INTERVIEW
O
ur past
decides our
future,” says
Sunny Leone
in a voiceover
in the trailer of her biopic
series, Karenjit Kaur: The
Untold Story Of Sunny
Leone. Yet the spunky
showgirl hasn’t allowed
the constraints of her past
confine the possibility
of a new future. Born as
Karenjit Kaur in a Sikh
family in Canada, her
narrative has scaled
the extremes.
From studying to be
a nurse to becoming
an adult star and then
taking a detour to return
to her Indian roots and
entering the film industry,
hers has been a story of
squashing prejudice and
perception. Her big ticket
to India was appearing
in Bigg Boss season 5 in- Post that, she kick-
started her film career
with Pooja Bhatt’s Jism
2 followed by Ragini
MMS 2, Mastizaade, One
Night Stand and Tera
Intezaar. Her tantalising
moves in the reloaded
Laila main Laila in Shah
Rukh Khan’s Raees was
her entry into the big
league. Not to forget that
her scintillating moves in
Baby doll (Ragini MMS 2)
and Pink lips (Hate Story
2 ) had already won her
cheerleaders aplenty.
Karenjit Kaur... has
indeed been a catharsis
of sorts for Sunny, where
she relived the watershed
moments of her life and
perhaps found a closure.
What’s more it acquainted
her fans with the
sentimental Sunny, who’s
often overshadowed by
her erstwhile Penthouse-
Pet status. The season
finale spotlights family
dynamics including her
mother’s demise, her
father’s fight with cancer
and her marriage to
business partner Daniel
Weber. Producer Shareen
Mantri and director
Aditya Datt wanted to
showcase her journey
through an objective lens.
The show somewhere
has changed people’s
perception about her.
“Usually, perception
is hard to change. My
intention in doing this
show wasn’t to change
perception. The scriptSexy, sassy and sentimental... That’s how Raghuvendra Singh describes Sunny Leone
The
homecoming