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I First Did Not Want To: Sunny Leone Reveals Why She Did Bigg Boss, Says She Had No Clue Who Mahesh Bhatt Was
Sunny Leone Bigg Boss: For those not aware, Sunny Leone appeared as a guest contestant on Bigg Boss 5 in 2011. The show was won by Juhi Parmar that year, but it was Sunny who became one of the most popular contestants of the season.
She recently reflected on how her life has come full circle since her appearance on the show and revealed how she wasn't sure about doing it for her safety.
Further, she fondly remembers how filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt presented her with the opportunity for her Bollywood debut, Jism 2, while she was still on the show. Interestingly, Bhatt's daughter, Pooja Bhatt, is now a contestant on the show.
Sunny Leone reveals why she did Bigg Boss 5
In Sunny's autobiographical web series, Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story, it was stated that she was offered more than the winning prize of the Bigg Boss 5 winner. To which she clarified, "I don't know what Bigg Boss winner makes. What did they make that year? I don't know. I did get paid. I first did not want to go (as a contestant on Bigg Boss 5) for many different reasons."
Speaking to Mid-day in an interview, she continued, "First was safety and not knowing how people would react when I get there. In my head, I was like, okay this is a down payment on the house. Because I didn't see it as a future. I just got married so I was looking forward to a new start of life. So we thought we'll put a down payment on the house. And that's it. It was that simple."
Sunny Leone on having no clue about Mahesh Bhatt and being offered Jism 2 during Bigg Boss
In the same interview, the former porn star was offered Jism 2, which marked Sunny's debut in Bollywood. Adding that at that time it all felt unreal and said she didn't even know who filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt was.
Let us tell you that Bhatt who went inside the Bigg Boss house, offered Jism 2 to Sunny in the middle of the running show.
"I didn't even know who he was. They just said, this is so and so from the film industry and everybody else was going bananas in the house. Oh my god, this person is coming into the house, this buzz was happening," she shared.
She said she didn't know him at all: "But he's probably amazing. I mean he is really amazing, I later realised."
She also added that it 'crazy' how "life has come a full circle" as she was there with Mahesh and her daughter Pooja at the Jism 2 premiere and now she herself is a contestant on the show.
The actress recently made her Cannes Film Festival debut at the premiere of her upcoming movie, Kennedy.
