Andhra Farmer Uses A Poster Of Sunny Leone In A Bikini ‘To Protect Crops From Evil Eye’

Farmers use many techniques to keep “evil” as they say, off from their crop. Usually, it is to scare birds and insects away from the harvest. But some really believe that it is the evil eye that is causing their crop to fail.

However, this farmer from Andhra Pradesh has an innovative technique to “ward off the evil eye” of the villagers from his crop. He has put up a sultry poster of actor Sunny Leone in a red bikini to keep other village folks at bay from his crop.

45-year-old A Chenchu Reddy from Banda Kindi Palle village and isn’t a big fan of the Jism 2 actress. But he has his own reasons for proudly exhibiting her poster on his farm. It’s actually for the safety of his cabbage and cauliflower that he has displayed Sunny’s photo.

According to Hindustan Times, Reddy while talking about his crop said,

The poster says, “Orey, nannu chusi edavakura (Hey, don’t cry or feel jealous of me)!”

In rural Andhra Pradesh, they use demons drawn on a metal plate or a pumpkin are set up as “dishti bomma” or evil eye doll in front of their homes and near farms. However, a poster of an actor in a bikini is probably a first. The strategy has been working for villager as he says,

“The trick has worked. Nobody is looking at my crop now.”

Reddy doesn’t think he has breached any indecency law. He also doesn’t think it should bother agriculture officials or police who may find the poster objectionable. He asked, “The officials never bother to come to our fields to find out our problems. Why should they have any objection?”

I see posters of popular celebs in salons, barber shops, and general stores etc and always wonder if the stars know that their faces are being used to sell random commodities. But this takes it a notch higher, I wonder what Sunny Leone will think if she gets to know to know of this. Using her to ward off the evil eye, that may be new, even for her!