Mostly Sunny is quite an interesting documentary on Sunny Leone aka Karenjit Kaur Vohra, one of the most known faces across the country and probably the world too. The film chronicles her life as an adult star, shifting base to India and working in Bollywood movies. Director Dilip Mehta even travels to Sarnia, Canada where Sunny was born and grew up and shows how people who know Sunny since childhood refused to talk about her on camera. Sunny herself talks about her past and what she talks about her family, death of her parents etc is very nicely shot and presented. What surprises audiences is Sunny’s admission that she got the name ‘Sunny’ from her brother, Sunny Singh Vohra! Sunny is quite entertaining while talking about her life and the way she exposes the hypocrisy of Indians is quite hilarious. This is no extraordinary documentary but a good one nevertheless as it tells many unknown stuff about this actress who has definitely created a niche for herself in Bollywood and also in the country!

My rating - *** out of 5!

Subhash K Jha (DNA; September 20, 2016)


Says Dilip, “The final cut is the director’s cut and that’s how the film will remain. There’s no compelling reason to compromise the film. The changes they are asking for, won’t just weaken my vision, but also the truthfulness of the documentary.”

When asked to elaborate on the cuts that Sunny and her husband wanted, Dilip says, “It’s just that she now appears to be self-conscious of partial frontal nudity scenes and that’s so confusing!”

Dilip wonders if Leone is in denial of her past. “Has Sunny finally lost her spunk? It’s very surprising since her past has not only made her, it is also what’s sustaining interest in her... it’s the curiosity factor, in my opinion, that’s keeping the wheels turning,” he says.

And in spite of Leone’s absence, the documentary was very well received in Toronto. Says Dilip, “People are really getting it. Hers is such a fascinating life-trajectory. The reactions are quite overwhelming, which is why it is garnering media attention. Viewers are surprised by how vulnerable she appears to be.”

“Over lunch, a prominent Sikh professional told me he had gone into the theatre prejudiced (since Leone is a Sikhni as well as a former porn star), but he emerged from the screening, totally supportive and appreciative of her candour and honesty.”

Then why have Sunny and her husband turned hostile towards the film? Protests Dilip, “They have not turned hostile and neither have I. They see certain scenes in a different light than how I see it, and on the face of it, we agree to disagree.”

Apparently, Sunny is hurt because her hometown in Canada is shown to reject her in the documentary. But Dilip says that is, unfortunately, the truth. “In the very first shoot in her hometown Sarnia, not one individual would go on record in front of the camera. After much persuasion, only one family friend of her parents reluctantly spoke up and yet, ended up saying very little.”

When contacted, Daniel refused to comment on Dilip’s remarks stating he and his wife didn’t want to give the docu and its maker any publicity — Dilip is not at all regretful of making the documentary. He says, “I can’t possibly ignore the fact that throughout the making of the film, Sunny never once said, ‘Hold the roll’ or ‘Cut a particular scene/dialogue.“

Keeps director Dilip Mehta in the dark about her absence
Subhash K Jha (DNA; September 13, 2016)


The two-hour film, helmed by photographer Dilip Mehta, had Sunny and husband Daniel Weber’s approval and participation, but now, it seems to have run afoul of the Leone camp.

Says a source from Toronto, “The premiere of the Sunny documentary was held on Sunday night at TIFF. Dilip and his sister Deepa Mehta had even organised a lunch in honour of Sunny, which she was to attend along with her husband. But she didn’t turn up for the lunch or the premiere in the evening.”

When contacted, Sunny and Daniel told us they were in New York attending a family function. Says Daniel, “Sunny had a prior commitment. Sunday was a very important day for our nephew (Daniel’s nephew). He had his bar mitzvah (Jewish coming-of-age ceremony for boys) that day and this was planned in advance.”

Then again, so was the film’s premiere in Toronto. Why wasn’t the filmmaker and his team informed of Sunny’s unavailability on said date?