Sunny Leone starrer Ragini MMS 2 to open with Hanuman Chalisa

The makers of actress Sunny Leone starrer 'Ragini MMS 2' have decided to open the film credits with montages of Hanuman Chalisa. Previously too, 'Ragini MMS' (2011) contained the prayer revealing producer Ekta Kapoor's superstitious side.

Ekta believes that the incorporation of the prayer has been lucky and will ward off any unwanted negativity against the film given its horrex (horror and sex) genre, sources said.

The film will begin with a special montage of scenes from the original cut to the auspicious Hanuman Chalisa, sources added.

Directed by Bhushan Patel, the film also stars Sandhya Mridul, Parveen Dabas, Saahil Prem and Divya Dutta. It releases tomorrow, on March 21.

I can't get rid of being sexy even if I tried: Sunny Leone

Her last film was called Jackpot but that did not bring Sunny Leone any luck. Yet the former adult film actor is gung ho about her third film Ragini MMS 2.  She says she is slowly learning the ways of Bollywood and hopes to find more acceptance in the industry here. She also maintains that the last two years have been the busiest in her life. She claims she has never worked so hard before. She also tells us why women should always look hot and sexy on screen. Having said that she says she hopes to give the viewer a nightmare with her horror film Ragini MMS 2 that releases this week. 

Of course I do. You've seen my smile? It's ear to ear. I love making movies. I feel really blessed. I love working here. I get tired but I love it and I wanna keep going. Fortunately, I have my husband who tells me I need to relax.
It is good to have Sunny Leone in a movie. It increases the curiosity value of a film. Do you agree?
Yeah, what I find is that people are interested for whatever reasons that is. I don't know what it is. Only they know. They want to see what I'm going to do next. Whether they don't want to see it or want to see it, they watch it anyway, which I find interesting. And, I'm extremely thankful for it. It's a great moment of my life. I won't be able to repeat this.
Obviously, they are curious about you because of your past work as an adult film actor..
Well right! That is there. What I'm trying to say is that there are people out there like the moms and the youth or grandmas and grandpas, the woman that comes up to me at a promotional event and says, 'Here, take a picture with my six-month-old baby' - those are the people that I'm talking about. The people that watched me on the Bigg Boss show, they don't know me as Sunny Leone from America. They know me as Sunny Leone from the Bigg Boss show. Of course, there's all those people that know me from my past and they know who I am and they know these different things. I'm talking about my stylist's mother who has no idea who I am but she saw me on the Bigg Boss show and she's very interested in what I'm doing if she sees me in the paper.
In your last film Jackpot, you worked wit Naseeruddin Shah. What is the biggest take home after working with someone like him?
Work harder. You got a long way to go, kid. No, he didn't say that, I'm saying that to myself. It takes time to get there and I'm okay with that. He's a perfect example of what you can achieve if you work hard on your craft.
You've been around in Mumbai for roughly two years. What kind of interaction have you had with people in Bollywood? 
I think the people are really curious about me. When I go out, or I am at a party - most people that I've met have been really nice. Of course, they're going to be nice to my face. I don't know what's going on behind. So far, everything's been nice. I don't go out a lot. Touchwood, these last two years have been the busiest times I have had. I've never worked so much, ever.
Have you made any friends in Mumbai after living here for two years?
I've stayed in touch with a couple of friends that I made during the Bigg Boss show like Pooja Bedi and Sky (Aakash Saigal) and Juhi (Parmar). We have stayed friends and our friendship on the show was actually genuine friendship. I've made friends with a lot of people I've done business with over the last two years. Not too many actors because I haven't worked with a lot of actors.
Do you keep a tab on what kind of work is happening in Bollywood right now? Do you watch Bollywood films more often now than before?
I'm definitely watching a lot more Hindi films. I feel so proud when my American husband says he wants to watch Hindi movies and he wants to watch them with me. I wait a little bit until we can watch that movie with English subtitles. I feel so proud that he is taking a liking to India so much and he wants to be a part of everything just as I do.
Where do you see yourself five years from now?
I hope I am still working in Bollywood. A lot of people, when they get into entertainment field, whether it's in music or it's in acting, want to start planning their career. They have expectations and set different goals and how things should be. Entertainment is like a rollercoaster, it changes every second. There's another turn, there's another loop. You think you're going to go one way, you actually go the other. With that being said, I don't believe in planning. I want to be here, if it happens, great. I want to stay here as long as people want me to.
Do you have a problem being taken seriously as an actor in Mumbai? 
Well, I'm only two-movies-old but I think that's something I'm going to face all the time. People expect me to be a certain way and then they meet me and find that I'm not that way. I'm not what they think that I am. Sexy, yes! It's always going to be that. I can't get rid of it, even if I tried. But how they're expecting me to be, or how they want me to act or how I'm supposed to do things, I think people definitely think I'm a certain way and I am not. I was told that a lot of male actors are scared to work with me because they have a wife or this and that. And I want to tell their wives (laughs), 'I don't want your husband. I have one. I love him. He's hot, he's sexy. He fulfils all my needs in every way, emotionally and everything. I don't want your husband.' I want to do my job and I want to go home with my husband, not yours.'
Do you feel fully accepted by Bollywood? 
I think that will happen gradually with each movie that comes out or each article that comes out in a publication. I think what is going to happen is a shift of opinion. What I find interesting is that Naseer sir, who is a huge Bollywood actor who is so famous and respected and loved, who is so confident about himself and his family - he's got a lovely wife. I met his wife and children. I found that Naseer sir was more comfortable working with me than somebody who is younger.
Do you want to work with any particular actor?
Yeah, I want to work with everybody.
Do you think your past as an adult film actor prevents you from getting acceptability in this industry?
I think if I wasn't accepted I wouldn't be here. My main concern is being accepted by my fans. My main concern is being accepted by those people that buy that ticket. That's who I need to be accepted by. Everybody else, it doesn't matter because it's our fans who make us who we become or how big a star we become. Obviously, media helps. But ultimately it's the fans who watch the movie.
Do you see yourself working with established actors like Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan?
God willing one day that might happen. But we'll see. I mean, that's just a matter of their preference. They have a completely different market. I'm a different level. Obviously, this is something that takes time.
Do you have a strategy for your career or are you taking it as it comes?
Right now, what I have done over the last year is that I've chosen movies that are polar opposite to each other. There was Jism 2, then there is Ragini MMS 2 which is horror movie. My last film Jackpot was completely different than Ragini MMS 2. Then Tina and Lolo is a woman-centric film about two women kicking butt. It's completely different from whatever I have done before. So I want to do films that are completely different from each other. That's my plan.
Do you have a buffet spread to pick and choose from?
Not like that. We get scripts every day of different kind. The goal is to figure out which companies are serious and which are not.
How do you find that out because both you and your husband are new here?
I do have an extremely smart husband. And he does his research. And we ask around too. We have a lot of nice people around us to ask. The main thing is I should like the script.
However, are people offering you different roles in these different films? You have to agree that everybody only wants to cash in on your hot and sexy image. 
Right! Well, I think that the woman in the movie should look hot and sexy otherwise why would people want to go watch it. I'm not talking about a certain type of sexy. The reason we like watching Deepika in a film is because she's beautiful. She's hot. She is sexy. Everything she wears - her dancing, her clothes, songs -- all of it is beautiful. But you don't look at that sexy as being bold. You look at that sexy as like 'Wow, she looks beautiful! She looks hot!' In a way, every movie should be like that, actors should be good-looking. That's why we like watching them.
So you are saying within sexy there are different avatars.
Yes. So one is like funny sexy. Jackpot was like serious sexy because I was playing a con artist.
And, is Ragini MMS scary sexy?
Yes. (Laughs). Yeah, it's scary sexy. I hope to give you a nightmare, just once! 

