Ileana D’Cruz, who started her career with Telugu films is quite praised for her work in Bollywood as she has given some successful movies. The actress made her Hindi film debut with Anurag Basu’s ‘Barfi’ which was critically acclaimed and successful at the box-office. She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for the movie.
The talented actress appeared in several other movies including Main tera hero, Happy ending, Rustom, Baadshaho, Mubarakan and the latest one being ‘Raid’, opposite Ajay Devgan.
The 30-yr old actress got candid in an interview while talking about how she tries to keep her positive in the world full of negative people. “I am trying to keep myself positive because this industry can sort of engulf you and pull you down, and cause so much of negativity where it can just cause you to doubt yourself as an actor, doubt yourself whether you are worth having those offers come your way, because there are so many other people,” she said.
She further added, “It is such a competitive place and sometimes you see films come out, and you feel, ‘Am I ever going to get a film like that? Or a role like that?’ It’s like grass is always greener on the other side. You always feel the other person is getting better stuff…”
Ileana shares that she never had massive expectations in her life as it feels disappointed when she cannot stand up to the expectations. “I don’t have expectations of what I wanted to be or where I wanted to be in five years ago. In a way, it helped because if I had these massive expectations and if I didn’t reach there it would have been fairly disappointing. I didn’t have any such goals. I just wanted to do good films and not be written off, which is good because I haven’t been written off and have got good roles.” she says.
Raj Kumar Gupta directorial ‘Raid’ recently hit the box office this Friday. The film is based on the true story of an IT Officer in Lucknow who raided the house of a politician and how he risks his and his family’s life due to his loyalty. Ajay Devgan is playing the role of honest Officer while Ileana is playing his wife.
“It is like every Friday that your film comes out, it is like a test, that have I passed this one or not. Everything that you have done in the past may not matter anymore, it is just this one film. So, I feel like you have to constantly improve yourself, and it is great, it is a good drive that keeps you going, but at the same time it is a little stressful.”
However, the biggest struggle in her life is not how her movie will perform or how everyone judges her acting. “My biggest struggle would be dealing with my personal issues, like I have had major body and mental health issues, and that’s something I continue to work upon, and I have gotten better and I do feel the little breaks I take from my work, from this world help. I continue to work on being healthy from within,” she reveals.
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