Dandupalya 2: Sanjjanaa Galrani clarifies on leaked nude scene

Kannada actress Sanjjanaa Galrani grabbed headlines after a few nude scenes from her upcoming film Dandupalya 2 were allegedly leaked on the internet. The actress has been in the centre of a controversy since then.

The video showed the actress being completely stripped off by a police officer, played by actor P Ravishankar, who physically assaults her inside a police station. Sanjjanaa now has come with a strong clarification. She has said she will never go nude for a film. In a letter posted on her social media page, she has said that her culture, principles and self-respect forbid her from doing such acts.

The video was not part of the film following the censor board's direction, but it was leaked online. The makers are clueless about who is behind the leak, but the actress has clarified that her body parts were covered with a towel and she was not actually naked. 

Sanjjanaa took to Twitter to release a statement. She wrote, "I will not shoot 100 percent nude even if it is a James Bond film, coming in from strong Indian culture I keep in mind my limitations."

"I will never shoot 100 percent nude even if it is a james bond film !! Its been morphed !!!!

As a professional artist i had extream pressure in me to do justice to my role ! As an professional Artist and a person truly passionate to my art , i had extreme pressure on me to do justice to my role yet keepin in mind my culture , my principles & my self respect towards my feminity & women hood in place, during the shoot it just felt like wearing a glamorous short skirt with a western glamorous backless top , which 95 percent of heroins have worn in the entire country today ———

I was aware that it is a bold attempt and it will do good to the film This scene was the conclusion of my role "chandri" along with earning a lot of sympathy for my character in the film .

But it took a totally different tone after the computer grading - I was shocked to see it looking Vulgar to the next level with not just the clothes being morphed but the entire video being
exploited and I feel like it is clear character assassination & such publicity is very unnecessary for me in life .

This scene was meant to be in the film, however I respect the censors decision of cutting the scene off,but i dont know who has made this go uncontrollably viral on social media , The video has clearly been exploited and also it is not going to help the film at all as it is not a part of the film and hence people will not go and watch the film just because of this video .

Hope you all support me during this sensitive face & i request you to everyone of you to remove it from your social media status as its not very pleasing." (SIC)

While speaking to , the actress said, "Yes. I shot for it, but I was not nude. I have pictures that show my body parts covered up with a towel that was clicked in my caravan. What is eventually seen in the film is the result of computer colour grading, which was made to show the scene in that fashion. My character, Chandri, is a victim of sexual abuse in this scene, so this was meant to showcase that. I am appalled at how the scene has been circulated by people and has been shown repeatedly on media platforms. It shocks me that people want to share content like this among themselves."

The controversial sequence, however, has been deleted from the final cut of the movie after Regional Censor Board objected to it. The film also stars Makarand Deshpande and Ravi Kale.

The Kannada film is a sequel to 2012 movie 'Dandupalya' and revolves around a criminal gang from Dandupalya, a place near Hoskote in Bengaluru. The gang had forced the makers to change the title of the film to '2' from 'Dandupalya 2'.  'Dandupalya 3' is set for August release.

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