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Sunny Leone, who made her Bollywood debut with the 2012 film Jism 2 after transitioning from the adult film industry, has steadily risen in her career. While Sunny has often been cast in ‘item numbers’, her charm and wit in various interviews has won the audience over. One of her most notable interviews was in 2016, with TV journalist Bhupendra Chaubey.
After the interview aired, the journalist faced criticism for asking questions that were perceived as sexist. Sunny, on the other hand, was praised for handling the situation with grace and responding with dignified answers. She mentioned in the interview that Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan might have reservations about working with her due to her background. After the controversial interview aired, Aamir personally called Sunny to affirm that he would indeed be open to working with her.
Looking back on the infamous 2016 interview, Sunny shared with Mid-Day that many Bollywood celebrities reached out to her to show their support. She said, “There were a few people who heard about the interview or saw it and got that cringe and reached out to say ‘hello,’ which was really nice. Aamir Khan called me, Mr Anil Kapoor was one of them, I think Hrithik Roshan also called me, Sonam Kapoor as well. There were a few people, and all of them just said things like, ‘Proud of you’ and ‘Stay strong’.”
Sunny also spoke about her mindset when dealing with trolls and negativity on social media. When asked if hateful comments hurt her, she said, “I just don’t deal with it. If you pull all the layers of the cards I have up then of course, it hurts my feelings because you don’t want people to say such rude, nasty things but for the most part, I don’t pay attention. I have broken it down as to — they don’t know me, I don’t know them. They are completely entitled to their opinion and I just leave it at that… I can’t take what they say seriously because maybe they don’t take themselves seriously, maybe they are so angry with their lives. They are unhappy people, they have to say something bad about someone else.”
In her recent film Kennedy, directed by Anurag Kashyap and also starring Rahul Bhat, Sunny received heaps of praise from critics and audiences for her impactful performance. The film, which premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, follows the story of an insomniac ex-cop who has been presumed dead but seeks redemption.
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