You were India’s most Googled personality in 2014, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. How does it feel to be the most wanted woman in India?

Well, you know we worked so hard throughout the year and the year was a working year. I worked almost every single day of the year. Now the Google thing tells me that my fans are so very very supportive and I can’t thank them enough for making me the No. 1 Googled person in India. And it’s an honour to be on the same list as somebody like 
Mr Narendra Modi. 

Do you have any message for Narendra Modi?

I can’t wait for you to beat me (as the most Googled Indian) next year because I know you well. I have high hopes from you.

The one question that all your fans want to ask — what does Sunny Leone do to maintain that body beautiful?

(Smiles) Holiday season is really hard to diet but throughout the year I work out a lot and I try to eat as healthy as I can. I don’t drink a lot of alcohol nor do I smoke cigarettes. I think what you put in your body comes out on your face and on your skin and how you feel. So if you feel good because you are eating good and you are exercising then that confidence naturally is going to come out in how you walk and how you talk.... It doesn’t necessarily matter how small or how big your assets are... a normal woman’s body is curvy, so I think if you are eating good and if you are exercising just to feel good then you will look good.

Are there any no-nos in Sunny Leone’s dictionary?

There are a lot of no-nos... I don’t drink a lot anyway... I usually have some food FBI around me who keep a tab on what I should and shouldn’t do. I have been in entertainment for so long that dieting sometimes is a necessity. But I always want to rebel and I wanna eat pizza, I wanna eat candies, I wanna eat all those things but I try not to.

What does it take to be sexy? What’s your secret formula?

It’s all about how you treat your body. If you love your body, you eat good and exercise and then naturally you are going to feel very confident and then you are going to feel sexy. You don’t need to be a size 2 or size zero to feel sexy. You can be big, bad and beautiful and plenty of people will love you. To feel sexy, you just have to treat yourself good and you will feel that. 

Which part of you gets the most ‘likes’ in the industry?

I would say my smile but I don’t know what anybody else would say. They would probably say some other parts! (Giggles)

For a dinner date, what should a lady wear?

For a dinner date, my personal choice would be a nice cocktail dress. If it’s a first date, something not too revealing but still something that hugs all my curves. And a pair of really nice high heels.… Colours I don’t know. I almost always wear black. You look into my closet and there’s a lot of black. It’s hard to pick a colour because we girls are very indecisive when it comes to what to wear. (Laughs) But I guess it would be a little black dress. 

One Bolly actor you would like to get naughty with?

I want to keep that information to myself!

The best-dressed man inBollywood?

I think Hrithik Roshan is always dressed really nice. 

Your idea of an attractive man?

Someone who is very smart.

Your idea of cute?

A puppy.

What song are you listening to?

I love music. While I was getting ready for tonight, I was listening to rock-and-roll by a band called The Disparrows. 

Your fave hotel?

The Starwood properties.

Fave restaurant?

A restaurant in Los Angeles called Mastro’s Steakhouse because they have the best Butter Cake ever. It comes out home-made, hot they put this gigantic scoop of ice cream that starts melting. I think I just made everybody hungry!
Anything you regret and wish you could undo?
There are lots of those moments... I wish I wouldn’t have had the pizza a couple of days ago! But serious regrets? I wish I could have spent more time with my parents before they died. 

Are you a jokester?

I am a prankster and a jokester. If you hang around with me for just five minutes you would probably start laughing at me.

SUNNY or SUNNY?

Wine or beer — Wine

McDonald’s or KFC? — McDonald’s

Eat out or eat in — Eat out 

Cats or dogs — Dogs

Cars or bikes — Cars

Salman or Aamir — That’s a hard one. Can I say both? (hahahahaha...)

Okay, where does SRK fit in? Oh, man! You just added another googly in there. Well, then I would pick, which is what I almost always pick, which is Aamir.

Disney or Warner Bros  — Warner Bros

Red lips or pink lips — Red

Mahesh Bhatt or Ekta Kapoor — Oh, they are both geniuses. It’s really very hard for me to pick. 

Compose a 4-line poem on Sunny and send it to t2contest@abp.in; the best entry will win a t2 mug signed by her!

Sibendu Das
Pictures: Rashbehari Das