The softspoken Tamil-Telugu actress Ileana D'Cruz couldn't have chosen a better launch-pad in Bollywood than Barfee, or so she thought.

Even with a banner like UTV, director like Anurag Basu and co-star like Ranbir Kapoor, the film is turning out to be a never-ending saga of delays and missed deadlines.

The actress, who is afraid of offending the powerful team behind her Hindi debut, is keeping up an all-is-well facade just hoping and praying that her dates would not be wasted any more.

Apparently, the Tamil and Telugu industry is none to pleased with the way Ileana has prioritized her career.

While Ileana is not "allowed" to talk at the moment, her spokesperson played down the damage saying: "Ileana has been able to manage her dates in a way that she can give adequate time to Barfee and her current project in the South, an untitled film opposite Allu Arjun."