Ileana as Mandakini
- IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,May 17 2011]
Ileana might not be doing well here in Tollywood but is surely going places in Bollywood. After bagging second lead in Anurag Basu's 'Barfee' she is now all set to act in 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbai-2'(OUATIM-2).
In the first part, Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi and Kangana Ranaut acted. The movie was produced by Balaji films and turned out to be a major hit last year. Now we hear Balaji Motion pictures has taken note of Ileana for the role of yesteryear actress Mandakini who was allegedly involved with underworld criminal Dawood Ibrahim.
However, in OUATIM-2, instead of Ajay Devgn, it is Akshay Kumar who will play the lead role. An official statement regarding Ileana in the project is yet to come. We hear that Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif too are being considered for the role.
Ever since Rakesh Roshan directed Ileana for a beauty cream ad in 2005, she went places. From 'Devadasu', 'Jalsa' 'Pokiri' and 'Kick', Ileana's career graph showed an upward trend. However in the last year and a half, Ileana has had spate of flops in Telugu and doesn't have a single movie in her kitty.
Sources say Allu Arjun has recently rejected her as heroine in his movie with Trivikram Srinivas.