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Chaya Unnikrishnan (DNA; August 23, 2014)

Jay Bhanushali is just back from a 20-day shooting schedule of Leela in Rajasthan. Not only has he clicked a selfie with his hot co-star Sunny Leone, Jay can’t stop gushing about the shoot. The film has him playing a singer and Sunny’s romantic interest. Says Jay, “Sunny is a chilled-out actor to work with. She is so hard-working and puts in as much as 16 hours in a day! What’s more she is determined to get her Hindi right and kept rehearsing her lines. In fact, she made it a point to speak to us in Hindi only. She is also the one who got a lot of humour on the sets.”

After Hate Story 2, in which he had steamy scenes with Surveen Chawla, Jay seems to have become comfortable getting intimate on screen! For with Sunny in the film, there are bound to be some racy sequences. “You’ll have to wait and watch the film for that. You’ll be in for a surprise but yes, now I am comfortable doing intimate scenes,” says Jay cheekily. So, what was it about the film that appealed to him? “For me, the script is the hero and my role is totally out-of-the-box. I am glad I got the chance to do it,” he says.

But won’t the film like Hate Story 2 be women-centric? “Not at all. Yes there’s a parallel lead played by Mohit Ahulwat but the film is not heroine-centric. However, I can’t disclose anything more because it will give the plot away,” clarifies the actor who will start shooting for the second schedule in Mumbai and later London.