Bollywood star outrages India by agreeing to pose naked in Playboy magazine



Sherlyn Chopra, 28, will star in the magazine's November issue



Critics in India have turned on her, calling her 'repulsive'



Controversial: Bollywood star Sherlyn Chopra, 28, will be the first Indian woman to appear nude in Playboy

A Bollywood actress has been accused of shaming her country by becoming the first Indian woman to appear naked in Playboy.



Sherlyn Chopra, 28, will star in the magazine's November issue after she wrote to Playboy asking to strip for them.

Speaking to BBC Hindi, the actress admitted she found it a difficult challenge.



The actress, who has played a number of roles in Bollywood films, said: 'It is not an easy task to be nude in front of the camera and look good at the same time. '

Ms Chopra's appearance in the magazine is already proving controversial in India.



Although Playboy is banned in the country, people can still get access to it from the internet.

‘She’s not hot, she’s repulsive,’ said one critic on Twitter.

And some Indian columnists have attacked Playboy’s billing of Miss Chopra as a ‘Bollywood legend’, pointing out that she has had only minor roles.

‘At a time when innocent women across the nation from Gujarat to Guwahati have been subjected to sexual abuse and humiliation, one wonders if Sherlyn Chopra’s pictures wound a woman’s integrity,’ said commentator Gayatri Sankar.



Unabashed, Miss Chopra has hinted that her next step may be into sex films.

She said India’s youth ‘is racing towards liberalisation, and that’s why being unconventional in your choices is no longer a taboo’.



But despite the possibly difficulties she may face, Ms Chopra is proud of what she has done.



'I have become the first Indian to pose naked for Playboy and nobody can take away that achievement from me,' she said.



'My sister is proud of my achievement.'

But she admitted shes hadn't yet told her mother about her latest role.

Fan: Sherlyn Chopra, 28, is pictured posing with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner . She told how she is thinking of 'making him my idol'

Cover girls: The controversial magazine often features high profile stars including actress Jessica Alba, left, and Cindy Crawford, right For her shoot Ms Chopra went to the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles where she met the magazine's founder Hugh Hefner and his girlfriends.

And she was inspired by what she saw.

'I am thinking of making him my idol because he lives his life on his terms and conditions,' she said. The magazine, which features photographs of nude women, as well as fiction and journalism, was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Mr Hefner. It is one of the world's best known brands, although it is banned in many parts of Asia.

Over the years it has featured some of the world's best known women, including Bond girl Ursula Andress, Kim Basinger and, in January, Lindsay Lohan.