Ileana, the popular heroine in Tollywood, made her debut in Tamil with Kedi opposite Ravikrishna. The grand success of Pokiri in Telugu opposite Mahesh Babu won her accolades, while Kedi won her fame in Tamil. She was flooded with offers in both Tamil and Telugu. However the actress has chosen to do a Hindi film instead. She would play the lead role in the Hindi re-make of Telugu film Athadu that starred Mahesh Babu and Trisha. Bobby Deol will don the Mahesh Babu's role. Sangeet Sivan, the brother of cinematographer and director Santosh Sivan, will direct the film. Ileana has started to go places.