By Hindustan Times
An Indo-Canadian porn star makes her Bollywood debut on Friday in what's expected to be considered one of India's raunchiest mainstream movies, that is already raising eyebrows within the sexually conservative country. Sunny Leone, born in Canada to Indian parents, plays a porn actress within the Hindi
film Jism 2 (Body 2) that opens in cinemas on Friday to much buzz, in addition to controversy over its provocative posters.
Mumbai's mayor, Sunil Prabhu, has ordered their removal from public buses within the city, India's entertainment capital, after a neighborhood legislator complained the picture used was obscene, the click Trust of India reported.
The advertisement shows a unadorned woman reclining suggestively under a sheer, wet sheet, although the model isn't 31-year-old Leone herself.
Critics of the move say it's the latest example of ethical" policing" in Mumbai, where numerous recent raids on popular nightspots have angered the city's youth - a more liberal, Westernised generation than their parents.
Mocking the verdict to take down the posters on Twitter, the film's director Pooja Bhatt thanked the complainants "for giving Jism 2 cult status!" Leone, an award-winning porn star within the United States, made her name in India within the reality television series Bigg Boss last year.
She told online portal Bollywood Hungama that her first Hindi film - a sequel to 2003's Jism - isn't" frivolous cinema by any means".
"Yes, the promos can have given a sign of a sex-laden film but inherently this is a dramatic thriller. Watch for some surprises," she said. A video of the film's title song on YouTube has already notched up nearly three million views over the last month.
At a promotional event for the movie in Delhi last Friday, Leone shocked India's media by posing in white lingerie, lying on a bed.
She may be appearing in India in a televised advertisement for black, grape-flavoured condoms and an animal charity campaign for sterilisation of pet cats and dogs.
Leone said she plans to maintain making adult movies in Los Angeles, where she owns her own production company, but will refrain from appearing in porn roles herself over the following couple of years.
