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"The script of 'Jism 2' required an actor who was comfortable with her body and had no qualms in projecting herself as a porn star or filming intimate sex scenes. And that's exactly where I come in," said Sunny Leone, the 31-year-old sex icon who currently has Ekta Kapoor's 'Ragini MMS 2' in her kitty.


The Indo Canadian Porn star/actor made her Bollywood debut with Pooja Bhatt's 'Jism 2' co-starring Randeep Hooda and Arunodhay Singh in the lead.

After receiving rave reviews for her performance in her first ever mainstream films, Sunny admitted that her background of her prime profession had helped her bag the role and is not perplexed about the constant comparisons of her image as a porn star and of an actor.

When asked whether it hurts when people and a section of the Tinseltown tries to look at her more as a porn star by overlooking her acting skills, Sunny said:

"Everybody can have their own perception and their own way to look at everything. I can't change that. There will be people who won't like me and there are people who have given me love and support. Since I'm an actor, people should judge me according to my acting skills."


Born to a Punjabi family in Ontario, Canada, Sunny has been one of the superstars of the international adult film industry since 2001. Her popularity as a pornstar earned her the rare achievement of being named among the world's top 10 porn stars by the leading men's magazine Maxim in 2010. But Sunny, who had participated in several reality shows in the United States, struck gold when she was spotted by veteran Mahesh Bhatt in the reality show 'Bigg Boss 5' and was offered the lead role in 'Jism 2', the sequel to Anurag Basu's 'Jism (2003)' that had Bipasha Basu and John Abraham in the lead roles.

"My full concentration is now on Bollywood. I want to do different and all kinds of roles, especially meaningful characters. I want to give my hundred percent in establishing myself as a successful mainstream actor. I will stay in India for the next two-three years," said Sunny Leone, who on numerous occasions has reiterated that she is not ashamed of being a pornstar.

Bipasha Basu’s dusky beauty and oomph factor have always been a draw for filmmakers and audiences alike. But for the poster of her upcoming film Raaz 3, the sultry actor has raised the bar even higher with a risqué photo shoot.

Incidentally, producers Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt, who worked with Bipasha 10 years ago in Raaz (2002), didn’t want her to do the shoot.

An insider reveals, “The Bhatts felt the pose and outfit were too bold and didn’t want Bipasha to do it, thinking she might be uncomfortable. Also, they felt they might have to tone down the concept eventually. So they planned to get a body double and morph Bipasha’s face onto the model’s body later. But when she found out, the actor insisted on doing it herself.”

Bipasha says, “When I learnt about the concept, I decided to do it. I had no qualms. It’s my movie and I should be shooting for the poster. I understand that it was required to show the film’s theme in the right light. I have always been comfortable in my skin and never been conscious of my body. It was the right decision.”
 

The trailer of Raaz 3, the Vikram Bhatt directed sequel to Mohit Suri's 'Raaz - The Mystery Continues (2009)' is all set to be unveiled with Sunny Leone's Bollywood debut 'Jism 2' that is slated to release on 3rd August,2012.

Pooja believes that she has chosen a safe release date for her maiden erotic thriller that also features Randeep Hooda and Arunoday Singh romancing Sunny like Bollywood Cinema has never seen before.

"Yes, It was a decision taken together to release the trailer of 'Raaz 3' with 'Jism 2'. You all will see Bipasha and Sunny together this August 3rd," said actor-turned-director Pooja Bhatt, who has helmed the sequel of the film 'Jism (2003)'.

"We have a clean week as 'Ek Tha Tiger' is coming on Aug 15 and the release of 'Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum' has preponed to July 27," she added.

'Raaz 3' featuring Bipasha Basu along with Emraan Hashmi and Esha Gupta boasts of the most spine chilling moments in stereoscopic 3D and is reported to be a direct sequel to the 2009 horror-thriller 'Raaz - The Mystery Continues' that had Emraan and Kangna in the lead.

The secret unveils 7th September.

Filmmaker Pooja Bhatt believes in showing boldness as it is, with no double-meaning and no toilet humour.

The actor-turned-director is waiting for the release of her erotic thriller " Jism 2", which is perhaps the boldest film from the Bhatt camp.


"An average film is made from a male perspective and designed for a male audience, but I am going to show pure, unadulterated sensuality, designed by adults and for adults," said Pooja.

