Veteran actor Biswajit Chatterjee has now spoken about the much-discussed kissing scene involving him and a teenage Rekha in Anjana Safar, later released as Do Shikari. Speaking about the incident years later in a podcast with ANI, Biswajit compared the controversy with the intimate scenes audiences see in films today, including Animal. Rekha had alleged that Biswajit kissed her without her consent during the scene when she was 15.
The portrayal of intimacy in Bollywood has changed considerably over the decades, but some controversies from the past continue to resurface.
It was retitled Do Shikaari and released in 1979. Biswajit further revealed that he met Rekha after the controversy and said, “After that, she did my movie. I am shocked to watch them in films like Animal. I was the producer and director, and I talked to her. She worked in my movie. Controversy should be there. The film, directed by Kuljit Pal, was stuck with the Censor Board for almost a decade. It was revived in the late 1970s after Rekha had become a star. Years later, when Biswajit was asked about the incident at an event, the actor laughed off the controversy, saying the media had made a mountain out of a molehill.
It should be said. It has to be said just for passing time. He said the kiss was necessary for the story and that he had improvised the scene.
When asked about the kissing controversy involving Rekha, he said, “In today’s age, that controversy does not matter. Today, on-screen kissing is nothing. Today’s bedroom scenes..
In Animal, Ranbir Kapoor’s character Ranvijay becomes involved with Triptii Dimri’s Zoya after meeting her during his revenge mission. Their relationship turns intimate, leading to one of the film’s most talked-about bedroom sequences. The scene shows Ranvijay and Zoya becoming physically intimate while his wife, Geetanjali (Rashmika Mandanna), remains unaware of the affair. The sequence was widely discussed following the film’s release. Triptii’s performance and chemistry with Ranbir received substantial attention, contributing to her transition into a more prominent mainstream role.
