The freshest example is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's forthcoming magnum opus, Ram-Leela, promos of which have already dished out few of its spiciest and juiciest scenes. Apart from some naughty games played between Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, the trailers have also served us with some real hot stuff! The two leads are getting cozy and passionate, in turn, indulging in some raw, intense kissing sequences. But as they say, heat whips up fire, and it surely holds true in this case too.
Deepika and Ranveer, rumoured to be real-life sweethearts too, have sent the cine-fans into raptures with their oh-so carefree kissing bits that come as naturally as there were no cameras around when the scenes were filmed. The two sexy stunners pull off the wild moments with sheer flourish and conviction. So-called virtuous scouts be damned!
Despite the so-called maturing times and ever-increasing flux of kisses in films, one thing remains rooted to the spot – intimacy and lip-locking are still frowned upon by a certain section of our society. Call them watch-dogs, moral police or responsible citizens – they never fall short of showing up each time a movie gets an 'A' from the censor board.
Our actors and actresses are thinking bolder now. And are always game for plunking down their inhibitions 'if the script demands'. However, some self-styled custodians raise their eyebrows and drop their jaws the minute they get wind of a 'scene' in an upcoming project. The intensity of their gripes and grumbles against such on-screen acts unwaveringly bank on the number of kisses a certain film boasts of. The higher the figure, the more the nit-pickings.
Bollywood kissing may have become a rage only in recent years, but its roots are almost as old as the Hindi film industry itself. It was Devika Rani who locked lips with her screen-man (and husband) Himanshu Rai in Karma back in 1933. The first ever on-screen kiss in tinsel town. Though the scene was edited before the film's release, it surely grabbed eyeballs. And the tradition hasn't taken a break since. Every filmi kiss is watched with eagle eyes.
From Zeenat Aman and Dimple Kapadia, to Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor, to Rani Mukerjee and Aishwarya Rai, to Mallika Sherawat and Bipasha Basu, to Vidya Balan and Kareena Kapoor, to Nargis Fakhri and Anushka Sharma, to Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif – almost all big league hotties have smooched their leading men on silver screens. And each time, those sensational frames became one of the biggest USPs of those films.
The fashion of counting kisses probably began with Mallika's 17 smooches in Khwahish. I wonder if some hawks were really toting up the digits! Anyway, the latest flick to get listed here is Shuddh Desi Romance that scorched the headlines with its 27 kisses. While in the West, such 'scenes' are just a part of their films, they are the driving points back home. They become the sole identities of many movies, irrespective of their decent storylines. All the credit goes to the moral inspectors who are outstanding at their jobs, hands down.
So birds and flowers have been replaced with real stuff. And the evolution – from a peck on the cheeks to on the lips, to tongue-fighting smooches – has been a slow yet steady process. That is only going stronger and bigger with time. Though we may have entered the freethinking era of 21st century, PDA-ing, kissing and smooching are still considered a taboo here.
I ask, is there no end to it? Will Hindi Cinema be ever assessed purely on the basis of its weight instead of the flesh involved?
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