She then made her Tamil language film debut alongside Ravi Krishna in Kedi. Although the film did not do so well at the box-office, Ileana was sought after by many directors an actors in Tamil for films which she eventually rejected due to her commitments in Telugu .Ileana was most recently seen in M.S Raju's Aata opposite Siddarth Narayan and Dil raju's Munna opposite Prabhas.Over Independence Day Weekend of 2007, Ileana appeared at the Telugu Association of North America's conference at Washington, DC. She received much criticism for storming into the Youth Banquet and disturbing youth performances.