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Bollywood’s kissing scenes explained
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2/12/2024
Here’s how kissing scenes evolved over the decades in Bollywood.
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Once upon a time, intimate scenes in Indian cinema looked something like this.
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And 70 years later, Imran Hashmi entered the chart.
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So how did we get here?
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Let's take a trip back in time when Indian cinema's first kiss
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appeared in a silent film called A Throw of Dice.
00:23
It was made by German director Franz Osten and was based on a chapter from the Mahabharata.
00:28
The story was about two kings gambling to marry a commoner.
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The black and white kissing scene featured Sita Devi who played a village girl
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and Charu Roy who portrayed the role of the king.
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The 1933 film Karma was made for an international audience.
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It supposedly featured a long kissing scene between actors Devika and Himanshu Roy
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who were married in real life.
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The movie was shot by a crew from India, Germany and the UK
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and was released in London first before its debut in India.
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But the movie failed at the box office.
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Public displays of affection were not common on or off screen.
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After independence, India set up a film advisory board and adopted strict guidelines.
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Since depicting intimacy on screen was not an option,
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filmmakers sought creative alternatives.
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And thus the era of using flowers and birds as symbols for kissing and sex began.
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Some directors also relied on elements such as water and fire
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to depict carnal emotions and desires.
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After superstar Raj Kapoor took up direction,
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many of his films showed couples kissing.
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Experts later credited him for his bold choices
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and the way he bypassed state censorship.
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This coming-of-age era saw many top actors including Aamir Khan,
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Madhuri Dixit, Anil Kapoor among others locking lips on the big screen.
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It was a bold new era for Indian cinema.
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The 2004 film Murder was a pathbreaker.
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Actors Imran Hashmi and Mallika Shiravach shared a no-holes-barred sexual chemistry.
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The same year, Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan's passionate kissing scene in Dhoom 2
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resulted in multiple legal notices handed to the actors.
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Several films once banned by the Indian Censor Board found a new life on OTT platforms.
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Filmmakers displayed bold new narratives and plenty of intimacy on-screen followed.
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Some film sets were also equipped with intimacy coordinators
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that helped make shoots safer for actors.
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However, uproar over kissing scenes still continued.
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In 2024, a kissing scene between actors Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan in the film Fighter
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led to a legal notice.
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The film was accused of disrespecting the Indian Air Force uniform.
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