 Munna Telugu Nidhi Prabhas, Prakash Raj
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 Debut film

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ileana - chitchat. Idlebrain. Retrieved on 2 November 2006.
  2. ^ a b Ileana - interview. Ragalahari. Retrieved on 2 November 2006.
  3. ^ Telugu cinema trade report for the first half of 2006. Idlebrain. Retrieved on 9 November 2006.
  4. ^ Prabhu Deva to direct the Tamil version of "Pokiri". TotalTollywood. Retrieved on 9 November 2006.
  5. ^ Asin's no to Surya. Sify. Retrieved on 9 November 2006.

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