No nudity for Sunny Leone in India

Though father and daughter duo Mahesh and Pooja Bhatt would love to have Sunny Leone shed her clothes for the opening scene of their forthcoming sequel to the 2003 hit erotic thriller Jism, Sunny Leone privately expressed her displeasure to a few close aides.

The 2003 film starred John and Bipasha, but this time with much fanfare Mahesh Bhatt walked into the Bigg Boss house to “offer” Sunny Leone the role.  The adult porn star though in her heart of hearts is not impressed. Said a source close to Sunny Leone on condition of anonymity, “Privately, Sunny is not very happy with the role. She has had enough of nudity to last not just one lifetime but several lifetimes. Her life in Canada and the US is different. In India, Sunny would like to shed her nude adult porn star image and do main line Bollywood cinema. Sunny wants to try her hand at Hindi movies not nudity and flesh show. She has had enough of all that. Bollywood films has always been Sunny’s dream as a kid growing up in Canada. She always wanted to be some sort of a Madhuri Dixit in Bollywood, but fate took her elsewhere. Now given a chance, she would like to make her dream come true,” a close aide of Sunny Leone told Flynn Remedios, editor of MumbaiWire.in.

Even Sunny Leone was quoted to an Indian friend saying, “If I want to do nude and stuff, there is enough scope for me in Hollywood. As such the Indian Censor Board will not allow any nudity.” Given Indian laws on nudity and obscentity and the long-drawn out judicial and legal system in India, Sunny Leone’s international managers and advisors are skeptical of the adult actress’ foray into Indian cinema. They are worried about her having to spend her time doing the rounds of Indian court rooms instead of studios. An associate of Sunny Leone’s US agent who spoke to Flynn Remedios, said, “It’s nice that Indian producers are offering Sunny Bollywood films, but we hope she is not offered only nude roles. The legal system in India is very tiring and we are worried about Sunny having to make trips to Indian courts, should her images in an Indian film offend the sensibilities of a certain segment of Indian viewers.”

Sunny Leone is a known name in Hollywood and has contracts with some of the top adult entertainment TV channels and adult home video brands. The money that porn stars make abroad is something she will not get in India even for a main lead in a Bollywood film, keeping in mind the time she will have to spend on shooting and promotions.  The reception that an adult porn star would get from the general Indian public is also playing on Sunny’s mind. Right now she is safely esconsed in a 5-star hotel with a lot of security. But shooting outside is an all-together different story. Sunny’s managers are also worried about the moral police in India. “There is a different India that doesn’t ‘like’ Sunny Leone and will try to make trouble for us. We are taking all this into consideration before saying yes or no,” Sunny’s aide said.

Friends of Sunny Leone also opined that the Bhatt’s were casting Sunny only for the ‘automatic and free’ publicity that the project would get due to a high-profile and controversial international actor. A canandian friend who has worked with Sunny felt that “Mahesh Bhatt has offered Sunny Leone the role not because he is particularly thrilled with her acting abilities or because he genuinely wants to give her a foothold in Bollywood. He is doing it only to promote his film for free.”

We tried to contact Mahesh and Pooja Bhatt for their comments but their office phone numbers didn’t seem to work.

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Canadian Sikhs protest against ‘nude Sunny Leone’

A group of Canadian Sikhs have voiced their protest over reports of a crossover film inspired by the lives of two women of Indian origin like Canadian porn star and “adult super star” – as her official website describes her – Sunny Leone and Pamela Bordes. Sunny Leone shot to fame in India when she was invited to participate in the Bigg Boss 5 – a reality show on TV channel Colors. Before her stint on Bigg Boss 5 not many people in India had heard about Sunny Leone.

A few Sikhs from various parts of the world protested against a report which stated that the film will portray porn star Sunny Leone as a woman of Indian origin who was raised as a Sikh. They have clarified that Sunny Leone is not a Sikh  by birth and was never raised as a Sikh but instead is a Punjabi Hindu by birth. However, a spokesperson for the producer said that according to research that they have done, including inputs from Wikipedia, “Sunny Leone was raised as a Sikh and attended a Christian school.”

The big budget Canadian production stars a Mumbai-born Bollywood actress who has been signed on for the main lead. It was reported that the bollywood actress would pose in the nude for a certain scene in this film, though this could not be confirmed. The protesters threatened severe action against the Production House and the movie if “incorrect facts” were mentioned.

