Sunny Leone shoots for upcoming film in Karnataka, visits village school

Sunny Leone recently went to a small village named Kabbali to visit a local school. A video, which has surfaced on social media, features that upon the actress’ arrival at the school, the students were thrilled to see her

Actress Sunny Leone, who is awaiting the release of her upcoming film ‘Quotation Gang’, is currently shooting for her next project in Karnataka. The actress recently went to a small village named Kabbali to visit a local school. A video, which has surfaced on social media, features that upon the actress’ arrival to the school, the students were thrilled to see her. The video shows her exploring classrooms, playing games, and taking pictures with the students.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Sunny has ‘Quotation Gang’ on the horizon. She will be seen alongside Priyamani of ‘The Family Man’ fame and Jackie Shroff in the film. She essays the role of a rural mafia member in ‘Quotation Gang’. The film features her as an assassin who is a key member of a ruthless gang, which specialises in contract killings.

She also has auteur Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Kennedy’ in the pipeline. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year and is set for a theatrical release soon. Additionally, she has an untitled film with Himesh Reshammiya and Prabhudeva in the works. Her upcoming Malayalam project is currently in production.

Sunny Leone was born in Canada to an Indian Sikh family and holds dual Canadian and American citizenship. She has played roles in independent mainstream events, films, and television series. Her first mainstream appearance was in 2005, when she worked as a red carpet reporter for the MTV Video Music Awards on MTV India. In 2011, she participated in the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss. She also has hosted the Indian reality show Splitsvilla.

In 2012, she made her Bollywood debut in Pooja Bhatt’s thriller Jism 2 (2012) and shifted her focus to mainstream acting which was followed up with Jackpot (2013), Ragini MMS 2 (2014), Ek Paheli Leela (2015), Tera Intezaar (2017), and the Malayalam film Madhura Raja in 2019. Apart from her acting career, she has been part of activism campaigns including the Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Half-Marathon to raise money for the American Cancer Society and has also posed for a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) ad campaign with a rescued dog, encouraging pet owners to have their cats and dogs spayed and neutered.

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.

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