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| Sunny Leone an Indo-Canadian model and adult movie actress to join BiggBoss Session 5 |
Bigg Boss is a Big Brother (Netherland) style reality TV programme broadcast in India. In 2011 it is the fifth season of the Bigg Boss, which aired on Colors from 2 October 2011 to 7 January 2012. During the session hand-picked housemates entered the house located in Karjat, a town, about halfway between Mumbai and Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The housemates, considered strangers for each other, will spend 96 days (14 weeks) locked out together under the supervision of 55 cameras fitted around the house. According to data available with aMap, a television viewership monitoring agency, the opening episode of Bigg Boss 5 on Colors got a rating of 4.3 Episodes aired featuring Day 31 (2 November 2011) and Day 32 (3 November 2011) got an approximate 28.2 million and 28.4 million audience respectively,highest among all Indian reality shows till date, due to the uncountable fights among housemates on the days. Notable among all were Pooja M., Amar, Siddharth, Akashdeep, Mahek and Vida. (http://www.unp.me/f177/kbc-5-dominates-bigg-boss-5-in-trp-ratings-169079/)
To make the session even popular the international sensation who will actually grace the reality show with her presence is none other than celebrated adult movie star Sunny Leone. "Sunny is coming down especially for the show and will enter (Bigg Boss's house) on November 20," a source from the channel Colors confirmed to IANS (http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Television/Indian-origin-porn-star-to-enter-Bigg-Boss/Article1-770439.aspx). Super Hot Leone, whose real name is Karen Malhotra was born to a Punjabi family in Ontario, has appeared in various reality shows in the US. In Bigg Boss 5 she will join other contestants on the show Siddharth Bhardwaj, Akashdeep Saigal, Pooja Bedi and Shonali Nagrani.
Karen Malhotra got her name 'Sunny Leone' from Bob Guccione, former owner of Penthouse magazine, who thought the name would complement her career in the adult entertainment industry. She has earned the prestigious title of ‘Penthouse Pet of the Year’ in 2003 and made it to 'Maxim’s top 12 porn stars' in 2010. In an interview, Sunny said, she loves abstract paintings, horse riding, reading, playing ‘World of Witchcraft’ and watching ‘The Simpsons’ and Discovery Channel. Sunny has also talked about playing for a women’s soccer league in California, that her favourite holiday destination is Hawaii, and that her favourite cuisine is Italian. Sunny has a filmography of 39 adult films, some of which include ‘It’s Sunny in Brazil’, ‘Sunny’s Slumber Party’ and ‘Dark Side of the Sun’. Apart from her career in films, she is also sensitive to social causes. On her blog, she mentions that she will participate in the American Cancer Society Run and that she is doing this in memory of her father, who passed away from cancer last year.
A Stupid Common Man's view:
Bigg Boss taps into our voyeuristic sensibilities, if anything, this show displays in great clarity how we as a viewer of this show are so similar underneath all the fakeness we tend to project. However, the idea of our every move being taped is an incredibly scary idea for most of us, we are actually watching celebrities living together in a secluded bungalow for three months with cameras everywhere and anywhere you would least expect it to be. The US version of the Endemol reality franchise Big Brother: After Dark, will feature live and uncensored (nudity, profanity allowed) coverage from the Big Brother house. Although due to cultural differences, Indian Bigg Boss now is more like preset drama, with the introduction of Sunny Leone its seems only a matter of time to enter into real voyeurism, it just depends on how voyeuristic we really are.
Bollywood has attracted increasing attention from the American film world in recent years. Major Hollywood figures including Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone, Cameron Diaz, Peter Weir and Will Smith have actively pursued film projects to be shot in India, with top Indian stars. From 2008, Leone has started appering in mainstream movies. She has already been described by the Arabic press as "Indian-America's Marilyn Monroe.' She is beautiful, talented and a brilliant choice for movie, as her appearance will appeal to both her Indian and American fans." Age is an criticle factor for any adult entertainer's popularity. In an interview, Sunny Leone has stated that in ten years' time she would like to be married and have started a family, and probably retire from the adult industry by the time she is 30. (Shaheryar Hafeez, Fall 2005, 'Sex and Stardom: Inside the World of a Desi Adult Entertainer', Sapna magazine.) She born on May 13, 1981 add 30 years to it. Her entry in a populer Indian television show in 2011 is probably a step towards Bollywood. This we called a real strategic decision, may be helped by her fiancé Matt Erikson, vice-president of marketing at Playboy Enterprises.
Whether the adult star will have a long stay in India or a guest is still not sure but sizzling Sunny Leone in Bigg Boss 5 will surely be a voyeur's delight.
