Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone who enters the Bigg Boss 5 House tonight (the episode will be aired tomorrow) insists she’s a conservative working girl who will go home to the same man all her life. “We share a house, two lovely dogs and a production company in which I do everything from selecting actors and scripts to editing and writing. I may act in adult movies but actually I’m a one-man woman,” she asserts.
On porn websites she also goes by the name of Karen Malhotra but insists it’s not her real name. She refuses to reveal her real identity afraid that it may be misused on the Internet. “My family is proud of me and I can’t risk someone in some part of the world doing something nasty that will hurt them,” she reasons.
Sunny, who first visited India a couple of years ago to immerse her grandparents’ ashes in the Ganges, says she was approached to appear on Bigg Boss 5 by the channel, Colors, in February but paperwork delayed her entry. “If people like me, I’ll stay on till the end,” she states.
“It’s not because of the big bucks but because I’m addicted to Bigg Boss and really excited to be a part of it. I think I’d look great cooking aloo-gobi (potato and cauliflower curry) and daal-chawal (pulses and rice), doing the house chores in pencil heels and sexy clothes that I’m comfortable in.”
Wasn’t she approached for Mohit Suri’s film Kalyug that was on an expose on the porn industry a couple of years ago? Sunny denies being offered the film but admits she’s got loads of Bollywood offers in the past: “I want to work here without making any ‘favours’ to anyone. I was asked to make some ‘compromises’ which is why I declined those offers and my Bollywood debut is yet to happen.”
As the only Indian porn star, Sunny without getting into specifications, admits to have had some surgical enhancements. “When you are in the limelight, you have to look your best,” she points out.
“You do whatever you are asked to, whether it’s approaching a reliable dermatologist or going in for surgery. What’s the harm? There’s a visible difference in the way I looked a decade ago and now. I’ve learnt how to dress and carry off clothes with ease as well. It’s not easy being an adult movie star!”
“My parents, who are originally from Punjab, were completely shocked when they found out I was in the adult entertainment industry. Their reaction was what I expected, and I was prepared for it. When my father realized what I did, he said, ‘You didn’t even ask us before you did this! But whatever you do, make sure you do it well.’ My mother was also stunned when she found about my lesbian lovemaking videos, but she accepted it. And the fact that my work didn’t change me as a person worked in my favour. My parents soon realized it and respected me for who I am and my decisions. So there was never any question of being disowned by my family,” she says. Have her parents seen any of her hardcore adult videos? “Of course not! Whose parents would do that?” she asks.
Sunny says it’s ignorance that makes people equate adult stars with prostitutes. “I think India doesn’t have an adult entertainment industry – that’s why people have no idea what it is. I ran a company that took care of the deals I sealed with firms to sell and share my content online and to other media. Running a company was hard work. I’d work for about 60-70 hours a week. It wasn’t a party. I have only one partner. So that way, I’m very restrained in the real world,” she says.
Isn’t it true that she lost her virginity when she was 16? “Yes. The guy played basketball in high school. He was as old as me. We just liked each other. Losing my virginity at 16 was just about making a choice that I wanted to make at that age. Since my parents have lived away from India for many years, their thought process is different. They’ve always let me take my own decisions. I don’t regret anything that I’ve done so far. I have no regrets about who I am. I have a nice life, great family, great friends and make a good living,” she says.
Sunny says participating in “Bigg Boss” will make people realize she isn’t the cliched ‘adult star’. “I grew up in a regular Indian household; I’ve been taught to be a good person. I want Indian people to know that. And I’ve always been interested in Bollywood, so with this show, I might get good roles in Hindi films,” she says.
Now that she’s in India, will she also visit relatives in Delhi? “I last came to Delhi this year in February. I’d like to come back soon. But I wasn’t born here, like it says online – I was born in Canada,” she says.
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