Apparently Arjun Kapoor and his co-star Ileana D'Cruz were all set to seal their on-screen chemistry with a kiss. But guess who put his foot down? No, not Arjun’s chacha Anil Kapoor (who is all for kissing and other intimate gestures). It was director Anees Bazmee who apparently threw a fit at the very thought of his young lovers sharing a kiss.
No kissing in Anees Bazmee’s film! Mubarakan won’t feature intimate scenes between Arjun Kapoor and Ileana D’CruzAnees admits he is a prude in the matter of on-screen intimacy. “My comedies are watched by the entire family, and kids love my humour. I have a mother, a wife and sister at home and I have a daughter. I wouldn’t like to do anything in my films that would make me cringe in front of them. So sorry no, no kissing in my films, ever, no matter what the requirement in the script. I agree with the censor chief Pahlaj Nihalani in this. We need to keep our films clean and wholesome because cinema is still a family event in our country.”
It’s not just Salman Khan who refuses to kiss his heroines. Director Anees Bazmee is also a puritan. No wonder his new comedy Mubarakan was given a clean chit by the Censor Board. They singled out the film for being free of vulgarity and double meanings in the name of comedy.
Writer turned director Anees Bazmee feels comedy has been given a bad name. “Somewhere in its journey from Basu Chatterjee and Hrishikesh Mukherjee to the present day, comedy in Bollywood has become a cheesy affair. This is why family audiences are suspicious of our comedies. They say, issmein zaroor kuch ganda hoga (it has to be dirty). Not my comedies.”
Anees’ biggest moment of glory came when Ketan Desai, the son of the legendary movie moghul Manmohan Desai called up Anees to say Mubarakan reminds Ketan of his father’s films. “That made my day. I’ve always been Manmohan Desai ji’s biggest fan. I’ve followed his rules. Let audiences have fun without offering them crudity.”
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