Ileana to do Kareena Kapoor's role in 3 Idiots remake

It's almost confirmed now! Shankar, one of the most celebrated directors in South India, is all set to direct the much-discussed remakes of Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots in Telugu and Tamil simultaneously. Gemini Film Circuit will be producing the flick in both languages.

The latest buzz is that the director has roped in Tollywood sensation Ileana to play Kareena Kapoor's role in both Tamil and Telugu. Harris Jayaraj will compose music, while Manoj Paramahamsa of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa fame will handle the camera.

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Ileana speaks about acting Ads

Ileana had acted in the film Kedi. After a long time she is pairing with Vikram in a Tamil film. She is also concentrating on Ad films. Ileana while speaking about this said,” Few people are telling that I should not act in Ad films when I am acting in cinema.

There is nothing wrong to utilize it when luck knocks the door. What is wrong in acting in Ad films when acting in cinema? Once your market is gone no one will come after you. I am not talking about others. As far as I am concerned I have some principles. I am acting in Ad films which are about good products.”

Vikram joins Ileana in Vedi movie

After getting critical and box-office success with the opening of Raavanan, Vikram is still on promotional tour for the film.

He will be going to Kerala, Andhra and towards the end of the month to US, where he will be honoured by Tamizh Sangam.

Speaking with us Vikram said: “I’m so happy after going on a theatre round on the opening day of the release of Raavanan in Chennai. The response to the film has been simply amazing, as people are going crazy about it. Now for the next two weeks I will be promoting the film even more aggressively all over south India.”

Vikram will start his new film Vedi with Ileana, directed by Bhoopathy Pandian and produced by Mohan Natarajan on July 15 in Salem. It is a “typical mass commercial cocktail” where he will once again play a cop after Saamy. Devi Sri Prasad will provide music for the film.

Neetu Chandra doing comeo role with Vijay

Indian actress Neetu Chandra, who is from Bihar, is all set to take on Vijay’s velayudham’. It is reported that the actress will be a doing a cameo role in this film, which is yet to finalize the female lead.

According to sources, the female lead of “velayudham” is yet to be confirmed by director Raja. Director Raja is considering starlet Ileana, Genelia and Hansika as female lead in the movie. The story of the movie needs a heroine opposite o actor Vijay and a female to play he sister character to ilayapathi.

Indian actress Hansika motwani has been confirmed in one role, but the other post is still vacant and Ileana and Genelia are being considered for it. Meanwhile, there is news that director raja has approached actress Neetu Chandra for a cameo. The Bihari actress was in Chennai recently, for a discussion with director Mysskin. It was then that the director Raja approached. Sources, say that she is approached for a cameo role.

Ileana speaks five important matters about herself

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Ileana while speaking to the media recently spoke about her five important matters.  
She said,” I was very fat during school and college days. After coming to cinema I started concentrating on my waists. Since there are fans for this, I did severe exercises and reduced the size of my waists. Now I like my waists”. 
“The second thing is my native place is Goa. Food is very special there. It is very difficult to control eating. At other times I will be eating vegetables, fish, mutton and chapatti. I drink fruit juices.” “The third matter is my first Tamil film did not do well at the box office. So I was reluctant to accept offers for Tamil cinema. I was a having sentiment that Tamil films are not suitable for me. But now I have dropped the sentiment. Shortly I will be acting in a Tamil film.” “The fourth matter is there is news that my salary is 90 Lakhs. It is not true. But at the same time I expect my salary for my talents. I have missed many films because I was not paid the salary which I deserve. It’s okay.  I am least bothered if it was a super hit film also.” 
“The fifth matter is I have agreed to work with Vikram in a Tamil film. But to some reasons this film is getting delayed. For time being I am not acting in Tamil film.”

Ileana backs to Tamil Cinema after Kedi

Ileana is one of the top actresses in Telugu cinema, and Kollywood producers have been trying to lure her to Tamil cinema for a while now. She had earlier debuted in Tamil in Kedi opposite Ravikrishna and Kollywood’s current hot property Tamannaah.
Ileana, the petite Goan beauty and the queen of Tollywood, was in Chennai recently to launch the dance studio of choreographer Shobi.
About her upcoming film with Vikram, she said, “At the moment, talks are still going on. I was excited about doing a film with the Vikram-Vikram K. Kumar combination as the script was very gripping. It’s unfortunate that the director has been changed. Now, it’s a completely different script. I’m yet to meet the new team and discuss the finalities of the project. I’m keeping my fingers crossed... let’s see how it goes.”
“I look for a significant role. I don’t generally like playing roles that have me crying for the hero all the time. I like doing roles that show me as a strong-headed, independent girl,” she added.
Asked about the importance of learning a language, she replied, “Language is very important. And, if you know the local language, it’s such a big advantage. In Telugu cinema, I try my best to memorize entire dialogues but sometimes it becomes a bit tedious. For Kollywood, I’ll be prepare myself by watching many Tamil films.”
Finally, when asked about her thoughts on Chennai, she said, “I have been to the city on work before and loved being here. I’m looking forward to spending more time here in the future and exploring its sights and sounds. But I think Hyderabad is a superb city too.”

Choreographer Shobi launched a dance studio IBO in Chennai

Choreographer Shobi launched a dance studio IBO in Chennai. The inaugural ceremony was attended by Kamal Haasan, Suriya, Radhika, Ileana, Jayam Ravi, M Raja, Editor Mohan, Adhi, Sriman and Raju Sundaram.

