Kajol shares how she struggles to emote lust on screen; says she doesn’t have two things- ‘sexy & sharam'

Actor Kajol, who will next be seen in Amit R. Sharma’s segment of the Netflix anthology ‘Lust Stories 2’, revealed that she has always struggled with emoting lust on screen. She recalled laughing awkwardly while shooting for ‘Hothon Pe Bas Tera Naam Hai’ with Saif Ali Khan from the 1994 romantic film ‘Yeh Dillagi’.

Kajol said Saif and her constantly kept laughing and choreographer Saroj Khan had to scold them.

‘There are two things I don't have — sexy and sharam (laughs). When someone tells me, ”Sharmana hai" (you have to blush), I ask them, ‘Ye kya hota hai’ (what's that). When they show me and I say, “Achha, aankh neechi karni hai (Okay, I need to lower my eyes). Done!' I don't have the emotion but if you give me certain features to move in a certain way, utna samajh mein aata hai (I get that much). You have to see how much Saroj ji wanted to slap us. Saif aur main hase hi ja rahe the (We kept on laughing). Saroj ji was like, ‘Tum log bahut badtameez bache ho’ (you guys are very rude). I've done it (emoting lust) to the best of my ability, but then I have to depend on other people — sambhal lena edit mein, close-up le lo (take care of this in the edit, take a close-up instead),’ Kajol said in an interview to Radio Nasha.
‘I think lust defines a very intense need of something. It could be food. Lust is, I feel, one of the most individual things. Everyone's idea of lust and how they respond to it is completely different. It's a subjective emotion, more than objective,’ she said.

The four-part anthology is the sequel to Netflix India's ‘Lust Stories’ (2018). The anthology also stars Kumud Mishra, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vijay Varma, Tillotama Shome, Amruta Subhash, Neena Gupta, Angad Bedi and Mrunal Thakur.

The other directors are Konkona Sensharma, R Balki and Sujoy Ghosh.

‘Lust Stories 2’ premieres on Netflix India on June 29.