Sunny Leone lookalike Priya Soni recovering after fainting during shoot

PANAJI: Sunny Leone lookalike and Bollywood actor Priya Soni who fainted and was hospitalised while shooting in Goa for an ad film on Thursday, after she suffered a heat stroke – caused by insufficient nutrition, exertion and very hot weather and fainted on the sets, is now stable and recovering, almost 48 hours later.

According to her management she was shooting outdoors in hot, humid weather at a resort in South Goa when she fainted due to excessive exertion and lack of hydration. The name and exact location of the resort was undisclosed due to security and privacy reasons.

Priya was rushed to a local clinic where she was given IV hydration and nutrition. Her condition is now stable and she is recovering. She was provided glucose and fluids via an IV drip, when first admitted at the private clinic.

Doctors attending to her said that the stroke was caused by continuous exertion and hot weather – she was shooting continuously for nearly 7 hours without any rest break as her co-actor had to leave for Mumbai on the same day.

The previous day too, Priya and her team had a serious of strenuous dance rehearsals and action scenes, which added to the exertion and in the hot weather, she failed to drink enough liquids and water, her manager Sujeet Fernandes said.

Priya has featured in more than 100 music videos, including Punjabi, Tamil, Kannada, Bhojpuri and Hindi and has worked with most popular singers in the country.

She recently shot for a Punjabi music video sung by a Canadian NRI rapper which will be released next month.

She has also done 4-5 South films, including Tamil and Malayalam projects.

Depending on her health situation, she will be discharged from the clinic and will leave for Mumbai on Saturday evening, Fernandes informed.

On Friday, while thanking her friends for their prayers and wishers, Priya took to her Twitter and wrote: