The first Indian woman to pose naked for Playboy magazine says she

The first Indian woman to pose naked for Playboy magazine says she is proud to have “pushed the envelope” in a country where public nudity in any form remains largely taboo.

Minor Bollywood actress Sherlyn Chopra, 28, will feature in a nude spread in the November issue of the magazine, although her Indian fans will be hard pushed to get hold of a copy.

Playboy, along with a host of other foreign “adult” magazines, is banned in India, which has strict obscenity laws proscribing any public act or published material deemed to be “lascivious or appealing to prurient interests”.

News that Chopra had become India’s first “Playmate” caused quite a stir, fueled by Chopra herself posting nude out-take pictures from the Playboy shoot on the microblogging site Twitter.

As well as some inevitably lascivious and prurient responses, many Indian Twitter users criticized her decision and accused her of a desperate publicity stunt to further her acting career. She had written to Playboy herself expressing an interest in posing.

Chopra dismissed her critics and said she considered herself a pioneer for sexual freedom in India.

“I’m proud to have pushed the envelope and I will not hesitate to lead my life on my terms consistently.”

Chopra’s Bollywood career to date has been decidedly B-list, with bit roles in less than a dozen movies, including the 2003 box-office dud “Dosti” (Friendship) and a film titled “Naughty Boy”.

Her labelling as a “Bollywood legend” on the Playboy website was widely mocked in India, and Chopra admitted it was a “surreal” tag.

Indian writers, actors and artists who have sought to push the boundaries of traditional Indian morals have sometimes found themselves targeted by conservative religious groups, but Chopra appeared unworried at the prospect of a backlash.

Oh you are just so daring Hugh!

Source AP