Bollywood industry is the biggest film industry in India whose market is spread not only all over India but also have an international market. Bollywood actor and actress gains instant fame and popularity and the glamour and exposure in the Hindi film industry have attracted many people for a long time. It is the dream of many people to be a Hindi movie star. The huge money and fame present in this industry acts as a catalyst to that. The actors of the regional films are also no exceptions to this list. The stars who have made big in their regional industries also cannot avoid the lucrative offer of doing Hindi films and they end up landing in Mumbai leaving their industry to be established as a Hindi film star.
South Indian actresses moving to Bollywood
South Indian film industry is one of the biggest film industries in the country. They are very renowned for the beautiful and sizzling actresses who have a huge fan following all over India. The Hindi film makers want to cash in their popularity to make a successful film so they offer the south Indian actresses the lead roles in their movies. Most of the top telegu actress accepts the offer and signs Hindi movies and after getting success changes their address permanently to Mumbai and stats doing Hindi film only. This list includes the names like Sridevi, Vidya Balan,Genelia D Souza,Asin,Shruti Hasan,Tamanna,Kajal Agarwal etc.the newest entry to this list is the sizzling hot beauty of Tamil films Ileana D Cruz.
Career of Ileana
This actress has spent her childhood days in Goa and then started hugging the limelight while doing ramp shows and modeling and acted in advertisements for various brands. She made her debut in the tollywood industry in the year 2006 with the film Devadasu directed by Y.D.S Chowdhury.this film was a huge hit in the box office and she was awarded the film fare award for the best debutant actress. Since then there has been no looking back for her. She went on giving hits after hits like Pokiri, Jalsha, Kick, Julai etc, all this films were blockbuster hit and her performance was praised by critics as well as the general audiences. She almost acted opposite all leading actors in the south Indian industry and established herself in the top of all the actresses in south India. Then she was called by Anurag Basu and was offered a role in his next movie. She made her Bollywood debut with that movie Barfi opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka chopra. This movie went on to become one of the best Bollywood movies ever made and also commercially successful.
Her return to south
Despite being the top star in south India, after the success of barfi she decided to permanently shift to Mumbai and establish herself as leading heroine there. But after a year she has only done one film Phata Poster Nikla Hero opposite Shahid Kapoor and she learnt that it’s not to so easy to make her mark in Bollywood and the competition here is real tough. So she announced that she will return to south Indian industry as that provided more success to her. Now it is to be seen how she is greeted upon her return there.