Kamal marked the inauguration by lighting the traditional lamp, followed by Suriya and others. The director of IBO would be the popular dance master Lalitha. Shobi said that opening a dance school was dream come true.

Ileana,Bhoopathy Pandian

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 Tall and slim Ileana is busy planning something else. Check out what!

News from sources is that Ileana will land in Chennai on the 5th of March for a photo shoot with director Bhoopathy Pandian. She will be seen with Vikram, if everything goes well.

Meanwhile news from another source reveals that the sleek Ileana will walk the ramp for her mother’s designer creations. Ileana’s mother is apparently an avid designer and likes to launch her own collection. Ileana is set to wear her mother’s creations in a show that will be held in Goa, where she hails from.

It’s also heard that Ileana’s mother will design the costumes for Bhoopathy Pandian’s movie with out remuneration. This is a rare mom-daughter combo!

Ileana gets one crore per a Film

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

Ileana back to kollywood

Ileana, one of the top actresses of tollywood is ready for migration into kollywood. The svelte beauty has recently signed a movie opposite to actor Vikram and has official declared it yesterday. Speaking about her kollywood re-entry, Ileana has disclosed that she was not ready for Tamil film projects from all these days, but now is perfectly inclined in working in Tamil films. After KEDI, Ileana migrated to Kollywood and after the success of 2006 super hit “Pokiri”, the sexy starlet engraved her place in Telugu cinema world.

She is termed as a busiest actress in Tollywood till date. But as stiff competition has increased in Tollywood, Ileana is now inclined to do some Tamil projects. She is acting opposite actor Vikram and 13B fame director K. Kumar id directing this movie. The goa beauty has allotted her bulk schedule for Kumar in 2010 and is said to fetch Rs 80 lakhs from this film.

A.R. Murugadoss next film with Udhayanidhi Stalin and Suriya

Director A.R. Murugadoss has clarified that he has no plans to remake any movie. The answer came in reply to some reports which suggested that the director will remake Telugu blockbuster Kick in Hindi with Salman Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead.
He added that he has not even watched the Ravi Teja-Ileana starrer. He said his next film would be produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin with Suriya playing the protagonist.
“The film would go on floors by the end of February 2010. It would be an out and out action movie,” he said, adding, “The lead role requires an actress who knows Tamil well so I am looking for a new face. The selection process is currently on.”
“The story’s backdrop would be totally new to Tamil cinema. After completing this project, I would be moving to Bollywood, where I would be a filming a story penned by me. I am also going to produce movies soon,” he revealed in parting.

Kajal Agarwal and Ileana are work in Shakti

Young Tiger Junior NTR is keeping his fingers crossed as his upcoming movie “Adurs” is going to release on December 18th, 2009. As the present political situation in Andhra Pradesh is deteriorated, this may be the last film of Junior NTR as an AP hero. If in coming days, telangana state comes into existence, the JR. NTR will be considered as another state hero as he hails from Andhra which is going to be separate state.

So, for this reason, the actor wants this movie to be a mega hit and wants it to break ‘Pokiri’ and ‘Magadheera’ records.  Nayantara and Sheela will play the female lead in this film and Junior NTR is playing a dual role in this movie. 
Meanwhile, there is news that latest tollywood sensation Kajal Agarwal and Ileana are in the race for his next movie “Shakti”. Ileana has worked with Jr. NTR in “Rakhi” and shares a special rapport with him on and off screen. So, she may get a nod for this project. But at the same time, her recent release “Saleem” has been declared as a flop and so there are chances that latest tollywood sensation Kajal Agarwal can bag this project.

According to sources, Kajal Agarwal has offered a discount to director Meher Ramesh as she is willing to act in this film for just Rs 50 lakhs instead of Rs 70 lakhs. Star producer Ashwini DUTT is producing this movie at a budget of Rs 45 cr. 

Chiyaan Vikram joins Ileana

It’s confirmed that Ileana is Chiyaan Vikram’s heroine in 24, after her disastrous debut in Tamil about three years back.

Today, she is the numero Uno actress of Tollywood who was reluctant to do a Kollywood film, but sources close to her say that she was gung-ho about the script and agreed to do it.

The film which is said to be a Sci-fi thriller is directed by Vikram Kumar of Yaavaram Nalam (13B) fame . 24 has already started rolling in Chennai and Ileana is said to be joining the second schedule in February.

Tollywood buzz is that producer Mohan Natarajan has signed the svelte actress, after paying her a huge amount rumoured to be over a crore!

All the top actresses in Tamil were eyeing this plum role but finally Ileana has emerged winner.

Ileana doesn't belive in arranged marriage

Ileana, who is ruling Tollywood and making not less than 10 million Rupees in every movie that she stars, believes that arranged marriage is a gambling.

Ileana, while speaking to our website reporter, said she is for love marriage.

According to her, her parents always with her and they have given freedom for her to select the guy that she may like.

She says that she will date with the man for enough time to understand him and only after having enough experience with him, she will marry him.

She adds that, any marriage arranged by parents of the pair are purely like gambling as the man may be good or bad and the probability remains 50 - 50, but in the case of love marriage, its 100% guranteed that the man will be good