The report on the film states that the project is inspired by the life of Sunny Leone. Sunny Leone was born Karen Malhotra in Sarnia, Ontario on May 13, 1981. She is an Indo-Canadian pornographic actress, businesswoman and model. She was 2003 Penthouse Pet of the Year and has played roles in independent mainstream films and television shows. She now also holds an American citizenship though she has retained her original Canadian passport as well.

Leone was born to Punjabi parents who migrated from India to Canada. Her father was born in Tibet and raised in Delhi, while her mother was from a small town named Nahan in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. As a young girl, she was very athletic and played street hockey with the boys, enjoyed ice skating on a nearby frozen lake and drinking hot chocolate in front of a fire after playing in the snow all day.

Apparently Mohit Suri approached Sunny Leone to play the main lead in his film Kalyug, but signed on Deepal Shaw instead as he couldn’t afford her $1 million fee. Several Bollywood directors and producers have had discussions with Leone and have wanted to cast her in their productions, but apparently money has always been a bone of contention. Sunny Leone is herself very keen on doing mainline Bollywood, but no big Bollywood hero would like to be cast opposite a hardcore porn star. Personally Sunny Leone considers Aamir Khan to be her favourite Bollywood actor. Sunny Leone’s initial days in the porn industry will feature prominently in the film – which as the film’s publicist claims will ‘not have any pornography’ in the film.

WHO IS SUNNY LEONE?

We have got hundreds of emails from our readers asking us for ‘more details about Sunny Leone’? Well here is some of the information we could get on Sunny Leone from the internet including Wikipedia:

Sunny Leone was born Karen Malhotra on May 13, 1981 and is an Indo-Canadian pornographic actress, actress, businesswoman and model. She was named Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2003 and was a contract star for Vivid Entertainment. Named by Maxim as one of the 12 top porn stars in 2010, she has also played roles in independent mainstream films and television shows.

Early life

Leone was born Karen Malhotra in Sarnia, Ontario to Sikh Punjabi parents from India. Her father was born in Tibet and raised in Delhi, while her mother (who died in 2008) was from a small town named Nahan in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. As a young girl, she was very athletic and played street hockey with the boys, enjoyed ice skating on a nearby frozen lake and drinking hot chocolate in front of a fire after playing in the snow all day.

Though she was raised as a Sikh, her parents enrolled her in a Catholic school, as it was felt to be unsafe for her to go to public school. There she had her first kiss at 11, lost her virginity to a basketball player at another school at 16, and discovered that she was bisexual at 18. When she was 13, her family moved to Fort Gratiot, Michigan, then to Lake Forest, California a year later, fulfilling her grandparents’ dream that the family be together in one place. She graduated from high school in 1999 and enrolled in college.

Career

Before working in the porn industry, she first worked at a German bakery, a Jiffy Lube, and later a tax and retirement firm.

While studying to be a pediatric nurse in Orange County, a classmate who was an exotic dancer introduced Leone to John Stevens, an agent who in turn introduced her to Jay Allen, a photographer for Penthouse magazine. When picking a name for her adult career, she has said that Sunny is her real name and Leone was picked by Bob Guccione, former owner of Penthouse magazine. She posed for Penthouse magazine, and was named Penthouse Pet of the Month for the March 2001 issue, followed by a feature in the Holiday 2001 edition of Hustler magazine as a Hustler Honey. She has appeared in other magazines including Cheri, Mystique Magazine, High Society, Swank, AVN Online, Leg World, Club International and Lowrider, while her online credits include ModFX Models, Suze Randall, Ken Marcus and Mac & Bumble. Her pictorial credits also include working with stars like Adriana Sage, Jenna Jameson, Jelena Jensen and Aria Giovanni.

In 2003, she was declared the Penthouse Pet of the Year and also starred in the video Penthouse Pets in Paradise alongside Tera Patrick and Kyla Cole. In 2005 Adam & Eve appointed her as their West Coast Internet Sales Representative.

That same year, Leone signed a three-year contract with Vivid Entertainment with which she transitioned into the world of hardcore pornography, stating that she would only do lesbian scenes. Her first movie released was titled Sunny and was released in December 2005. Her next movie, Virtual Vivid Girl Sunny Leone, was the first interactive title for Leone, who was the first Vivid Girl to make such a movie. Taking only four days to film, the movie won her her first AVN Award (Best Interactive DVD). She followed this with Sunny Loves Cher, which featured her first on-screen squirting,and The Female Gardner co-starring Mikayla Mendez and Daisy Marie.

