Ileana D’cruz made her debut with Barfi (2012), a film that also starred Priyanka Chopra along with Ranbir Kapoor. Main Tera Hero (2014) was a two-heroine project and so was Happy Ending (2014), but Ileana is more than happy to share screen space with female actors.
Slamming all talk of rivalry and jealously, Ileana says, “I don’t know if I can say I have friends in the industry but I do have some great equations with some lovely people. Nargis (Fakhri) and I got along really well during Main Tera Hero and although we don’t talk often we sort of follow each other’s lives on social media. In a way, it makes me see how far she’s come and it makes me happy to see that she’s doing something that makes her happy. We lead busy lives that involve lots of travelling so we don’t have the luxury of catching up over weekends. I think it is possible for two actresses to be friends absolutely. Two mature women can definitely be friends. It’s silly to assume that two actresses would only resort to pettiness and jealousy. Only an immature woman who’s insecure would resort to something like that.”
Hence, it is safe to assume that her equation with young actor Athiya Shetty is genuine. The two worked together on Mubarakan and got along like a house on fire. But Ileana credits Athiya for breaking the ice. “Athiya and I got along from day one. And I think it’s because of her. The first conversation I remember having with Athiya was during the screening of Rustom,” she recalls.
Slamming all talk of rivalry and jealously, Ileana says, “I don’t know if I can say I have friends in the industry but I do have some great equations with some lovely people. Nargis (Fakhri) and I got along really well during Main Tera Hero and although we don’t talk often we sort of follow each other’s lives on social media. In a way, it makes me see how far she’s come and it makes me happy to see that she’s doing something that makes her happy. We lead busy lives that involve lots of travelling so we don’t have the luxury of catching up over weekends. I think it is possible for two actresses to be friends absolutely. Two mature women can definitely be friends. It’s silly to assume that two actresses would only resort to pettiness and jealousy. Only an immature woman who’s insecure would resort to something like that.”
Hence, it is safe to assume that her equation with young actor Athiya Shetty is genuine. The two worked together on Mubarakan and got along like a house on fire. But Ileana credits Athiya for breaking the ice. “Athiya and I got along from day one. And I think it’s because of her. The first conversation I remember having with Athiya was during the screening of Rustom,” she recalls.
