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Secret Behind Ileana Doing Tamil Flick?

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Ileana was the first South Indian actress to hit the one crore fee per film, but she has also been the only starlet from Tollywood absolutely reluctant to set foot in Kollywood! After that a single movie Kedi with Ravi Krishna and Tamannaah way back, Ileana has been blatantly rejecting offers in Tamil. While some say she was unimpressed by the offers, others insist it was a bad experience in Kedi that kept the lady away. But sources within the industry state that the main reason was that the pay offered in Kollywood was nowhere near what she was making in Telugu, so she felt least inspired to make the move. But now, we hear that she will play the lead in Vikram's next Tamil movie. What lured her this time? She says it's the story, but insiders insist it's the HUGE pay that was irresistable! She sure knows what it means to make hay while the sun shines!

I wasn‘t dropped from Sultan - Ileana

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

After much hoopla over Ileana being dropped from Rajnikanth’s Sultan, the actress is now denying ever being a part of the movie. While tabloids have gone into a tizzy writing about how the actress was dropped like a hot potato from the big project, Ileana has a different story to tell. She says, "When the contract was not signed at all, the question of them dropping me does not arise. I was never a part of Sultan, though they were holding talks with me, I was yet to sign on the dotted line."

What is intriguing though is that Ileana’s manager had confirmed that she was actually pulled out of the project. According to the star’s manager Giridhar, Ileana felt let down when the producer refused to pay even half her market price which is Rs 1 crore. "In Telugu films the producers are willing to pay 1.25 crore but she is choosy about her roles. Ileana was prepared to reduce her price slightly but Soundarya said the budget did not permit even that," said Giridhar.

Meanwhile, Vijaylakshmi, who bagged the role in Sultan is overjoyed to be working with Rajnikanth. "Never in my wildest dreams did I expect this," She says.

"Even after a day of shooting with superstar Rajinikanth in Hyderabad, the feeling is yet to sink in. I was overawed by his presence, but he was very kind and he put me at ease. He advised me to treat this like any other film and give it my best shot," she adds.