Leone’s last two movies under her contract with Vivid were It’s Sunny in Brazil, which was filmed in Brazil and The Sunny Experiment also starring Monique Alexander and Brea Lynn. The movies were released in October and December 2007 respectively.

In May 2007, upon re-signing her contract with Vivid for another six films, Leone agreed to perform for the first time with men on camera, but exclusively with her fiancé, Matt Erikson. That summer she also received breast augmentation, and shot her first movie under the new contract titled Sunny Loves Matt. The movie led to her to be nominated for three (out of six) AVN awards in 2009 in addition to being a choice for Female Performer of the Year. She followed up her first boy-girl title with The Other Side of Sunny in October 2008, which would be the last time she would perform with Erikson.

In January 2008, Leone revealed that she was no longer exclusive to Erikson, and had done scenes with other actors, most notably Tommy Gunn, Charles Dera, James Deen and Voodoo. In August of that same year, she announced the launch of her own studio, Sunlust Pictures, with Daniel Weber as her partner. With her new venture Leone plans to write, direct and create her own brand of adult movies with Vivid Entertainment as her distributor. Her first independent production, The Dark Side of the Sun, was released in March 2009, and was debuted at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas. In June 2009, she held a casting call in Las Vegas for her second independent production titled Sunny Slumber Party (released September 2009).

No longer exclusive to Vivid, Leone has started working with other studios and performers since 2009. She has managed to leverage her online popularity by striking deals with firms like PPPcard, AdultPokerParty.com,  Brickhouse,  Flirt4Free, Totemcash and Imlive to sell and distribute her content over the internet and other media.She won the “Web Babe of the Year” at the 2008 Xbiz Awards. Her websites and business interests are run under her banner company Leone L.L.C.

In addition to her film career, Leone has been part of the Vivid Comedy Tour, and has modelled for the Vivid Footwear collection.Leone has also participated in events like the Vivid/ClubJenna Lingerie Bowl and Vivid’s Hot Rod Night.Doc Johnson launched a pocket pal in 2006 moulded to her vagina, and in 2008 released the Sunny Leone Exciter vibrator. Control MFG currently uses Leone’s image along with other Vivid girls to market their line of skateboards. She is paired with Gab Ekoe, one of the Team Control riders. She also indicated that she plans to launch her own line of lingerie and other Sunny-branded products including a diamond jewellery line.

In September 2009, an iPhone application consisting of a collection of non-nude photos, some videos and a porn star-penned blog was approved by Apple for sale in the iTunes store, making it the first officially sanctioned application featuring a porn star. By February 2010, the app had been removed by Apple from the store.

Leone was voted #13 (up from #41 in 2007 on Genesis magazine’s “Top 100 Porn stars” list, #34 on Desiclubs.com’s Top 50 Coolest Desis of 2004, and one of the “40 under 40” ranking on AVN Online magazine. In 2010, she was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top female stars in porn.

Mainstream appearances

Leone’s first mainstream appearance was in 2005, when she was a red carpet reporter for the MTV Awards on MTV India. She has also had a cameo in the film The Girl Next Door, performed in Ja Rule’s video “Livin It Up” and a video for Kidd Skilly. Other credits include E!’s “Wild On!” and the Sundance Film Festival’s ‘After Dark. Leone was a contestant in the second season of the Fox reality show My Bare Lady 2: Open For Business, in which a group of adult actresses were given classes and training on how to pitch investment ideas and competed for success in the business world. In addition to filming her scene for Debbie Does Dallas in 2007, Leone was also part of a Showtime documentary of the same name detailing the production of the movie and the personal lives of its stars.

She has indicated that for the right price she would seriously consider a career in Bollywood. She has been courted by Indian directors in the past but has felt uncomfortable with the roles that she would have played.Director Mohit Suri is rumored to have asked Leone to play the lead role in his movie Kalyug, but instead cast Deepal Shaw as he could not afford her $1 million acting fee. She has mentioned that Aamir Khan is her favorite Bollywood Actor, and that over 60% of her fans are from South Asia.

In 2008, Leone announced that she would be starring in a mainstream action adventure movie titled Pirates Blood, which was shot in Oman. The shooting was completed in two weeks and was to be released in winter 2008.Leone also landed a role in Middle Men, producer Chris Mallick’s indie feature about the birth of the online porn industry set for wide theatrical release in 2009. She has mentioned that she will be appearing in an upcoming Will Ferrell movie scheduled to be released in 2010.

