Sunny Leone On Her Fears, Resolve And Confidence

Sexy is her synonym. But Ashwini Deshmukh discovers that Sunny Leone is all heart.

-  Ashwini Deshmukh

What happened to Sunny Leone in her publicised and critiqued television interview was fodder for the feminists to quote the ‘hell hath no fury...’ idiom. But in a display of amazing grace she maintained a stoic stance as the TV journalist allegedly grilled her with inappropriate questions and theories. There were no kneejerk reactions or any piercing rebuttals. The interviewee remained composed and took every misplaced allegation in her stride. By her own admission, Sunny was scared when the interview was being conducted. Her biggest fear was that she’d invite wrath of the moralists. Unlike her apprehensions, the Indian public and media turned to support a woman and her dignity in big numbers. Even a superstar like Aamir Khan tweeted to tell Sunny he’d love to work with her. It made her day! Most importantly it affirmed faith in public perception. It didn’t matter that she was an adult movie icon before she made her mark in Hindi films. Read on to find out her fears, her resolve and her confidence...

You’ve dabbled with many interests – from hockey to being trained as a paediatric nurse. What were your growing years like?

I grew up in a typical Punjabi home. From Sunday to Thursday, my mother prepared Punjabi food– sabzi, roti, rice and daal. Only on weekends we could have meat, like chicken curry or pizza and pasta. We were a family that ate at 7:30 pm. All four of us. My father and mother loved to cook. My brother and I visited the Gurudwara and did keertan every Sunday. I played sports. We moved to California from Ontario, Canada when I was 14. It was devastating to leave my friends. I went through a difficult teenage. But by18, I grew into my own. I wanted to be independent, live on my own, buy my own car...

Were you a rebel?