I may be 'soft-target', but don't consider myself 'victim': Sunny
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Sunny Leone says whenever her name is dragged into controversies, she may feel like a "soft target" but doesn't identify as a "victim".
In the past, her dance performances have been canceled and she has been at the receiving end of some politicians' sexist remarks.
Leone said, "I believe people should have the right to say what they want to...it's their choice."
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Web series
A biographical web series on Sunny Leone
Leone, who was speaking at the launch of her biographical web series, "Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story of Sunny Leone", said, "Most of the time I brush it (controversies) off because it's nonsense. Sometimes it gets on my nerves. It is annoying."
Asked if there were portions from her life she didn't want the film to explore, Leone said, "A lot (of them)".
Release date
Sunny's biographical series to go live from July 16
Leone described the process of narrating her story to the show's writers as full of "laugh and a lot of tears".
"We sat for six months where I just told stories about myself and from those stories we have made 20 episodes," she said.
The Zee5 web series goes online from July 16 and the actor says she is nervous about sharing her details.
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Happy that director let me be me in series: Leone
"I'm still trying to get convinced if I did the right thing but what Aditya (director) has shot, it's really beautiful. I'm happy the director let me be me," Sunny Leone said.