Controversial kissing scene of Bollywood (Photo credit- Screen shot)
Entertainment Desk, New Delhi. Whenever kissing or intimate scenes are talked about in the film industry, it leads to controversies. In today's era, after the rise of OTT, there is no hesitation in filming such scenes. But there was a time when kissing scenes were considered a taboo topic.
Today we are going to tell you about that 5-minute long controversial kissing scene in a film released 55 years ago, when the actor kept kissing the actress without her informing him. Let us know between which two actors that scene was shot.
In the bygone era of Hindi cinema, whenever two actors were shown close during romantic scenes, a pair of flowers or swans were seen. However, even during that period, there were some films in which kissing scenes were shown openly. The name of the film Anjaana Safar is included in this list, which was shot 55 years ago. Actress Rekha and actor Biswajit Chatterjee played important roles in this movie.
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It is usually seen that any scene is rehearsed before filming, but this did not happen with the kissing scene of this movie. This controversial kissing scene is mentioned in Rekha's biopic - Rekha The Untold Story, written by film journalist Yasir Usman.
As soon as director Raja Navade called for action for this kissing scene, Bishwajeet started kissing Rekha on her lips, after 5 minutes when he said cut, the actor stopped and Rekha started crying after the scene.
There was no planning for the scene
It is also said that no prior information or planning was given to Rekha about this kissing scene. This is the reason why this liplock scene, filmed between Rekha and Biswajit Chatterjee, is still counted among the controversial kissing scenes of Bollywood. Let us tell you that Anjaana Safar was stuck for 10 years to be passed in the Censor Board, later its title was changed and it was released.
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