Ileana D'Cruz: The other side of the 'Barfi!' actress that you haven't seen

Sep 10, 2012 16:42pm

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'.