This smooch and no more… Kisses of 2013

By Subhash K. Jha -

December 31, 2013 - 3:14 AM IST

This smooch and no more... Kisses of 2013
By Subhash K Jha
Call it the coming of age of Bollywood! In 2013, more mainstream actors did lip-locks than in any recent year.

Here's listing the 10 best kisses of the year:

This smooch and no more… Kisses of 2013

1. Imran Khan - Anushka Sharma in Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola: This may have been the year of disasters for Imran Khan. But there was some silver lining! It was also the year when Imran got to kiss the feisty Anushka Sharma with wife Avantika's kind permission. And it was a pretty torrid kiss. Curiously, Imran has an unwritten no-kiss clause in his contract which he broke for a film that was a box-office dud. Moral of the story: Exercise your smooching options more intelligently.

2. Arjun Rampal - Chitrangda Singh in Inkaar: Ms Singh's doddering marriage must have suffered another minor dent when she went dental with Arjun Rampal in Sudhir Mishra's film on sexual harassment. For a woman who accused the guy of acting fresh, Chitrangda sure seemed to savour the smooch with Rampal. Full marks for professionalism!

3. Ayushmann Khurrana - Pooja Salvi in Nautanki Saala: This kiss created the biggest stir, and we aren't talking about box-office. Ayushmann's wife apparently objected violently to his 9-second smooch. Ayushmann maintained it was all a part of a daze, sorry day's work. Chal hatt, natkhat. Nautanki saala!

4. John Abraham - Kangna Ranaut in Shootout At Wadala: He played a gangster. She played his girl. They obviously didn't meet to discuss the weather. John and Kangna scorched up the screen, chewing at each other's lips with a desperate urgency that made the censor board blush. This couple definitely knows how to kiss.

5. Ranbir Kapoor - Deepika Padukone in Yeh Jawaani hai Deewani: It was a very soft kiss, done at a crucial juncture in the plot. But no passion! Just a shy brush of the lips suggesting less passion and more affection. This is how friends greet each other when they stop being lovers. Awwww!

6. Ranveer Singh - Deepika Padukone in Ram-Leela: Deepika kissed Ranveer with far more passion. This was Sanjay Leela Bhansali's first tryst with the lip-lock. And what a smooch-o-thon this lead pair whipped up. Yup, lahu mooh lag gaya.

7. Sushant Singh Rajput - Parineeti Chopra in Shuddh Desi Romance: These two played horny live-in lovers. Nothing shuddh, nothing desi, no romance... just plain horniness expressed in feverish fits of lip-to-lip interaction. How Sushant's girlfriend responded to this 'ardour'- wordly connect is not known.

8. Emraan Hashmi - Vidya Balan in Ghanchakkar : With so many new smooching couples on screen this year, serial kisser Emraan was almost left behind. He made up for 'lust' time with the lately-married Vidya, who wanted to prove that she was not inhibited by marriage. Unimpressive clumsy and embarrassing kissing on evidence here. Let it be!

9. Aamir Khan - Katrina Kaif in Dhoom 3: This is her annual Yash Raj lip-lock. Last year she seduced the 'no-kiss-clause' Shah Rukh to break his vow for a bit of wow in Jab Tak Hai Jaan. Now Aamir who has kissed many a heroine in the past manages to plant a furtive kiss on Ms Kaif's trembling lips in Dhoom 3. If only Salman would make an exception and kiss his former girlfriend, Katrina would have the slurpy distinction of smooching all the three Khan superstars.

10. Randeep Hooda - Saqib Salim in Bombay Talkies: Mainstream Hindi cinema's first gay kiss was understandably brutal and brief. Hats off to the two actors for flirting with the forbidden. Honth and happening