''Meri Beti Sunny Leone Banna Chaahti Hai'' () is a 2017

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-language short film which was directed and produced by Ram Gopal Verma. The film stars

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and Divya Jagdale. Ram Gopal Verma made his debut in the short film arena with this film. This short film is the debut short film of

too in her lead role. It was released on 5 June 2017 on

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Plot

This film depicted a living room conversation of a family where the family's daughter (

) told her father (

) and mother (Divya Jagdale) about her intention to become a porn star like Sunny Leone. Later, they went through an argument over sexuality, the porn business, women's bodies and society. At the end of their argument the daughter did not change her intention. She told her mother that if she listened her words carefully and understood those a little bit, she would be happy as her daughter wanted to become a porn star like Sunny Leone. She also added that if she fully understood her words she would regret for not becoming a porn star like Sunny Leone.

Cast

as daughter *

as father * Divya Jagdale as mother

Release

''Meri Beti Sunny Leone Banna Chaahti Hai'' was released on

on 5 June 2017.

Reception

''Meri Beti Sunny Leone Banna Chaahti Hai'' crossed 1.5 million views on

in 15 hours. ''

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'' criticised the film as it is not a usual matter to say the word "porn star" in front of parents on a middle-class family let alone saying intention to become a porn star. It also criticised the acting of

. In spite of criticism it praised the stigma and double standard attached to a woman's sexuality, her suppression under the name of "what will people say" and demonising her right to choose which was depicted in the conversation. In the review of ''

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'' it described that the film reflected "shameless opportunism". It also criticised the conversation of the film.

References

External links

* {{Ram Gopal Varma Indian short films 2017 short films Films directed by Ram Gopal Varma 2010s Hindi-language films