Up until recently, lip-locking in Hindi films was considered too ‘bold’ and Western for the Indian audience’s palate.
But such scenes started making sporadic appearances after the much talked about Aamir Khan-Karisma Kapoor kiss in Raja Hindustani — a benchmark for all kisses that it triggered off in its wake. The frequency has gone up since with filmsMurder (Mallika Sherwat-Emraan Hashmi) followed by Jism (Bipasha Basu-John Abraham),Dhoom 2 (Aishwarya Rai-Hrithik Roshan), Jab We Met (Kareena Kapoor-Shahid Kapoor), Kaminey (Priyanka Chopra-Shahid Kapoor),Anjaana Anjaani (Priyanka Chopra-Ranbir Kapoor) and continuing as we see Deepika Padukone-Imran Khan puckering up for one in an upcoming release.
But have such scenes substituted for content?
Cinema is evolving along with the audience, says Jannat director Kunal Deshmukh. “Kissing is not unnatural for two people in love.So, what is wrong if that is shown on screen too? Having said that, I also feel directors should not cash in on it. One such film that, unfortunately, got hyped for its sexual content than the subject was Kurbaan.”
To which filmmaker Rensil D’Silva, who directed Kurbaan says, “What happened with my film was not planned. And no filmmaker would want their film to be projected in that way as I believe that films that sell on lip-locks and skin-show lack content.”
Actor Emraan Hashmi, who’s earned the moniker ‘serial kisser,’ has no qualms about kissing onscreen. “It is not that I always want to kiss in every film. If it is the requirement of the script I don’t mind doing it, otherwise I too get apprehensive about it.”
While Emraan needs no convincing to kiss on screen, actor Hrithik Roshan had to, reportedly, be convinced by his Latin heroine Barbara Mori to agree to do a full-blown smooch for the film Kites because that is what lovers would do in real-life.
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