Bigg Boss to Mastizaade: Sunny Leone’s journey in Bollywood

Sunny Leone impressed everybody with her stint in Bigg Boss in 2011. Smitten by her, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt lost no time in offering her a role in his film! (YouTube grab)

Updated on: Jan 26, 2016 3:39 PM IST

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Sunny Leone impressed everybody with her stint in Bigg Boss in 2011. Smitten by her, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt lost no time in offering her a role in his film! (YouTube grab)

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Sunny was paired opposite Randeep Hooda in the sequel to 2003 hit Jism, which starred Bipasha Basu and John Abraham. Jism 2, Bhatt’s home production, released in 2012, was panned by the critics, but had a good run at the box office. (YouTube grab)

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The porn-star-turned actor was next seen in Kaizad Gustad’s Jackpot in 2013. The film had Naseeruddin Shah in a lead role. This time, too, the critics weren’t impressed, and neither was the audience. The film bombed on the box office. (YouTube grab)

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Sunny learnt her lessons, and decided to stick to ‘item’ numbers for a while. She made it big dancing with John Abraham and Tusshar Kapoor in ‘Laila’ in Shootout in Wadala in 2013. (YouTube grab)

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Ekta Kapoor’s Ragini MMS 2 in 2014 announced Sunny’s arrival on the big screen in a big way. It did brisk business on the ticket windows. (YouTube grab)

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Sunny did another item song, aptly called Pink Lips, in Hate Story 2 the same year. (YouTube grab)

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In April 2015, Sunny was seen in a double role in Bobby Khan’s Ek Paheli Leela. (YouTube grab)

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She also played the lead role in Kuch Kuch Locha Hai (2015) opposite Ram Kapoor. (YouTube grab)

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Sunny Leone will next be seen in Mastizaade which hits theatres on January 29. (Facebook)