She appeared in the film The Virginity Hit playing a version of herself, where she is hired to take the virginity of the lead character.

Leone has made appearances at events such as the 2002 SEMA International Auto Salon, the 2002 Extreme Autofest Pomona and the 2006 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Sunny has also been the hostess at events in clubs like the Mansion in Miami and the Highlands in Hollywood.

In 2005, she was mentioned in Forbes magazine for a story on Vivid Entertainment. Leone has also been featured in mainstream publications like FHM, Front and Jane magazine. In 2007, along with the other Vivid Girls, she was seen in a 48′ high holiday Billboard in Times Square at W. 48th Street and Seventh Avenue. Leone is also one of the Penthouse Pets who appears in the PlayStation Portable game Pocket Pool. She was also featured in a coffee table book titled Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry by Micheal Grecco.

In 2004, she was part of “No More Bush Girls”, in which she and several other popular adult actresses shaved off their pubic hair in protest of the Bush presidency. In May 2008, she shot a promotional video for Declare Yourself, a nonprofit, nonpartisan voter registration campaign targeting 18-to-29-year-olds.[79] She indicated that Barack Obama would be her choice in the 2008 U.S. election, primarily because she felt he was more business friendly to the adult industry than his opponent John McCain. She also released a public service announcement on behalf of the ASACP, reminding adult webmasters to protect their sites from children by having an RTA label on it.

Leone has a strong interest in health and fitness, and has been featured in several mainstream fitness publications. Leone has modelled fitness clothing for the sports brand Fantasy Fitness and shared that she keeps her body in shape by working out as much as she can despite her busy schedule and as quoted in Men’s Fitness magazine, “I try to eat very healthy – lots of vegetables, drinking my milk every day.”

In 2011, she participated in the Indian reality series Bigg Boss, entering the house on day 49. However she refused to divulge her ‘porn star’ status and replied to a poser from actress, and fellow house-mate, Pooja Bedi that she was a model and a TV star in America for the last ten years or so. It was reported that she has caused a stir in the larger populace with her Twitter feed gaining 8,000 new followers in just 2 days and Google saying searches for her experienced a “breakout”. There have also been complaints lodged with the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting alleging that the Colors TV channel is promoting pornography by having Leone appear on the show; among those who have filed are the Indian Artistes and Actors Forum and Anurag Thakur, member of Lok Sabha and head of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s youth wing.

During her stay in the Bigg Boss house, Leone was approached by Mahesh Bhatt who entered the house briefly to offer her the lead role in Jism 2 (the seqeal to the 2003 film Jism). She accepted it, which will result in Pooja Bhatt’s production house, Fish Eye Network and Leone’s agent discussing the movie further. Sunny Leone disappointed her male fans by getting ‘married’ in the Bigg Boss house as part of a wedding challenge.

Personal life

In June 2006, Leone became an American citizen, but plans to remain a dual citizen of Canada. Although bisexual, she has stated that she prefers men. In her spare time she enjoys abstract paintings, horse riding, reading, playing World of Warcraft, watching The Simpsons and the Discovery Channel. She used to play on a women’s soccer league team in California. Her favourite holiday destination is Hawaii, and her favourite cuisine is Italian.

In separate interviews, she has stated that in ten years’ time she would like to be married and have started a family, and probably retire from the industry by the time she is 30. Leone was engaged to Matt Erikson, a vice-president of marketing at Playboy Enterprises. She currently resides in Hollywood, California with her cat and drives an Audi A5.

She mentioned in an interview at the start of 2011 that she was married to Daniel Weber. During her stay in the Bigg Boss house later that same year, Leone indicated that the relationship had by revealing that she had been previously married; she had ‘purposely arrived late’ to their first date as she was not impressed with him, but he changed her mind by sending 24 roses to her hotel room.

