'A shell was dropped on my belly in slow motion'

Heroines making sensational comments on Tollywood industry has become common these days. Recently, Taapsee Pannu indirectly criticised filmmaker K Raghavendra Rao for his obsession over a heroine’s midriff. Now, Ileana also made similar comments.

“When I was working in south films, I never understood how films were made. In my first ever shot, there was a big shell that was dropped on my belly in slow motion. I even asked the director why we are doing it and he said it would look beautiful… and I wondered ‘Really? But why and how?’ So, each time it happened, I was told, ‘you’ve got a very attractive waist, it’ll look pretty and it’s very feminine’ but I truly didn’t understand it,” Ileana said.