Mostly Sunny to premiere in Toronto

Dilip Mehta’s extensively researched documentary on Sunny Leone is to be premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Understandably excited by the prospect, Dilip says, “My film, Mostly Sunny, celebrates Sunny Leone’s extraordinary journey from porn to dizzying heights of Bollywood.”

A Canadian production house approached Dilip for the documentary on Sunny, who he admits he knew little about. “My knowledge of her, and her antecedents were sketchy at best, I knew the storyline was riveting. It was a story that was compelling and one that had to be told.”

Dilip met Sunny about two years ago. “I had already said yes to the producer, and to size each other up, Sunny, her husband Daniel (Webber) and I met in Mumbai. Our lunch meeting was a prolonged one where Sunny and I both vented, but by and large were on the same page about making a no-holds-barred documentary.”

Once Sunny agreed to do the documentary, she opened up all the doors of her heart to Dilip. “Over the course of one year in the making of our film, I can’t recall a single incident when Sunny asked us to switch off the camera.” The result was a portrait of a woman, unapologetic about her past.

“I look upon Sunny Leone’s journey with awe and shameless admiration. Most of us tend to carry baggage from our past that we somehow want to shed. Sunny on the other hand appears to be amongst a handful of people who seemingly has no regret of her life journey. She is non-evasive of her past avatar as an adult entertainer; however in interviews, she does firmly reiterate that the past is the past.”

Sunny adds to Dilip’s comments. “I agreed to do this documentary on the condition that it will reveal the truth. In the documentary, people will get to know who I really am. My journey will be shared with everyone, and I’m fine with that,” she says firmly.