No kissing in Anees Bazmees film! Mubarakan wont feature intimate scenes between Arjun Kapoor and Ileana DCruz

16 Sep 2017

Apparently Arjun Kapoor and his co-star Ileana DCruz were all set to seal their on-screen chemistry with a kiss. But guess who put his foot down? No, not Arjuns 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. Anees 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 wouldnt 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. Its 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 fathers films. That made my day. Ive always been Manmohan Desai jis biggest fan.Ive followed his rules. Let audiences have fun without offering them crudity.