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Ileana attracts trouble again
Sensuous beauty Ileana seems to be in the news for all the wrong reasons. The latest being that Tamil producer, Mohan Nadarajan, has filed a complaint against the actress for not returning his advance of Rs 40 lakhs.
The money was paid to her to act in Deiva Thirumagal opposite Chiyaan Vikram, in January 2011. Ileana had also initially agreed to allot bulk dates for the movie.
However, at the last moment she withdrew her commitment and allotted the same dates to Nanban, the remake of 3 Idiots directed by Shankar. A miffed Mohan had to replace her with Anushka Shetty.
The producer states that Ileana has neither returned his money, despite his complaint at the Producers Council, nor has she answered the several calls he has made to her.
Now, Mohan has approached the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce and registered a complaint once again to resolve the issue.
Speaking to DC, he says, “Ileana was evasive in her reply in the beginning and later she started avoiding my calls. I had no choice but to resort to arbitration through industry bodies.
She is not a member of Nadigar Sangham, which she should be if she is acting in Tamil films. So, initially I complained to the Producers Council to get my money back. It was passed on to the new set of office bearers after the Council elections last year.
Now, I have requested the Film Chamber to intervene and take proper action against her.” Ileana is choosy about her Tamil projects and had done only one movie, Kedi, prior to Nanban, even though many producers tried to sign her.
It is also said that she prefers Telugu and Hindi projects over Tamil ones, as the pay packages are bigger there. Presently, the ‘size zero’ girl is busy with a couple of Bollywood projects, including Barfee with Ranbir Kapoor, and two Telugu projects.The actress was not available for comment.
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