In 2010, Leone’s father died of cancer, which he had been first diagnosed with in 1999. In 2011, Leone along with Monique Alexander and Keni Styles ran in the Rock n’ Roll Los Angeles Half-Marathon to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

A 2008 Eye Weekly article reported that “Leone does her best to maintain a link to Sikh traditions, even if more in theory than in practice. But she’s unlikely to disavow her career path due to religion.” and that Leone said “Girls will leave the industry claiming that they found God. Well, the fact is, God has always been with them the entire time.” In a 2010 interview, she said “It’s a community-based religion. You walk into a temple and you’re greeted with the utmost respect… But, just like any religion it doesn’t want you to shoot adult material. I mean, I grew up going to temple every Sunday. When my parents found out they knew my personality which was very independent. Even if they tried to stop me or tried to steer me the right way they would have lost their daughter. I’m too headstrong. And it wasn’t a plan. It just happened and my career and everything just kept getting bigger and bigger.”

Here are some of Sunny Leone’s photos from the internet:

(Editors Note: Futuristic Media Network and its Editors are not responsible in any way for these photographs which have been taken from the internet. We have only re-published these photos as are they are freely available on the internet and particularly with a Google Images search. We do not support porn or the pornography industry. Copyrights for the photos below are hereby acknowledged. We would like to present to our readers the REAL SUNNY LEONE which has been very cleverly hidden from them during her stint in Bigg Boss 5. Viewers who may be offended by pornographic or adult images are requested to accept our apologies and close this webpage.)

Munnabhai says Shradha Sharma was fake in Bigg Boss 5

 

Shradha Sharma was fake inside the Bigg Boss house, Sanjay Dutt aka baba aka Munna bhai told a TV reporter on Tuesday. Speaking to a TV channel, baba – as he is fondly addressed by Salman Khan on the Reality Show said, “Shradha Sharma is normally very bold, energetic and glamourous. One has to only check out her photographs on the internet to understand this, however, inside the Bigg Boss house she was not her real self. She was mostly seen in a salwar kameez, while she is normally attired in short-figure-hugging dresses in public.”

Shradha Sharma when contacted said it was a conscious decision to portray a soft and non-glamourous image. “I am working on a very big project and it requires a soft and non-glamourous image. I didn’t want to come across as a vamp or a sex-bomb on Bigg Boss 5. In fact this is the real me. At home, I am very sober and calm unlike what the media has portrayed me at parties and events.”

Sources said Shradha Sharma has signed on a Bollywood film where she plays a soft and sober role. Shradha however refuesed to comment on the Bollywood film.

Poonam Dasgupta: Veena Malik has got underworld connections

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Pakistani item girl Veena Malik who has been engulfed in several controversies is now in another one.  And this one is probably themost serious allegation that she will have to defend herself against. In an interview to Mumbai-based journalist and editor of MumbaiWire.in, Flynn Remedios, yesteryear actress Poonam Dasgupta has accused Veena Malik of having underworld connections. 

Says Poonam Dasgupta, “Veena Malik has been accused of being involved in various betting rackets or controversies. She obviously has underworld and other shady connections. She claims that she is well-known actress in Pakistan. If that is true, then why is she in hiding in Mumbai. She has been under investigation by authorities in Pakistan and India as reported in the media. She is also accused of cheating and forgery in Pakistan. In India too her visa is issued in the name of Zahida Khan, but she is working under the screen name of Veena Malik which is illegal.”  We tried to contact Veena Malik for her comments, but she was not available.

Poonam Dasgupta who produced the play Begum Sahiba with Rahul Roy is now working on some new projects. She has done over 100 films and tele serials including Dil Ka Doctor with Anupam Kher, Mr Bond with Akshay Kumar, Dil Ke Jharoke Mein with Manisha Koirala & Vikas Bhalla, Fauji with Dharmendra, Ganga Kahe Pukaar Ke with Rakesh Pande,  Geeta Ki Saugandh with Dharmendra and TV serials like Betaal Pachishi directed by Sunil Agnihotri, Black Cat produced by Kumar Sanu, Bus Stop Ki Raat, Commander,Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Kismat and Kya Baat Hein directed by Ramesh Sippy, Marshall with Mukesh Khanna, Nagin by Ramsays, Shri Adhikari Brothers Top Ten, Shrimaan Shrimati, Swabhimaan (produced by Shobha De), Tehkikaat with Karan Razdaan, Teri Bhi Chup Meri Bhi Chup with Shafi Inaamdar, The Great Maratha directed by Sanjay Khan and the The Zee Horror Show to name a few, was also very critical about Veena Malik’s Swayamvar.

