Bollywood actress Sunny Leone has made her mark in the industry with just a few films to her credit. But more than her films, the actress is discussed for her ‘adult star’ image. Recently, Sunny arrived at the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival for the screening of her film ‘Kennedy’. During this time, she became extremely emotional because from the background where she comes from, it was not easy to reach Cannes.

It took her a lot of hard work to get recognized as a Bollywood heroine and discarding her image of an adult film star. According to the report of ETimes, Sunny talked about this change in her life and said that it is unbelievable.

Sunny spoke on her journey in films

Talking about her journey, Sunny said that coming from an adult entertainment stream to ‘Bigg Boss’ and then doing Bollywood films, was not easy. But it happened by itself. She told that how one bring changes in their life and how one reaches from one point to another depends on oneself. It helps in building one’s character.

Sunny told that her path to films was quit difficult. Being an adult movie star, she was fired from many brand endorsements and films. Many derogatory articles were written about her, in which bad things were claimed about her character. But, Sunny did not give up and went ahead with dignity.

Getting emotional on her film ‘Kennedy’ getting the recognition on international platform, Sunny said that the film’s director Anurag Kashyap gave her a chance to prove herself as an actress. No filmmaker has done this before.

Sunny’s career

For the unversed, Sunny had made her Hindi film debut in the year 2012 with ‘Jism 2’. She has appeared in many films like ‘Ragini MMS 2’, ‘Kuch Kuch Locha Hai’, ‘Mastizade’, and ‘One Night Stand’. Apart from this, Sunny has been hosting the popular dating-based reality show ‘MTV Splitsvilla’ since a long time now.