Laila
Biography
Laila (born 24 October 1980) is an Indian actress. Making her acting debut in the mid-1990s, she has acted predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, as well as in a few Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language films.
Laila made her debut in Dushman Duniya Ka (1996) and her lead debut in the Telugu film Egire Paavurama (1997), directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. Laila began to receive offers from prominent directors to feature in Tamil films and turned down films such as Dharma Chakkaram and Kadhal Palli by K. S. Ravikumar and Pavithran respectively. She subsequently signed on to appear in the lead role in VIP after Pooja Kumar had walked out of the project.
However, Laila was left unimpressed when the producer asked her to consider changing her stage name to Pooja, as the invitations for the film had already been printed, furthermore, she revealed that she was unaware of Rambha also being a heroine in the film. Laila subsequently dropped out of the project, wanting to make her Tamil debut in a film where she played the sole heroine.
Laila then worked with Ajith in Dheena and Parthen Rasithen with Prashanth.