Commenting on Veena Malik ka Swayamvar, Poonam Dasgupta said, “India has become a dumping ground for the world. Even when it comes to manufacturing, countries like China and the US are dumping their unsold products in India be it electronics or even automobiles. Now we are offering centre-stage to artistes like Veena Malik who are given pride-of-place in shows like Swayamvar. “I was aghast to read about the killing of Hindus in Pakistan and Veena Malik’s swayamvar drama on the same page of the newspaper. The first thing I can’t tolerate is why we should encourage people from an unfriendly country that export terrorism to India to work here? Also we have the best of beauty and talent in India which is recognized around the world and there is no reason to entertain a Veena Malik who has nothing special to offer. Veena comes from a country where such swayamvar-type drams are taboo. Is India a dust bin where shallow people without character or integrity come to dump their stunts? Are Indian channels so devoid of creative ideas to boost their TRPs. Getting a Veena Malik is the least creative thing a channel can do?”

 

Journalist Flynn Remedios who exposed Veena Malik’s lies threatened by Pakistani caller

Flynn Remedios, journalist and editor of www.mumbaiwire.in who first exposed Veena Malik’s lies, filed a police complaint with the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office on Monday after receiving threatening calls from a Pakistani telephone number. Says Flynn Remedios, “Since we broke the story on Saturday about the truth behind Veena Malik’s,  lies thanks to a very candid interview with fashion designer Umair Zafar, I have been receiving strange calls from various numbers which seem to be internet telephony numbers. Our story was carried by the Times of India on Sunday and then all hell broke loose. I first got some calls from some person claiming to be a journalist from Pakistan. He was trying to ascertain if the phone number was correct and if it belonged to me (Flynn Remedios) and that if I was the editor of http://www.mumbaiwire.in. When I told him that I was the person he was looking for, he said he would call back later.”

“After about two hours, I began to get threatening calls. In all I must have got about 5 calls on Monday. At first the speaker spoke in Urdu. I tried to explain in Hindi that I can’t speak or understand Urdu and the caller hung up. The next call was by a different person who threatened me and my family with dire consequences in Hindi. This was followed by two more calls. All the calls were from numbers that had 7-8 digits and were prefixed with +21. I figure out these are numbers used by internet telephony. I have submitted a written complaint to the office of the Mumbai Police Commissioner as the local police station was not ready to accept the complaint as it was an inter-state matter or the calls were apparently not made from India.”

 

Umair Zafar: Veena Malik ‘used’ FHM for her own publicity

“Starlet planned the entire publicity stunt with Imagine to publicize her Reality Show”

Mumbai-based fashion designer Umair Zafar who spilled the beans on the Veena Malik nude shoot for FHM magazine and exposed the truth behind the façade of legal notices says that Veena Malik wanted publicity at all costs. In an interview to Flynn Remedios of www.mumbaiwire.in, Umair says, “Veena Malik had pre-planned this entire publicity stunt months in advance. Probably the bosses at Imagine channel who offered her the Reality Show Veena Malik ka Swayamvar were the main brains behind this publicity stunt and all Vishal Saxena, Kabeer Sharma, editor of FHM magazine and the magazine management were all pawns in this master plan of the schemer that is Veena Malik. Veena Malik had approached Vishal Saxena about two months prior with the idea of doing a controversial shoot that could get her loads of free publicity. Vishal who is a good friend of Kabeer Sharma and has shot for the magazine before briefed Kabeer and both of them fell for Veena Malik’s bait.”

Vishal Saxena who spoke to editor of www.mumbaiwire.in Flynn Remedios said, “I am a professional photographer. I just do what I am told. I am not aware of the discussions or agreement or understanding between FHM and Kabeer and Veena. I was given reference images and I just did my job. If not me, some other photographer would have done it. I do not wish to comment on any other issue.  Please talk to FHM magazine only for any details and please do not drag me into this controversy. I have nothing to do with it.”

Veena Malik was not available for comment and her manager or agent Pratik did not return our calls or reply to our SMS messages. Meanwhile Umair Zafar fired another salvo today when he alleged that Imagine channel is equally responsible for the nude shoot. They made the official announcement two days after the controversy started. They are all hand in glove and the entire controversy is nothing but a publicity stunt.” Taking a dig at Mahesh Bhatt, Umair said, “Wonder what Mr Mahesh Bhatt has to say now in Veena Malik’s defense? Does Mahesh Bhatt approve of such ‘nude’ publicity stunts? Does exchange of culture, etc mean a Pakistani starlet coming to India and doing nude shoots?  Is that Mr Mahesh Bhatt and Mr Raza Murad’s (of CINTAA) definition of cultural exchange,” Umair Zafar asked angrily? Is this why we allow the trash from Pakistani to come here?

