Can Sunny Leone afford to shed her ‘porn star’ image
  • 10 years ago
After Jackpot and Jism 2, Sunny Leone is all set to grace the big screen with her third film, Ragini MMS 2. While the Canadian adult star should be happy about being part of Ekta Kapoor’s production, we hear that all is not well between Ms Leone and Ekta. Reportedly, the two had a big show down - apparently Sunny never agreed or wanted to make her porn star image the USP of Ragini MMS 2. She wants her film to be marketed as a horror story and not a sexy skin flick. And here’s why she has chosen that route: The Jackpot babe wants to make it big in Bollywood, but knows full well that good offers won’t come her way unless she somehow sheds the image of her past profession. But the trailer of Ragini MMS 2 isn’t helping her in this at all. Have you seen it? A lot of the clip focusses on Sunny’s …err…charms, with generous views of her bareness. Which is hardly the journey that the gal wants to make, hai na?

We understand Sunny’s dilemma, but wethinks Ekta Kapoor isn’t wrong either. The foreign import had asked producer Ekta Kapoor to play down the skin show in the first promo, but we all know that hasn’t happened. And so Sunny is rather more than just upset with the Balaji head honcho. But is her anger justified?

Frankly speaking, the Ragini MMS 2 starlet has a long way to go as far as ‘acting’ is concerned. Yes, she can speak Hindi pretty well and can even dance a bit. But Sunny cannot pull off a film on her own and get the cash registers ringing happily, not unless she proves her mettle as an actor. And at the end of the day, filmmaking is a business. So if sharp businesswoman Ekta is playing the sleaze-show card for her new horror film, it’s not entirely unjustified. After all, we all know nobody would go to watch Ragini MMS 2 if it was only about Sunny Leone’s acting, hai na?