Rana Daggubati and Ileana D’Cruz cozying up in enchanting Venice

Rana Daggubati and Ileana D’Cruz are busy shooting in the beautiful city of Venice for their forthcoming ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’ and both the actors just cant stop praising the city of canals. Both the actors shot amidst wood pilings on the submerged islands in the Northern end of the Adriatic Sea, 400-foot bridges and 170 boat canals that connect the city to make it easily accessible to people.

‘I fell in love with the floating city the moment I landed here,’ said Rana adding, ‘Once you are caught in the island of endless streets, footbridges that can leave you confused, you would have no other choice but to walk, which is actually a good thing! There’s no better way to explore Venice than getting lost and be surprised in what it has to offer at every turn.’

Ileana said: ‘I’m sure the fun facts in Venice are more than enough to make you want to go to the Queen of Adriatic, Venice.’

The movie is directed by Puri Jagannath and is a romantic thriller portraying the love between a professional killer (Rana) and a female demon (Ileana). The film has a chilling yet positive tagline - ‘Suicide is not a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Ileana says that the role of a rakshasi is in accordance with the storyline. “You will only realize it, once you watch the movie”, says the actress.

Ileana D’Cruz to portray shades of all ages in ‘Barfee’

Ileana D’Cruz, who carved her niche in South with superhit Pokkiri, is making her Bollywood debut with Anurag Basu’s ‘Barfee’. Ranbir Kapoor is playing the male lead and since his character is named Murphy who pronounces it as barfee because he is mute, the film has been titled so. Interestingly, Ileana will get to portray her talents well in the flick because she will be seen aging from a 19-year-old to a 65-year-old.

Basu divulges in further details saying, “All the three lead actors are playing out-of-the-box, and extremely interesting characters in Barfee.”

“Ranbir Kapoor, as everyone knows, is playing a deaf and mute boy, Priyanka Chopra is not mentally-challenged as reported, but is mildly autistic (a form of mental illness that causes a person to withdraw into a private world of fantasy and be unable to communicate with others or respond to his/her real environment) in the film. Ileana D’Cruz, on the other hand, is playing a character who will be seen aging from a 19-year-old to 30 to a 65 year-old,” he added.

The shooting for the flick has already started on June 14 at Darjeeling which happens to be Ranbir’s hometown.