Indo-Canadian porn actress makes inroads in India’s entertainment industry.
By Dileep Thekkethil
For Sunny Leone, the decision to quit the porn industry and settle in India was a life changing one. With the Bollywood industry accepting her warmly, the actress is now aiming at making her success big by entering the cosmetic industry.
Leone has been having a very busy 2016 as two of her movies – Mastizaade and One Night Stand has already hit theaters and Beiimaan Love is all set to be released in August.
The Indo-Canadian actress recently made a foray into the cosmetic industry by launching a range of a perfume brand called Lust and is planning to launch more products like lipsticks, nail polish, mascara, and lotions. In addition to this, she also wrote an e-book consisting of 12 short stories – all erotic in nature.
The actress made her third appearance in MTV’s dating reality, Splitsvilla as its host. Recently the actress was quoted by The New Indian Express saying that she had a great 9th season of MTV Splitsvilla in Puducherry.
“We shot at the Ocean Spray resort. It’s so beautiful that I can stay there forever. Also, my co-host (Rannvijay Singha) would say some of the most outrageous things in the heat of the moment, and then we both wouldn’t stop laughing,” she was quoted by The Indian Express saying.
The actress has been lately trying out different hairstyles and her Facebook and Instagram posts are evidence of how she is enjoying every bit of the transition from a porn star to an actress.
One of her Facebook posts read “That’s for this show! When you are doing movies or promoting them, you can’t really experiment with your hairstyle. But since Splitsvilla is a young show, I told my hairstylist, who is from Prague, and makeup artist, who is from Germany, ‘You guys do whatever you want to do for the next 30 days’. So you will see me in 60-70 looks on the show, sporting blue-purple, electric blue and pink hair colors.”
Actor Rannvijay Singha with whom Sunny will be co-hosting the new season of Splitsvilla, recently said that the journey of the actress to the Bollywood industry is an inspirational one.
His comment comes at a time when the Jism 2 actress is struggling due to the stigma of being a former porn star.
Splitsvilla is a reality show that features 15 celebrity men and women who will stay in a villa to find ‘love’. This hunt is strewn with challenging tasks, jealousy, hatred, and fights.
While Leone doesn’t reveal details about this year’s theme ‘Where Women Rule’, she shares, “It’s the connection between individuals, be it friendship, love or romance, that play a huge role in Splitsvilla. These connections take the game forward. On the show, Singha and I often hear these contestants saying that they want to keep their options open. But we tell them it’s all about finding that one connection. We look at things from the outside, not from an emotional standpoint.”
“Trust, compromise and respect,” says the Ragini MMS 2 star. While she does think that chivalry is desirable, “girls must not take advantage of the fact that they are girls,” and, “treat their men how they want themselves to be treated,” she told reports.
When the actress was asked about how she manages her personal life in the spotlight and how she and her husband Daniel Weber manages it the actress said, “We are madly in love. He’s my best friend and I am his. We have nothing to worry about. There are times when I see girls hitting on him. He then gives me that ‘Aren’t you going to save me?’ look. It’s so cute to watch his face turn red. I know that he’s not going anywhere.”