Top controversies surrounding Sunny Leone

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According to a report, the Thane police's charges of obscenity on her website against actress Sunny Leone come under the IPC (sections 292, 292A and 294, all dealing with obscenity), the Information Technology Act (section 67, obscenity in electronic form), and the Indecent Representation of Women Act (section 3 and 4, prohibition of dissemination of indecent representation of women). The maximum punishment — imprisonment up to five years or fine up to Rs 10 lakh or both — is under the IT Act's section 67. "No immediate action will be taken in the case as first the Thane police's cyber cell will look into who is handling the website and other legal matters," the report quoted joint commissioner of police VV Laxminarayana, Thane. "We have shifted the case from the local police to the cyber cell, who will investigate the matter," Laxminarayana was further quoted. Senior police inspector J K Sawant from the cell said, "We are trying to contact the website's operator to get relevant details. We cannot block the website, but will ask the operator to remove objectionable content." Sunny's husband Daniel Weber, who owns a production house, said he learnt of the case online. "People can file whatever they want. If there is a case, our attorney will deal with it," he was quoted saying.

Read further to know more about the case... 

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The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) demanded the deportation of former porn star Sunny Leone and barring her future entry into India for displaying what it terms vulgarity on her website and insulting the dignity of women. The HJS lodged a first information report (FIR) with Sunil Shivarkar, head of Ramnagar police station in Dombivali in Thane, said HJS spokesman Uday Dhuri. Dhuri was quoted in an IANS report as saying that, "The FIR was registered by our local representative Anjali Palan and others. Besides, we have already registered over a dozen similar complaints in various districts of Maharashtra and in Goa in the past one week but police have not taken any action so far." Pointing out how Leone was influencing the masses, Dhuri cited recent news reports to say that she exceeds even the popularity of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on global search engines like Google. "This is a dangerous trend," Dhuri warned.

Read on to know why was Sunny Leone criticised for being present during an IPL match... 

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Sunny Leone made her presence felt in the match where Kings XI Punjab played against the Mumbai Indians. Sunny chose to extend her support to Preity's team and was seen sporting KXIP's bright red jersey. Excited about the match, Sunny posted a picture of herself from the stadium and wrote, "Fun day watching ipl match kings xi Punjab vs mumbai Indians. My fist match and was so much fun." It is evident that the Bollywood beauty enjoyed her first live match. However, not everyone was happy with her presence. Apparently, just like Anushka Sharma was condemned as 'jinxed' during the World Cup, a fan wrote on Twitter that Sunny was a jinx for Preity's kings. The tweet read, "If Anushka was responsible for Virat’s failure in WC 2015, then KXIP failed solely due to Sunny Leone .." [sic]

Considering the fact that Anushka received ample support from Bollywood during the phase when she was being blamed for India's ouster from the World Cup, it would be a given that the fraternity would come to Sunny's rescue too. Read on to know why Sunny Leone was livid... 

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People are biased towards ‘Leela’: Sunny Leone

According to a report on Bollywoodhungama.com, Sunny Leone seems to be livid on certain section of the society that is bashing her recently released film Ek Paheli Leela. Hinting towards the critics, the actress was quoted saying that they were biased towards the film and they should have judged the film keeping her name aside. The actress further added that these people lacked enthusiasm and have been watching films back-to-back. These people are unhappy in their own life which is why they don't find any good thing to write about …Leela, the report concluded with Sunny’s quote.

Read on to know when Sunny Leone went topless for a carnival... 

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According to a Mumbai Mirror report, Sunny Leone went topless for the Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans nine years ago. The Ragini MMS 2 actress also said that it was weeklong street party, the hottest event of the year in the United States and everyone would be topless in the French Quarter. She also added that everybody wore masks and the DJ would play music and everyone would drink day and night, the report further added.

While Sunny has been bold on the silver screen, read on to know what controversies have surrounded this sultry actress. 

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The controversy queen: From what she says to what she wears, Sunny Leone attracts controversies. The former adult actress, who has now acted in several Bollywood movies, is one of the most searched celebrities on Google. As she gears up for 'Ragini MM2', we list a recap of all the controversies the seductress has attracted.

Controversy surrounding Ragini MMS 2: 'Ragini MMS 2' has raised several eyebrows due to explicit sexual content of the movie. If a shower scene was not enough, there is a kissing scene between actress Sunny Leone and Sandhya Mridul. The movie will see Sunny in a very bold avatar. The content of the movie has led to several protests against the actress. Reports suggest that ahead of Sunny Leone's visit to Indore, Bajrang Dal activists raised slogans and staged protests against the adult star's visit to the city. However, this is not the first time that protests have been staged against the actress. She got similar treatment during the release of her debut 'Jism 2'. 

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Sunny Leone vs Kapil Sharma: Comedian Kapil Sharma plays the gracious host to Bollywood's biggest stars ahead of the release of their films on his show 'Comedy Nights With Kapil'. However, while Sunny Leone did her best to promote her movie 'Jackpot' in all reality shows, she was missing from 'Comedy Nights With Kapil'. This led to lot of tongues wagging with gossip mongers suggesting that probably Kapil did not want to host the actress due to her past. It was a shocker since actors like Shah Rukh Khan has expressed a desire to work with her and John Abraham too has grooved with her. It made Kapil seem narrow minded. However, now since the actress came with Ekta Kpoor to Kapil's sets, the controversy died a natural death. 

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Sunny Leone vs Kamaal R Khan: The two former contestants of 'Bigg Boss' got themselves entangled in a legal battle when they made a controversial comment about rape. The adult movie star got herself in trouble when she allegedly posted a controversial tweet on rape. Controversy king Kamaal Khan blew things out of proportion when he tweeted, ""Ye lo... Sunny Leone says - Rape is not a Crime, It's just a Surprise Sex," quoting what he claims to be a tweet she'd posted. However, Sunny denied posting such a tweet and said her account was hacked for five minutes. Sunny then filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell against Kamaal R Khan for falsely attributing controversial comments on rape to her by his Twitter account. 

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Jism 2 controversies: Sunny Leone's debut movie 'Jism 2' was mired with controversies. It started with allegations that the movie's sensual poster was a copy from a Felix Bendish's visual for a fashion show in 2010. Then there were protests against the vulgarity shown in the movie. Then a PIL was slammed against the actress in the Allahabad High Court. The PIL sought a stay on the release of the film, and challenged the provisions of the law which define the powers of the Censor Board in India. It also objected to the presence of an adult film actress in the movie. The PIL said that the movie had sexually explicit content, and the inclusion of Sunny Leone in the film will have an adverse moral impact on society. 

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The Bold and the Beautiful: Adult movie star Sunny Leone showed that she is not only a pretty face but has guts as well. She challenged the prudes by saying, "Porn star doesn't mean prostitute." She defended being an adult star and said that it's ignorance that makes people equate adult stars with prostitutes. "I think India doesn't have an adult entertainment industry - that's why people have no idea what it is." Her comments had been blown out of proportion by the media and raised lot of eyebrows.