Ileana's new Tamil film features her as a taxi driver

While Ileana D’Cruz waits for her Bollywood career to take off with Anurag Basu’s eagerly-awaited Barfi, she has gone back to Hyderabad to work on Jagannadh Puri’s Telugu film Devudu Chesina Manushulu where she stars opposite the reigning superstar of Telugu cinema, Ravi Teja. In Devudu Chesina Manushulu, Ileana moves completely away from the image of the simple uncomplicated girl in Barfi to play the piping-hot seductress in Puri’s film. Ileana plays a taxi-driver in Devudu Chesina Manushulu. Says a source close to the project, “Ileana plays the sexiest role of her career in the film. The image of the staid sober sedate and shy girl goes out of the window. She has been re-invented as a phataka in this role.” Says Puri Jagannadh, “I’ve worked a number of times with Ileana. She will be seen in a completely different avatar in my new film. The title Devudu Chesina Manushulu is tentative. We may soon change it.”