Sunny Leone opens up about transitioning from adult entertainment to Bollywood: ‘There were death threats, bomb threats’

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Actor Sunny Leone, who walked the red carpet of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, for the world premiere of her film Kennedy, spoke on the sidelines of the fest about transitioning from the adult entertainment industry to Bollywood..

She said in an interview that her journey was not without hurdles and hate, but she also received a lot of love from Indian audiences who discovered her on the reality show Bigg Boss...

Sunny moved to India after appearing on the fifth season of Bigg Boss, but her grand introduction was met with a pushback..

She told Deadline, I was in the adult entertainment industry, and Big Brother India, which is called Bigg Boss, called and said, We want you to be on the show..

They related with me the person, who was cooking in the kitchen, cleaning People connected with that girl on Bigg Boss, and disconnected with Sunny Leone from the adult entertainment industry..

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