A Sunny search

Published July 24, 2016

Boy oh boy, the things that people do on their laptops and PCs. According to a survey, the well-rounded Bollywood babe Sunny Leone is the most-googled Indian actress in the last 10 years. She is followed (not so closely) by Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor and, at the bottom of the top 10 list Sonakshi Sinha. This goes to show that it’s not just the art of acting that contributes to the popularity of an actress but also some other vital stats or facts. And facts are facts.

Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, July 24th, 2016

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