Is Sunny Leone deterioting Bollywood’s image?

The porn star-turned-Bollywood actor is showcasing her bold side in her forthcoming movie Ragini MMS 2, but that should not be held against her, maintains director Bhushan Patel

Sunny Leone is creating waves with her sensational presence in her forthcoming movie Ragini MMS 2. But B-town folks have their reservations against letting the porn star having her way in spite of having that colourfully notorious CV. While many from B-town might be scrunching up their noses with disgust, Bhushan Patel, director of Ragini MMS 2, belives that Sunny is not giving the industry a bad name.“Sunny is one of the most professional actors I have worked with. She has a code of conduct and she sticks to that. Her past should not be held against her credentials as an actor today. She is just like any other performer trying to make a living out of what she does,” said Patel.

Patel also rubbishes the rumours that claim that Leone acts pricey when the script demands her to be a little bold. Is Sunny shying away from her USP? “This is rubbish. She is the most relaxed and accommodative person I have ever met. Just because she can do certain things that doesn’t necessarily imply that she has to let herself be taken advantage of. Its’a matter of choice at the end of the day,” Patel insisted

Sunny Leone refused to go topless for shower scene

If you are a movie buff, you can't forget the shower scene in 1960 horror-thriller 'Psycho'. Now our own Bollywood will have a similar scene in Ragini MMS 2.

The shower scene will feature Sunny Leone and Karan Mehra and according to reports director Bhushan Patel took six hours to shoot the scene.

Apparently, the scene required Sunny to go topless but she refused.

Sunny wasn't comfortable shooting bare-breasted and conveyed her reservations to the key production team and to Bhushan. After some discussion, it was decided to use skin-coloured pasties with matching silicone for a nude effect and these allude to Sunny shooting the scene without a bra. She was okay with this as opposed to actually shooting topless," a leading daily quoted its source.

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Over 17 camera angles were used to capture the essence of the scene.

Director Bhushan Patel says the audience will get to see a new side of Sunny in the movie.

"You will see Sunny in a new avatar, you will see her do things you haven't seen her doing before. You have never seen her dance, but you have (seen her do it) in 'Babydoll'. She worked hard for that song and she rehearsed for 10 days for it," Patel said.

"Sunny has acted very well in my film. She has done a lot of action scenes. We have tried to present Sunny in a new avatar and we hope we are successful," he added.

"Ragini MMS 2" is being promoted as a 'horrex' film, a combination of horror and sex.

"Ragini MMS 2" is a sequel to Ekta Kapoor's 2011 film "Ragini MMS." It also stars Sandhya Mridul, Divya Dutta and Parvin Dabas and hits theatres March 21.