The 40-year-old made her her directorial debut in 2004 with John Abraham and Udita Goswami-starrer 'Paap', followed by 'Holiday', 'Dhokha', "Kajraa Re" and now 'Jism 2'.

"Toilet humour is not my style and what I wish to do. I leave the double-meaning and toilet humour to other filmmakers to do. 'Jism 2' is an adult film for adult sensibilities. The adult audience is a sizeable number and it is big enough for my film" she added.


The erotic thriller recently passed Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) with an A-certificate and is awaiting release on August 3, 2012. 'Jism 2' is a sequel to the 2003 film "Jism" that featured Bipasha Basu's hot scenes with her then leading man John Abraham. The sequel features Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone with Arunoday Singh and Randeep Hooda.

Kareena Kapoor will surely be dressed to kill in the title role of Heroine to be directed by Madhur Bhandarkar.

Reportedly Madhur has earmarked a whopping budget of around Rs 1.3 crore solely for Kareena's costumes in the film. The actress will play a top Bollywood star in Heroine and will get a wardrobe of around 150 costumes, styled by her favourite designer Manish Malhotra. Malhotra was also the wardrobe designer for Fashion.

"Madhur's earliest films used to have a total budget of around a crore. In Heroine, Kareena's costumes alone will cost Madhur and his co-producers UTV over a crore.

This film is Madhur's most ambitious project till date and has a budget of nearly Rs 20 crore, so he is in no mood to take chances.

"Besides, the subject has a Bollywood superstar as its central character and will need lots of glitz and glamour as far as look and treatment," a source said.

Keeping with the image of the superstar Kareena portrays in Heroine, most sequences in the film will see her don two to three sets of dresses.

"Bollywood stars are never seen wearing the same dress on two occasions. Many a time, if an event is a longdrawn affair, they even go for multiple changes of wardrobe," reasons our source.

The film is slated to release in 2012 and Madhur went on floors with shooting last week.

Kareena is scheduled to have a final fitting session with Madhur and designer Manish Malhotra by next fortnight.

Kareena gave her nod for Heroine amid much controversy after Madhur had to replace Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

In May, Madhur and Ash launched the film with a grand announcement and photo-ops at the Cannes film festival. Ash had even shot for the film for about nine days on returning from Cannes, but the schedule was thrown in disarray when she announced her pregnancy.

Madhur had no option but to start his project from scratch with a new actress.

In fact, Madhur had originally approached Kareena for the role earlier this year but the actress had then shown reluctance to do the role.

Rumours suggest that Kareena wasn't happy about certain scenes that she would have to do in the film. It was then that Madhur had approached Ash.

For a while Priyanka Chopra was rumoured to have bagged the lead role in the film. She had earlier won a National Award for her role in Fashion.

Madhur however returned to Kareena with a reworked script that met her demands. Soon, the buzz suggested Kareena would be getting a whopping Rs 8 crore for the film, making her Bollywood's costliest actress.

However, subsequent reports said that she was being paid around Rs 5 crore. She is also supposed to get a share from the film's profits.

Heroine takes a look at the turbulent life of a superstar Bollywood actress named Mahie Khanna at her peak, and will attempt to lay bare the grimy grind beneath the glamour.

Kareena apart, the cast of the film features Arjun Rampal, Arunodaya Singh and Shahana Goswami.

In director Madhur Bhandarkar’s film Heroine, Aishwarya Rai has taken up a role so bold and glam that even Kareena Kapoor backed off from playing it.

Now, going by the leaked look of Aishwarya Rai from the film’s set, it is clear that the actress plays a glam doll with stylish hairdos and layers of make-up. Ironically, Aishwarya’s look from the film has leaked despite Madhur Bhandarkar’s zeal to guard it. Madhur had banned mobile phones on the sets, lest some crewmember clicked Ash’s photos and leaked it out. However, that is precisely what seems to have happened.

‘Heroine’ has Aishwarya Rai playing a brutally ambitious actress who uses people to achieve fame. Yet, there is a vulnerable side to the character as well. Actor Arunoday Singh plays Aishwarya’s boy toy in the movie.

A source tells us that Aishwarya’s character in the film has the shades of gray, but from start to end it remains an ultra glamorous character.

However, there has been talks of Aishwarya Rai gaining some weight lately. She was spotted hiding her chubbiness in loose clothes at a derby event north of Paris recently.

We’re sure Aishwarya Rai knows how important it is for her to be in shape for Heroine. She won’t mind losing a stone for the role.