Poonam Dasgupta: Veena Malik is a chronic liar, she must be banned in India

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After fashion designer Umair Zafar spilled the beans on the truth behind the Veena Malik nude photo shoot controversy, (read our previous article) social activist and veteran actress Poonam Dasgupta who has done over 150 films, slammed Veena Malik saying, “Veena Malik is a chronic liar. She would do anything for publicity. Last year Rahul Bhatt who was a co-participant with Veena Malik on Bigg Boss had accused her saying Veena Malik can even sleep around for publicity. After reading Umair Zafar’s expose, I am sure Rahul Bhatt’s allegations are true. I am surprised that Mahesh Bhatt is taking sides with Veena Malik. Her behavior is nothing but that of a road-side sex worker or even worse,” opined Poonam Dasgupta.

Meanwhile the Indian Artistes and Actors Forum (IAAF) have renewed its call for a ban on Veena Malik in India. “We will not allow Veena Malik to act or work in India. She has come here as a guest. She should know how to behave as a guest. She must respect the traditions and cultural sensitivity of millions of Indians, even though she cares a damn about the culture of her own country. Neither India nor Pakistan would like to see one of their citizens going nude only for publicity or pre-planning the kind of controversy that Veena Malik has done in cahoots with the magazine FHM,” said Flynn Remedios, spokesperson for the IAAF.

Veena Malik’s publicity stunt secret revealed by fashion designer Umair Zafar

By Flynn Remedios – MumbaiWire.in

Finally the cat is out of the bag on the Veena Malik nude photo controversy. Mumbai-based fashion designer and stylist Umair Zafar who has done several shoots with controversial photographer Vishal Saxena spilled the beans on the Veena Malik-FHM cover shoot controversy to journalist Flynn Remedios of MumbaiWire.in today.

Says Umair Zafar, “A few days before the FHM cover was out, photographer Vishal Saxena told me to be prepared for a big ‘dhamaka”. According to Umair Zafar, Saxena told him that the entire thing between Veena Malik and FHM magazine was pre-planned. “Veena Malik did the shoot topless with her hands covering the upper part of her body. She was wearing a bikini panty below, which was later on morphed and removed by photographer Vishal Saxena. All this was pre-decided and agreed upon by all concerned. In order to save face and the repurcussions that it could have both in Pakistan and in India – and yet avail of all the publicity – Veena Malik and FHM magazine had pre-decided that Veena Malik would send a defamation notice to the magazine and the magazine in turn would then send her a counter-notice. Yeah sab mili bhagat hein,” said Umair Zafar, adding that the entire episode had been meticulously planned by Veena Malik, her manager, photographer Vishal Saxena and FHM magazine representatives. “Even the defamation notice was prepared in advance, he said.

“I have done many shoots with Vishal Saxena and have styled clothes for Sayali Bhagat, Nisha Kothari, etc. Vishal specialises in nude shoots and has done several such shoots with Sherlyn Chopra, Priya Soni, etc., the photos of which are freely available on the internet. Vishal, Veena and FHM magazine have planned this entire publicity stunt to further Veena Malik’s prospects on the Reality Show on Imagine channel, Veena Malik ka Swayamvar,” said Umair, explaining that even top bosses at Imagine channel were aware of this entire publicity stunt.

Speaking to Flynn Remedios, Umair Zafar said that photographer Vishal Saxena had told him on Facebook chat that Veena Malik was even ready to shoot completely in the buff if it got her the required publicity. “Vishal told me, she wanted a big blast. A huge dhamaka that would catapult her to the top of the charts and make her a household name in India. She wants to be more popular than Kareena Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan put together. Bigg Boss last year gave her some mileage but she was not able to get much out of that show. She wanted the big bucks and was ever ready to do anything for it,” Umair said.

Photographer Vishal Saxena when contacted said that he only did as he was told by the editor of the magazine FHM. ‘I do not know anything about this matter or publicity stunt. I was told to do a shoot and was given reference photos for the same. All that I can say is that Veena Malik was very happy with the photos. I handed over the raw images (unedited images) to them immediately after the shoot was over. I can’t speak for the magazine. Please talk to Kabeer Sharma about all this. I cannot comment on anything,” was Vishal Saxena’s response. Editor of FHM, Kabeer Sharma was not reachable, inspite several attempts to contact him.