Karan Johar Opens Up On Dharmendra & Shabana’s Kiss In RARKPK

Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani is performing pretty well at the box-office and it has earned more than Rs. 50 crore in the first four days after its release. While audiences are loving the chemistry of Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the movie, the kissing scene between the veteran actors Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi has left them excited and mesmerized.

When the director of the movie Karan Johar was asked in an interview whether it was difficult to convince both the senior actors for the scene, he replied, “No. Shabana ji is a trooper. She is a master actor. What an actor, she is a baap actor (great actor). There was no question. Dharam ji (Dharmendra) was like ‘Haan karna hai toh karna hai’ (yes, if it has to be done, it has to be done). Two great veterans just performing with absolute aplomb, no questions asked. I needed it to be a peck; that was what I wanted.”

KJo further added, “One of my all-time favourites is Abhi Na Jao Chhod Kar (song from 1961-released movie Hum Dono), it had to be their song because that’s what she says in the dialogue about ‘Mall Road pe woh walks, hum dono ka woh re-run, humara woh favourite gana (walks on Mall road, our re-run, our favourite song). And that became the thematic kind of connection of Rocky (Ranveer) and Rani (Alia) as well. It was just glorious to see them (both Dharmendra and Shabana).”

In an interview, the senior actor Dharmendra also opened up on the kissing scene and said, “I am hearing that Shabana and I have surprised the audience with the kissing scene, and at the same time they have even applauded it. I think people weren’t expecting it and it came very suddenly which is why it created an impact. The last time I did a kissing scene was in Life In A Metro with Nafisa Ali and at that time too people had appreciated it.”

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