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09-04-2007, 09:33 AM
Richard Menon, the 42-year-old founder and CEO of Ecstasyvision, one of the biggest porn film production houses in the US, has a reputation to keep.
New Jersey-based Menon is the first person of Indian origin to have shot porn movies in Los Angeles and also to have established an Indian-owned adult entertainment company in the US. "It is kind of sexy. Wherever I go, fellow Indians look at me and smile. They might be wondering how this casual looking desi manages all those blond damsels?" Menon says.
He is busy these days promoting his new film titled, The Indian Playboy, which will release in the US next month. The film is a compendium of ideas on how to make a quality porn movie. And he didn't have to look far for the story idea. Menon used his own life as a backdrop. "The film is my story as an immigrant, as an entrepreneur and as a player in the adult film market. It is the simple story of a conservative Indian who got fed up with the corporate world and decided to start his own porn business in the US." But it wasn't easy for this former finance expert.
"There was a point of time when I had to live on my savings. My boss was shocked when I told him that I was quitting. But I had an idea and I wanted to try it out. My family, especially my wife, backed me up completely. I owe them a lot." Menon, whose film Miss 2 on model aviation has won rave reviews in New York in 2004, wants to give an Indian touch to his next venture. But he is a little apprehensive. "I am yet to see an Indian porn star. I think you need a lot of guts to get into this industry.
"To me sexiness is not about being beautiful or having a beautiful body. It could be anything. Her smile, the way she smells or the desire to excel in life. I have not seen many Indian women who have the complete package. However, I am sure that there are plenty of sexy Indian women around."
source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Abroad/Meet_Indian-origin_porn_czar_of_America/articleshow/2328260.cms)
New Jersey-based Menon is the first person of Indian origin to have shot porn movies in Los Angeles and also to have established an Indian-owned adult entertainment company in the US. "It is kind of sexy. Wherever I go, fellow Indians look at me and smile. They might be wondering how this casual looking desi manages all those blond damsels?" Menon says.
He is busy these days promoting his new film titled, The Indian Playboy, which will release in the US next month. The film is a compendium of ideas on how to make a quality porn movie. And he didn't have to look far for the story idea. Menon used his own life as a backdrop. "The film is my story as an immigrant, as an entrepreneur and as a player in the adult film market. It is the simple story of a conservative Indian who got fed up with the corporate world and decided to start his own porn business in the US." But it wasn't easy for this former finance expert.
"There was a point of time when I had to live on my savings. My boss was shocked when I told him that I was quitting. But I had an idea and I wanted to try it out. My family, especially my wife, backed me up completely. I owe them a lot." Menon, whose film Miss 2 on model aviation has won rave reviews in New York in 2004, wants to give an Indian touch to his next venture. But he is a little apprehensive. "I am yet to see an Indian porn star. I think you need a lot of guts to get into this industry.
"To me sexiness is not about being beautiful or having a beautiful body. It could be anything. Her smile, the way she smells or the desire to excel in life. I have not seen many Indian women who have the complete package. However, I am sure that there are plenty of sexy Indian women around."
source (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Abroad/Meet_Indian-origin_porn_czar_of_America/articleshow/2328260.cms)