Barfi: Why you need to see more of Ileana D'Cruz in Bollywood

New Delhi: ‘Barfi!’ is among those rare Bollywood films that get positive reviews from all types of reviewers. The film is decorated with brilliant performances and superb music. Anurag Basu is not a new director and he knows how to handle the newcomers, but even he wouldn’t have expected such a fine performance from a new actor.

Despite excellent acting skills displayed by Ranbir and Priyanka, Ileana D’Cruz managed to leave her impression on the audiences. Though this was Ileana’s first film in Hindi but the actress never looked uneasy. She looked elegant, beautiful and most importantly confident in ‘Barfi!’.

The basic story line of ‘barfi!’ is woven around a deaf-mute boy who takes care of an autistic girl. At the first glance, Ileana doesn’t seem to be the primary character of the film but her presence gets strongly felt as the film progresses.

The simple Ileana D'Cruz that you see in the trailers of 'Barfi!' is quite a contrast to the roles that she has played in Telugu cinema. Here's a look at her journey so far.
Ileana sports a really funky hairstyle for her Telugu film 'Nanban' which is a remake of the Bollywood film '3 Idiots'.
Surprisingly, in many stills from Ileana's films, one finds this walking-out-of-the-beach shot. Remind you of Bipasha Basu in 'Jism'?
Ileana hits the dance-floor in 'Shakti', the most expensive Telugu fantasy film of 2011, where she was cast opposite Jr NTR.
Ileana D'Cruz was born in Mumbai, but spent her growing up years in Goa. It was there that she started her modelling career with ramp shows and photo shoots.
The following year, Ileana landed upon three big commercials that immediately drew her into the limelight.
In 2006, Ileana made her acting debut with the Telugu film 'Devadasu', directed by Y V S Chowdhary. The film was a typical rich-girl poor-boy love story, but worked at the box office.
In a recent interview, Ileana D'Cruz confessed that she is not very comfortable about her figure, but in most of her films, she seems to be dressed in sexy clothes.
This still is from the 2009 film 'Saleem' which was declared a flop at the box office, however it features one of the most dangerous stunts of south cinema performed by actor Manchu Vishnu Vardhan Babu.
Check our Ileana D'Cruz in her Arabic avtar!
'Kick' revolved around an actor who likes to take risks in everything he does, including wooing lady love Naina (Ileana D'Cruz). The film got the starlet a Filmfare nomination of best actress.
Ileana D'Cruz has already made her mark in Telugu and Tamil cinema, additionally working in a Kannada film, and now she seems all ready to conquer Bollywood with her upcoming film 'Barfi!'.
Ileana D'Cruz stars in Anurag Basu's 'Barfi!' with Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra and is also the narrator of the film.
While 'Barfi!' is scheduled to release on September 14, 2012, Ileana has already bagged her next Bollywood project directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and titled 'Phata Poster Nikla Hero'.

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$Barfi: Why you need to see more of Ileana D\'Cruz$

Despite excellent performances by Ranbir and Priyanka, Ileana managed to leave her impression on the audiences.

In a film that heavily relies on music and picturesque landscapes, Ileana does much more than just looking pretty.

She is among the top heroines of Southern film industries, and she has achieved this feat in just six years. Her temperament and enthusiasm for work could be justified with the fact that Ileana won the Filmfare Award for most promising debut in South for ‘Devadasu’ (2006). She never looked back since then and continued giving good performances. Slowly and steadily, she has reached to a stage where she is visible in almost every important Southern film. ‘Nanban’, ‘Julayi’ and ‘Devudu Chesina Manushulu’ are the examples of her rising stature.

The onscreen name Shruti seems lucky for her. She played Shruti for the first time in 2006 hit ‘Pokiri’, and now Ileana has returned to the same name after six years in ‘Barfi!’.

Her ‘Barfi!’ performance makes her one of the stronger contenders of the best debut in Bollywood this year. As an audience, one would just hope for better films from Ileana in future.