I wasn't topless: Sanjjanaa

Posani Krishna Murali���������s next, Dussasana, starring Srikanth and Sanjjanaa in the lead, is courting controversy for no apparent reason.
Or so says the film���������s heroine Sanjjanaa. Trouble has come in the form of a scene in which the villain rips her top to harm her. ���������In the scene, the villain stabs me and almost slits open my stomach to physically harm me.To give audiences the impression that he���������s pulled off my top, the director got me to wear a skin-colour (nude) corset under a green top. For added effect, my upper body is graphically blurred to give the impression that I am topless. Various websites and tabloids have been going to town saying that I have gone topless in a Telugu movie. I have not. I���������m not topless,��������� clarifies the actress.
What���������s irked Sanjjanaa is that the reports are making a big deal out of nothing. ���������If I were really that bold and wanted to put my assets on display, I wouldn���������t want any blurring done. But I���������m not like that. Even if I were to get a role opposite the biggest actor in the world, I would never bare all. I���������m not so desperate for attention to have to stoop to that level,��������� she asserts and adds, ���������What���������s worse is that this scene is neither sexy nor hot; nor is there harassment like rape or molestation. So where���������s the need to make such a hue and cry about it?���������
But could it be that Sanjjanaa���������s bold image (courtesy her role in Ganda Hendthi and Boyfriend, which that was a remake of the Hindi film Murder) is the reason people assume that she may have actually gone topless? ���������As an actress, I have grown and moved on from those days. Ganda Hendthi... was a mistake I made when I was young and naive. I don���������t even want to talk about it. If anyone thinks I have the image of a ���������bold��������� actress, it may be in the Kannada film industry, not in Tollywood, where I made my debut opposite Puri Jagannath in a girl-next-door role,��������� adds the actress.
And while she battles this new controversy, Sanjjanaa is also busy wrapping up her Kannada project I Am Sorry... Mathe Banni Preethsona. ���������I am Sorry... is shaping up well and should release soon. We���������re shooting a few songs that are being choreographed by Arvind, who���������s worked with Master Remo. He���������s really making me sweat,��������� she laughs.
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