Ileana Biodata

Birth name: Ileana D'Cruz

Date od Birth: August 19, 1987 (age 20)

Place of Birth: Mumbai, India


Ileana Biography

• Ileana D'Cruz is a South Indian film actress. Ileana was born on 19 August 1985 in Mumbai, India.
  

• Ileana real name is Ileana D’cruz. D'Cruz, who originally hails from Mumbai, India, had grown up in Mumbai 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. Ileana is a prominent actress in both Tamil and Telugu film industries. Ileana started her film career in 2006.

• Ileana first film was Devadasu. Very soon Ileana Became one of the top actress in both Tollywood and Kollywood industries.

• Ileana rose to fame with her roles in also in Telugu movies Devadasu and Pokiri also in Tamil movies, Kedi.

• 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.

Top 5 Movies of Ileana

Top 1 Movie - Pokiri (2006):

• Pokiri is a 2006 Telugu movie directed, written, and produced by Puri Jagannadh. Mahesh Babu plays the lead role while Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde, and Ashish Vidyarthi play supporting roles.

• Mani Sharma was the music director, Shyam K. Naidu handled cinematography , and was edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film was released on April 28, 2006.

• The film was premiered at the 2006 International Indian Film Academy Awards, along with Tollywood super-hit Tagore.

• This film created many records and is currently the highest grossing film in South Indian Film including the Telugu Film Industry.

• Pokiri is one of the highest grossing films ever in south India, and all of India with a net domestic gross of 66.5 crores. World wide gross of 85 crores approx.

• It Is still running in Bhageeratha theatre In Kurnool. It recently completed 560 days of run, another record. The film was remade in Tamil, with the same name.
  

Top 2 Movie Devadasu (2006):

• Devdasu is a Tollywood film that released on January 11, 2006 and was directed and produced by YVS Chowdary.
  

• Debutants Ram and Ileana D'Cruz play the main leads while Sayaji Shinde plays the negative role.
  

• Telugu actress Shriya Saran sizzles the audience with an item number.
  This movie has bondage scene of Ileyana tied in standing spread eagle position and wearing tight blindfold.
  

• Almost all movies of Y.V.S.Chowdary has scenes involving heroine blindfolded or body painted (tattoo). These scenes are appreciated by youth.
  

Top 3 Movie Rakhi (2007):

• Rakhi is a Telugu film directed by Krishna Vamsi and has Jr. NTR in the lead role and Ileana D'Cruz and Charmme Kaur in supporting roles.
  

• This film released on December 22, 2006 with 250 prints. Although commercially its not a profitable venture bute the movie got excellent reviews.
  

Top 4 Movie Munna (2007):

• Munna is a 2007 Tollywood film directed by Vamsi Paidipally and produced by hit producer Dil Raju, who produced four blockbusters in a row: Dil, Arya, Bhadra, and Bommarillu.
  

• Current sensation Ileana D'Cruz was cast opposite Prabhas for the first time. The film was postponed several times due to excessive post-production.
  

• The film released on May 2, 2007.

Top 5 Movie Aata (2007): 

• Aata is a Telugu film starring Siddharth Narayan and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles.
  

• M.S. Raju produced this film while debutant, V.N. Aditya directed the Project.
  
  

Ileana Film Career

• Ileana 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 .

• 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.

• 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 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 .

• 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 .

• Ileana was most recently seen in M.S Raju's Aata opposite Siddarth Narayan and Dil Raju's Munna opposite Prabhas.
  
  

Ileana Filmography

2006.............-...............1. Devadasu (Telugu) - Debut film

......................................2. Pokiri (Telugu)

......................................3. Kedi (Tamil) - Dubbed into Telugu as Jadoo

......................................4. Khatarnak (Telugu)

2007.............-...............5. Rakhi(Telugu)

......................................6. Munna Telugu

......................................7. Aata (Telugu)

2008.............-...............8. Jalsaa (Telugu) - Filming

......................................9. Romeo Juliet (Telugu) - Filming

......................................10. Mirchi, Telugu, Filming;