Actress Ileana D’Cruz has had a great run down South and has also been doing her share of Bollywood films. Popularity, she explains, is the one thing that balances the fact that the film industry can actually be a very cruel place to survive. “It (the film industry) is brutal, of course, but it comes down to people. If they like you that is all you need. You just want people to like watching you,” she says.

Ileana feels the moment an actor is not appreciated they lose the mark. “It basically goes the same for me. I wouldn’t want to watch a film with an actor I don’t like watching. The minute you are not liked anymore you sort of lose the mark. The industry is brutal in a sense, but it has got so many perks as well,” she adds.

Acting is a profession that comes with its pros and cons, the actress notes, in this context. “You cannot have all the good things only, there are a few cons as well. I think that makes it interesting. It makes you work harder. It makes you strive to keep doing better,” she sums up.