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When Aishwarya Rai talked about doing intimate scenes: 'I knew how much a kiss with me would be discussed...'

Aug 10, 2024 01:17 PM IST

In a 2016 interview, Aishwarya Rai spoke about her bold roles and why she avoids doing intimate scenes as much as possible.

Aishwarya Rai got candid about portraying intimate moments on screen in an old interview. The actor was asked about her intimate scenes with Ranbir Kapoor in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016) during an interview with Filmfare in 2016 when she called herself a 'vocal and intelligent actor'. She said she ‘does not want to do the predictable’, saying she's a 'liberated actor, but it doesn’t mean shedding clothes or shedding inhibitions'. Also read | I wasn’t very comfortable with kiss in Dhoom 2: Aishwarya Rai

'I was okay with projecting intimacy without contact'

Aishwarya said, “Post Chalte Chalte there was a sudden erasure of work and simultaneously a huge welcome from the West. I promised myself then that no one would decide my future. So Bride And Prejudice happened. It had a kiss in the script. But I said, ‘Gurinder (Chadha, director) we can avoid it, because it isn’t crucial to your story.’ And you don’t miss it between Martin Henderson and me at all'. During that phase, I also did Shabd. There wasn’t a kiss but there was intimacy shown by a female director (Leena Yadav). (Laughs) We filmed it in a way and joked that it could be my show reel to the West. I was okay with projecting intimacy without contact. Because I knew how much a kiss with me would be discussed.”

On her kiss with Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom

Aishwarya also spoke about her much-talked-about kissing scene with Hrithik Roshan from their 2006 film Dhoom 2, and added, "We came to Dhoom 10 years into my career, by which point a kiss had become a familiar sight. So, with the changing times, you consider what could be shocking or not with a sense of responsibility. A social and visual comfort comes with the changing times. You gauge th

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    Aishwarya Rai, who had previously admitted to feeling ‘not very comfortable’ with intimate scenes, had once opened up on her kiss with Hrithik Roshan.

    Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan's in Dhoom.

    Dhoom exploded onto the scene in 2004, giving Bollywood a game-changing action thriller. The film, now considered a cult classic, brought the allure of the “likable bad guy" to the forefront, spiced up with sleek superbikes and heart-pounding heists. The movie’s massive success paved the way for a sequel starring Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan, which turned into yet another blockbuster. But what really had tongues wagging? The sizzling lip-lock between Hrithik and Aishwarya.

    The actress, who had previously admitted to feeling ‘not very comfortable’ with such scenes, in a chat with Filmfare in 2016, had said that the kiss wasn’t shocking. She had said, “We came to Dhoom 10 years into my career, by which point a kiss had become a familiar sight. So, with the changing times, you consider what could be shocking or not with a sense of responsibility. A social and visual comfort comes with the changing times. You gauge that keeping your comfort space in mind. When I did the kiss in Dhoom, we decided to treat it in a scene. There’s a dialogue in the kiss. It’s not like there’s a crescendo music and just a kiss. Hrithik and I don’t run into each other’s arms."

    Back in 2012, during an interview with the Daily Mail, Aishwarya Rai had gone candid about Dhoom 2. She had revealed how the kiss scene led to ‘multiple notices’ to her. The actress had shared, “I did it once prominently in the movie Dhoom and it was so topical, and you’ll be surprised, I mean I actually got a couple of notices, legal notices, from some people in the country turning around and saying “You are iconic, you’re an example to our girls you have led your life in su

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    Hrithik Roshan's then-wife, Sussanne Khan, was 'proud' of his kiss with Aishwarya Rai.

    Dhoom 2 was released in 2006.

    Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan shared a steamy kiss in Dhoom 2, one of the most talked about films in both their filmographies. Back then, it was said that the Bachchan family had issues with Aishwarya Rai‘s kissing scene. When a reporter asked Hrithik about this matter, the actor diverted the question and revealed how his then-wife, Sussanne, was proud of him.

    Hrithik Roshan said, “My wife had laid down only one condition— ‘If you’re going to kiss on screen, this better be the best bloody kiss in the entire world!’ That was her only pre-condition. And it was a challenge I had to live up to!"

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    When asked about Sussanne’s reaction, Hrithik had said, “She’s very very proud of my kiss. When she was going to see the preview, I was tense not about the kiss but whether it would live up to the high standards she had set for me. You could say I had performance anxiety. But she was fully satisfied." He jokingly added, “Let me be selfish and take all the credit away from her by saying, I’ve managed to instil all this trust and faith in Sussanne for me…Okay, I’m half-kidding. It’s true Sussanne is the most wonderful and level-headed woman I’ve ever met."

    However, things weren’t as smooth sailing for Aishwarya. Back in 2012, during an interview with the Daily Mail, Aishwarya Rai revealed how the kiss scene led to ‘multiple notices’ to her. The actress had shared, “I did it once prominently in the movie Dhoom and it was so topical, and you’ll be surprised, I mean I actually got a couple of notices, legal notices, from some people in the country turning around and saying “You are i

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    When Aishwarya Rai was served with legal notices for her kissing scene with Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom 2: 'I just wasn't very comfortable with...'

    While rumours of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan’s divorce have been grabbing the headlines for quite some time, the speculations garnered limelight after none of the Bachchan family members wished Ash on her birthday, which was on 1st November.

    In a throwback interview back in 2012, Aishwarya spoke about the legal notices that came at her doorstep for her kissing scene with Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom 2.

    The actress was quoted saying, “I did it once prominently in the movie Dhoom and it was so topical, and you’ll be surprised, I mean I actually got a couple of notices, legal notices, from some people in the country turning around and saying “You are iconic, you’re an example to our girls you have led your life in such an exemplary manner, they’re not comfortable with you doing this on screen so why did you?”

    She added, “And I was like wow, I’m just an actor, doing my job, and here I am being asked to offer an explanation for a couple of seconds in a two, three hour piece of cinema. It was around the same time that the interest in the western world from Hollywood, or European cinema, English cinema, from the industry there was a lot interest in me and the possibility of me working overseas, and I had already declined a couple of scripts purely on the basis of not being comfortable with the very physical scenes and the kissing because I’d never done that on screen and I just wasn’t very comfortable with the idea.”

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