Born
in Sarnia, Ontario, Sunny grew up in tranquil ambience, loving the cold
Canadian winters and the snow that came with them. Her father (who passed away
in 2010) was born in Tibet, but raised in Delhi and her mother (who she lost in
2008) was from Himachal Pradesh.
Say
Sunny speaking about her childhood, “As a
child I was a tomboy and played almost every sport. I grew up in a typical Indian household. Both
my parents made sure that we were always in touch with our culture even though
we lived in Canada and America. My parents raised me to be independent.”
She
started working for a German bakery, Jiffy Lube, and later at a tax and
retirement firm. She was studying to be a paediatric nurse in Canada, when one
of her classmate who was an exotic dancer introduced her to John Stevens. John
was an agent who later introduced her to Penthouse Magazine’s photographer Jay
Allen. She modelled for Penthouse till 2007.
While
she was modelling for Penthouse magazine an agent contacted her to work in porn
film. She was quite surprised as she was offered a large amount of money.
Before joining the adult industry she changed her name from Karen Malhotra to
Sunny Leone. ‘Sunny’ is an Indian nickname and sounded like fun and ‘Leone’,
which is an Italian surname, was picked by Bob Guccione, ex-editor of Penthouse
magazine.
Sunny
was declared the Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2003. That same year, she starred
in a video “Penthouse Pets in Paradise” along with Kyla Cole & Tera Patrick
and signed a three-year agreement with Vivid Entertainment. With this agreement
she was transformed into an adult star.
But
that is not all there is to her..she runs a Sun-Lust Pictures along with Daniel
Weber, her husband and business partner.
It’s been more than two years since she married Daniel. “I met
Daniel through a friend of his and discovered that we had a lot in common,”
she tells us when we asked about her first encounter with Daniel.
She
started blushing when we asked her about perfect romantic date. “Dinner and wine in Mexico on the beach is
perfect date for me,” says Sunny who loves to paint, read, surf and take
long walks when she is free.
Yes,
she comes with an accent and so her voice was dubbed by Smita Malhotra in her
debut movie ‘Jism-2’. “During Jism-2 I
was having so much of fun while shooting that I forgot to concentrate on my
Hindi accent improvement. I hope to get the chance to dub my own voice for
Ragini. We will see what happens,” she states.
She
is an international figure and now a well known Bollywood actress, yet she is
co-operative, honest and down-to-earth. She is not like other actresses who
started throwing their weight around after success. Till now she has managed to
fly high, while keeping her feet on the ground. “I have amazing people around me and am very well aware of my
surrounding. Instead of showing attitude or throwing tantrums, I believe in
hard work.”
Be
it in India or any other part of the world, the society looks down upon adult
films. But,Sunny believes that one should have freedom to do whatever he/she
wants in life be it his/her decision to join adult industry.
Doesn't
it offend her when people judge her as a porn star? She has ‘why bother’ or ‘I
don't care’ attitude towards such people. When we asked her how does she cope
when hears something negative about herself? She said, “I don’t really care what people think of me. I know in my heart that I
am a good person and that I never want to hurt anyone. I think that’s enough. I
just make good movies and leave aside such negative things.” Mostly, the
common man’s perception is that actresses don't have any character. We asked
Sunny that since she came from such a background did she feel that men thought
her to be’ loose’ or ‘available’? “I
might work in the adult film industry, but no one comes near to me or no one
even tries to get fresh. Where I come from, I got a lot from reverence from men,” says the star candidly.
Well,
that’s her ‘no-nonsense’ attitude, but like any celeb, Sunny has a keen sense
of fashion. So, when we asked her what is ‘fashion’ according to her, the gorgeous
actress said, “Fashion to me is what
feels good to wear and finding clothes that fit well according to my body shape.”
An yes, she has her favorite’s too..she
loves to wear dresses designed by Rohit Verma and dons his designs frequently. “Rohit is my favourite,”states Sunny. “He has been supportive of me since I
stepped in Bollywood and has been dressing me everywhere I go. I can’t thank
him enough for being so nice,” she
adds.
Yet,
even with a full and colourful wardrode, like most girls sometimes she too feels
her closet is full of clothes yet she has nothing to wear. “From time to time I feel that. Am sure every
girl feels this way once in a while,” she giggled. And, whenever she suffers from
‘no-dress-to-wear’ syndrome she goes for shopping. “I feel affection for shopping and for me each shopping experience is
like chalk and cheese,” Sunny vowed.
She
also thinks shoes can prove to be the biggest fashion faux pas and are as
important as outfit. “I hate seeing shoes
that don’t match an outfit. Make sure to keep your shoes in style, according to
your outfit, and most crucially, clean!. By wearing dirty shoes, you’re making
the worst fashion faux pas,” says Sunny.
As
for her beauty fundas, you will always find a lip gloss is somewhere around her.
She wears makeup according to occasion. She winked her eyes and said, “The amount of makeup I apply depends on what
is going on that day. At this very moment I am not wearing any make up but when
I go to lunch with my friends I will wear very little day make-up.”
While
signing off the sexy star states, “Every
woman is Perfect Woman, so don’t be afraid to love who you are.” We agree!!
-K
Himaanshu Shukla..
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