Sunny Leone is all set to reveal her life story in a biopic titled ‘Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone’ based on her autobiography. It revolves around the hardships that the actress faced in her life till she became successful.
This story will tell you all about Sunny Leone’s life as Karenjit Kaur, from a middle-class Sikh family in Canada to her transition into the adult film industry. Watch her journey from a Girl Next Door to India’s Most Googled Celebrity, her extraordinary transformation from an adult film star into Bollywood’s top female actor.
The trailer of Sunny Leone’s much-awaited auto biopic, ‘Karenjit Kaur- The untold story of Sunny Leone’ was released today by ZEE5, India’s largest and most comprehensive digital entertainment platform for language content.
Indian consumers love biopics and love to know the journey of their favorite stars. Research done by ZEE5 across key markets in association with Dragonfly & Ormax Media, both leading research companies, showed interest in her story & generated curiosity about her life. Mirroring this finding, the series will be available in multiple languages including Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu, thus becoming relevant in all parts of the country.
The trailer of the real-life web-series gives you a glimpse into various stages of her life – her relationship with her parents particularly her father, her struggle through childhood years, her first shoot, the big confession to her parents and so on.
Sunny Leone’s auto biopic Karenjit Kaur- The untold story of Sunny Leone takes you through various stages of her life tracing her journey from a girl-next-door to entering the adult film industry and eventually ruling hearts in Bollywood.
An elated Sunny Leone said, “This is the most exciting time of my life, personally and professionally. The web series has me playing myself, and that has been a very emotional journey – having to relive it all over again. Sunny Leone is just one part of Karenjit Kaur, and this web-series will give people a view into the person behind the persona. People know Sunny Leone and now thanks to ZEE5 they would know the unapologetic Karenjit Kaur.”
Tarun Katial, CEO, ZEE5 India said, “The anticipation for the series can be judged by the fact that the motion poster itself garnered more than 8 million views in just 24 hours of its release, and the trailer is trending on social media and creating immense excitement about the web-series. Karenjit Kaur – the untold story of Sunny Leone, is a marquee show for our platform, and we are extremely excited about being the platform that Sunny chose to narrate her life story.”
The web-series has been produced by produced by Namah Pictures & Freshlime films. It has been directed by Aditya Datt, a noted filmmaker and grandson of Anand Bakshi and the director of photography is Keiko Nakahara who has previously shot Mary Kom.
Availability: The ZEE5 App can be downloaded from Google Play Store http://bit.ly/zee5 and iOS App Store http://bit.ly/zee5ios. Also available at www.zee5.com, as a Progressive Web App (PWA), and on Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV Stick. ZEE5 also supports Chromecast.
Pricing: Freemium pricing model with both free and paid premium content (including Originals) to cater to a mix of audiences. Viewers who subscribe to the ZEE5 subscription pack will get access to the entire library of content at a special offer price of INR 99 per month.