MUMBAI : An Indo-Canadian
porn star makes her Bollywood debut today in what is expected to be one of
India’s raunchiest mainstream movies, which is already raising eyebrows in the
sexually conservative country.
Sunny Leone, born in Canada
to Indian parents, plays a porn actress in the Hindi film 'Jism 2' (Body 2)
that opened in cinemas today to much buzz, as well as controversy over its
provocative posters.
Mumbai’s mayor, Sunil
Prabhu, has ordered their removal from public buses in the city, India’s
entertainment capital, after a local legislator complained the image used was
obscene, the Press Trust of India reported.
The advertisement shows a
naked woman reclining suggestively under a sheer, wet sheet, although the model
is not 31-year-old Leone herself.
Critics of the move say it
is the latest example of “moral policing” in Mumbai, where numerous recent
raids on popular nightspots have angered the city’s youth — a more liberal, Westernised
generation than their parents.
Mocking the decision to take
down the posters on Twitter, the film’s director Pooja Bhatt thanked the
complainants “for giving Jism 2 cult status!”
Leone, an award-winning porn
star in the United States, made her name in India in the reality television
series “Bigg Boss” last year.
She told online portal
Bollywood Hungama that her first Hindi film — a sequel to 2003’s 'Jism' — is
“not frivolous cinema by any means”.
“Yes, the promos may have
given an indication of a sex-laden film but inherently it is a dramatic
thriller. Wait for some surprises,” she said.
A video of the film’s title
song on YouTube has already notched up nearly three million views over the past
month.
At a promotional event for
the movie in Delhi last Friday, Leone shocked India’s media by posing in white
lingerie, lying on a bed.
She is also appearing in
India in a televised advertisement for black, grape-flavoured condoms and an
animal charity campaign for sterilisation of pet cats and dogs.
Leone said she plans to keep
making adult movies in Los Angeles, where she owns her own production company,
but will refrain from appearing in porn roles herself over the next couple of
years. (AFP/Relaxnews)
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