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| Emran Hashmi: I have kissed on land and have done similar thing under water too. Now all that is left is doing the same in air. I think the best way would be doing it by hanging from a hot air balloon. |
Mallika Sherawat: For God’s sake, I am a young girl. Do I look like a nun to you? If the hero can enjoy the kiss, why can’t me? And to top it all, (Khwaish) Himanshu is very good looking.
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Madhavan: Well I’m not a seasoned screen kisser. But I’m an actor. I’m supposed to do what I’m asked to.
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Anil Kapoor: I started smooching since Jaanbaaz in which I kissed Dimple Kapadia and have continued to do so till Musafir where I kiss Sameera Reddy. And well, you will see me kissing again in Salaam-E-Ishq. If it is a part of the script, then I don’t mind.
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Anjana Sukhani: I was almost in tears when I came to know about it. I was so uncomfortable and nervous while doing it but Anil (Kapoor) is a really great person and he made my work easy. |
Shabana Azmi: What’s a kiss with Boman? I’ve kissed Nandita Das in ‘Fire’. Watching me do a normal kiss, you’ll heave a sigh of relief. I think Boman was far more terrified than I was.
Koena Mitra: Kissing in India is still a hush-hush affair, which is why an actor needs to be very choosy about her roles. … They make me uncomfortable.
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Tanushree Dutta: Yes, I have kissed onscreen, but I don’t feel comfortable doing it.”
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Lara Dutta:Bad breath is one thing I just can’t bear. I hate talking or going near any actor who doesn’t breath fine.
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Payal Rohatgi: I don’t mind doing intimate scenes in front of the camera as long as its part of the narrative.
Udita Goswami: While the male actors are not indicted for lip-locking, women are more prone to disparagement for doing anything ‘bold’. We have to think ten times before doing such a scene.
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“I am not comfortable about kissing or nudity. I’ve never said I’d never kiss, or whatever on screen. I’ve always maintained I’d cross that bridge when I come to it. Again, I’m accused of playing it safe. The truth is, I don’t know what tomorrow holds. So I can’t make a close-ended principle about it.”
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Hrithik Roshan: I did give it a lot of thought. There was enough reason and inspiration here to go ahead. I tried to make it as beautiful as possible. And I stand by it completely.”
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Abhishek Bachchan: No, I don’t know why everyone makes a big deal out of a kiss on screen. If two people are in love, it’s natural to kiss and that’s why it’s in the film. We have matured as filmmakers and as audiences so we easily digest a kiss. And I don’t think that we are going to use it as a publicity gimmick to pull crowds.
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Ayesha Takia Under no circumstance will I kiss in a film, no matter how tempting the role. I’m sorry, but a kiss is out of the question. When I came to this industry, I set down some do’s and don’ts for myself. And I plan to stick by them.
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Rani Mukherjee: I cannot describe how awkward it was for me. For me, he is Amit uncle and locking lips with him was the most difficult scene for me in the film.’ |
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Kamala Hasan: A kiss is not and shouldn’t be a big deal. I’ve done several such scenes in many of my films without the least self-consciousness. It could and should be a natural expression of love between two adults. Alas, in our films it’s tongue-to-tongue to make audiences tongues hang out?
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Dimple Kapadia: One should carefully consider the role being offered before signing on the dotted line. I’ve done kissing scenes in my films, but I think they were shot aesthetically.
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Arjun Sablok, filmmaker: A kiss is supposed to be a beautiful, haunting and poignant expression of love between two individuals. Recent films have turned it into an occasion for lustful liaisons. The kiss now looks crude and objectionable on screen.”
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