Originally posted by: NightReader
^^really Illeana wasn't a debutante even though Barfi was her first Hindi movie
She was a superstar down south and seeing how she moved to bollywood she kind of made it seem like she didn't want to continue being a superstar
She works when she wants to and is not overly driven.
I'm a southie and I know her before Barfi happened to her. Yes she was a superstar and to be very honest she has that aura of one. Unfortunately for her, even though she can act, she was made to do crap roles and arm candies to so called superstars in Telugu industry itself. She may not be the best actress out there and definitely and strictly a director's actress. But she had so much potential that was shown in Barfi. To me she was the most likeable and relatable part of Barfi. If Anurag can extract that out of her, I'm pretty sure given that chance she can do much better. Alas, she was pushed to same kind of roles here, was forced to pick up shitty roles again. There are a lot of actresses like Ileana who after doing arm candies are trying hard to break out of that stereotype and to do different roles. Another example would be Trisha. The problem is in any industry good roles to actresses are always at minimum. And the ones happens to some selective actresses only. Either u must have been such a great actress or must be a star to demand for such roles(OR BE A STARKID AND HAS KJO PAPA AS MENTOR). If Illeana was given a lot of roles on a platter to prove herself after that amazing start, today she would have been on top(cos we know she is already a star in south, with acting chops, she could have reached atleast 50% of superstardom of Kat/DP level). Now we are stuck with Aloo paratha.
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