Ileana's
flag
is
flying
high
these
days!
Not
only
has
she
been
signed
up
as
the
brand
ambassador
for
the
ITC
group
(she
will
be
the
face
of
ITC
in
South
India)
but
also
she
will
be
starring
as
Venkatesh's
love
interest
in
his
next
flick.
After
Jalsa,
Ileana
took
a
long
sabbatical
and
now
she
is
on
a
film
signing
spree
to
make
up
for
lost
time.
She
has
three
big
films
in
hand.
The
first
is
opposite
Ravi
Teja
under
Surender
Reddy's
direction.
The
second
is
opposite
Junior
NTR
to
be
directed
by
V.
Y.
S.
Choudhary.
The
third
film
is
Saleem,
starring
Vishnu,
Mohan
Babu's
son.
And
now,
she
has
bagged
a
Venkatesh
starrer,
which
will
be
directed
by
Srinu
Vaitla
and
produced
by
Suresh
Babu
and
Giri
(Sye).
The
film
is
expected
to
start
filming
in
January
2009.
She
was
recently
in
the
news
in
the
neighbouring
state
of
Tamil
Nadu
for
having
turned
down
a
chance
to
star
in
the
Rajnikanth
animation
flick,
Sultan-The
Warrior.
Though,
the
official
version
is
that
Ileana
turned
the
movie
down
as
it
was
only
an
animated
feature,
insiders
say
that
her
fee
of
Rs.
1
crore
put
off
the
film's
makers.