Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)

Mangaluru, Feb 24: Leonilla Shwetha D'Souza from Mangaluru is slowly taking giant strides in the film industry.

The young promising actress Leonilla D'Souza who hails from Mangaluru is looking forward to make her mark in the film industry. Leonilla stepped into the film industry through a Hindi film titled 'Y’ and Kannada movie ‘Khasagi Putagalu’.

Hindi movie Y is directed by Giridev Hassan, produced by Yuvan who is also paired opposite Leonilla. While Khasaagi Putagalu is directed by Santhosh Srikantapa and produced by Manju and Veena, Vishwa is playing the lead role in the movie.

Leonilla hometown is Permude near Bajpe. She was born to Helen D Souza and Lawrence D Souza. Leonilla completed her schooling from Morning star school Bajpe and St Ann’s Mangaluru. She completed her PU at Canara College, before completing her engineering at Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology Bengaluru. Leonilla is working in an IT company at Bengaluru.

Leonilla D Souza is passionate about acting which made her enter film industry. She would practice monologues and gave auditions for the movies. Leonilla is a spontaneous person who likes to explore.

Leonilla said, "Audition was a long process at the same time it was a beautiful process of getting in to auditions."

"I received complete support from my parents since my initial days. I was into sports, dance, while my mother herself is a drama artist who inspired me and the reason behind my confidence," said Leonilla.

Speaking about the character in the movie ‘Y’ and Khasagi Putagalu, Leonilla says, "The character I play in the movie is quite challenging, where I play a character of house wife in a disturbed atmosphere. While in Khasagai Putagalu it is complete different character from ‘Y’ which has two shades, bubbly, innocent and matured character.

"I feel really happy with the response I got for the song Muddu Muddagi from Khasagi Putagalu. The song was composed by Vaasuki Vaibhav and the credit has to go to the entire team of Khasagi Putagalu for bringing out such a wonderful song," said Leonilla.

Leonilla got selected for both the movies through the auditions and she liked the script and character in the movie.

‘Khasaagi Putagalu 'is expected to release in the month of May.

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