After her elimination from Bigg Boss, Sunny spent time preparing for her role. She took lessons in Hindi and had a crash course in acting. Shooting for Jism 2 started on April 1 with a schedule in Jaipur. The film features Randeep Hooda and Arunoday Singh along with Sunny. Text by Sonali Joshi / Mail Today
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Coming back to Ragini MMS 2, Ekta, also called the queen of soaps for her string of successful TV serials, has hinted that the sequel will be bigger and more expensive than the first film, and also steamier and scarier.
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However, Sunny may now have to stay back in Mumbai after completing Jism 2, to start shooting for Ekta's film. The Canadian adult film star of Indian origin, whose real name is Karen Malhotra, was famously offered Jism 2 on national television while she was a participant on Bigg Boss 5 last year. Mahesh Bhatt made an entry into the Bigg Boss house specially to offer Sunny a role in the film.
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Sunny's Thailand stint for Jism 2, produced by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt, is expected to be wrapped up by the end of next month. She had planned to fly back to the US after that and return only in August for promotional activity related to her debut film.
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The Found Footage genre has lately become popular in India thanks to crossover hits such as Love Sex Aur Dhokha and Ragini MMS, and the sequel will also be shot in the same way, according to sources.
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Ragini MMS, which was made on a shoestring budget of Rs 1.3 crore with an unknown cast, went onto gross Rs 10 crore at the box-office upon release in May 2011. The film, starring Kainaz Motiwala and Rajkumar Yadav, belonged to the Found Footage genre of cinema that narrates a story through sequences that appear as if they have are random video clips.
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Pawan Kripalani, who made an impressive directorial debut with the first film, is expected to return as director for the sequel too, although nothing is confirmed.
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"Ragini MMS 2 will also be based on a real-life incident like the first film, but details are now being kept under wraps," said a source at Balaji.
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Sources at Balaji said that although Sunny's casting is final, the rest of the cast and crew will be announced only after a while. The film goes on floors later this year and is scheduled for release in 2013.
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Sunny is currently shooting in Thailand for her much- hyped debut film, the Pooja Bhatt-directed Jism 2. She said yes to Ekta for Ragini MMS 2 just before flying off to Thailand after a detailed meeting to thrash out details of the Balaji project.
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Sunny Leone has just bagged her second Bollywood film. The Indo-Canadian porn star will star in Ekta Kapoor's sequel of the 2011 crossover horror hit, Ragini MMS. "We've signed the sexy @ SunnyLeone for Ragini MMS 2. Lunched with her recently and thought she was remarkably rooted & warm!" confirmed Tanuj Garg, CEO, Balaji Motion Pictures, on Twitter.
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