Sunny Leone reveals her favourite Bigg Boss 9 contestant

Your three wishes for 2016...
That my movies do well. I am not talking superhit crazy. Just that they do well and they don’t get torn apart, which would be nice. Also, I started merchandising last year. There are a few more things we are putting together this year. I’d like to see that take off. Other than the movies, there are so many other things that I do and that our company does and my husband tries to make sure we do. What are we doing to brand ourselves? What are we doing to grow our business? That’s something I am looking to, hopefully, conceptualise for the next six months. The third thing I wish for is that all my friends and family stay healthy. 

Do you think reality shows are here to stay or have reached saturation point?
I don’t think reality TV is going anywhere. It might change direction, maybe. They might tweak something, but I don’t think it will ever go away because it’s so interesting. And that’s anywhere in the world. It does not matter if it’s India or abroad. I think people enjoy it. It just has to start transforming, based on what people’s needs are. 

Are you watching the current season of Bigg Boss?
I don’t get to watch a lot of TV. We  are always working. We are always on set. Either you are in your car, on set, promotions, shootings and all these different things. So when I am in India, it’s nothing but work, so I don’t get to watch. So when I go back to the US and I want to type in the episode. And what happens is, we are geoblocked. So all the shows that I want to catch up on, I can’t watch. So that’s why I have not been keeping up with it. Even though I haven’t seen the whole season. There’s only a couple of days left. You get so interested in what’s going on in the house and the characters and all the good things that have happened.

There are only a couple of days left. You get so interested in what’s going on in the house and the characters and the good things that have happened. When I was there on the show, they talked about all the good things that  happened over the course of time and some of the things that weren’t that fun. It’s amazing how addicted you can get in seconds, if you like reality television, which I do. 

Mandana and you seem to have a lot in common. Now there are talks about Endemol offering her a movie.
That’s nice. She seemed very sweet and nice when I went to the show. I knew two of the boys but I did not know the girls and I did not know Keith. You never know what you’re walking into — like people’s personalities — but I was welcomed with open arms.

Was it crazy going in front of all those cameras again?
You know I got to see a little bit of how they set it up. I was led through the camera lanes behind the house. It’s really interesting to see how it works and how many people are involved. You feel so bad for the contestants. Oh my gosh! these guys are stuck in the house for four months and they are without anything. But you have to think about the staff, the people that are operating those cameras. Everybody is stuck in the same area and the only difference is they have access to the outside world. It’s amazing!

Any favourites you are rooting for?
Since, I have not seen it. I am not sure how people will react. My opinion is based on the one meeting and knowing Rishabh and friends. I really like Rochelle and Mandana. They were really very sweet and nice and of course, as a woman you want a woman to win. And I thought Rishabh was really entertaining. You know when he was in Splitsvilla, he got banished. So, I did not really get to see all of these sides to his personality because very early in the show he had got banished and he was not part of a lot of the activities that we were doing. He was really funny, really entertaining. He took to instruction very easily with an open mind, so it was nice. 

Who are your favourites on the show?
My faves would be Prince and Rishabh, but after meeting them, I would like Rochelle or Mandana to win because they are women.

Still in touch with Juhi? 
I am still in touch with Juhi and Pooja off and on, but not Sky.