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"Ileana D&amp;#039;Cruz has said that women are treated badly in the Telugu film industry.  The Southern actor made her Bollywood film debut in the hit Barfi! opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra.    She told The Times of India: &amp;quot;I felt like an alien in the Telugu industry. It bothered me that they did not take me seriously. My father being an extremely liberal man, I found a lot of difference in the culture. &amp;quot;I was brought up believing that I can do what a man can. But the fact that a woman can be put down in some culture is something I could not relate with. In the Telugu industry, it is customary for a woman to stand up in the presence of a director or a star.  &amp;quot;On my first film, this assistant director came to me hurriedly and said, &amp;#039;Stand up. Stand up!&amp;#039; I said, &amp;#039;Why?&amp;#039; And he said, &amp;#039;The director is coming.&amp;#039; I don&amp;#039;t agree with that and don&amp;#039;t believe in fawning over someone irrespective of who he is, be it the President of the United States or anyone else. You need to respect that person in your mind.&amp;quot; She admitted earlier this month that she was told not to sign for Barfi! in case she was overpowered by her more famous Bollywood co-stars. The star has described her latest film Phata Poster Nikla Hero, a comedy, as &amp;quot;very different&amp;quot; from her previous projects.  Watch the trailer for Phata Poster Nikla Hero below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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