Kissing scene with Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi says audiences weren’t expecting

Karan Johar’s ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ has been making headlines ever since its release over veteran actors Shabana Azmi and Dharmendra’s kissing scene.

Now, Shabana has once again reacted to the much-discussed kiss and shared that she is happy audiences, especially young people, have embraced the scene.

‘I think the maximum comments that I’m getting are like, ‘Oh wow, we would have never imagined you in this kind of role and you carry it out with such grace’. Grace is the word that comes up often,’ the actor told PTI.

She said the kiss generated so much debate probably because ‘it’s such an unexpected thing’.
‘You’re not prepared for it in any way at all… But I am like ‘why is this so surprising’… An actor who has a strong woman image, why is it not possible that she can also be a romantic person? It’s not like strong women don’t have any romantic bones in their body,’ she said.

‘I think it’s the deliciousness of it that has taken people by surprise and they just adore it. It’s the younger generation that’s really doing all the clapping and cheering,’ Azmi added.

Shabana Azmi further shared that Karan Johar kept telling her to trust him and she got similar assurances from the designer Manish Malhotra.

‘It needed some willing suspension of disbelief. And Karan kept saying, ‘trust me’, ‘trust me’. Manish Malhotra kept saying, ‘trust me’. So, I said, ‘All right, I’m surrendering to you all. And if people throw stones at me, then I’m going to pick up those stones and throw them right back at you’,’ Azmi recalled.

Shabana Azmi will next be seen in R Balki’s ‘Ghoomer’. She also has Vikas Khanna’s ‘Imaginary Rain’ in her kitty.

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