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Seven Sizzling Bollywood Kisses
With Saif and Kareena locking lips on screen, we take a look at past pappis. Tanveer Bookwala tells more.
A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. As Valentine’s day comes closer, we go smack in the middle of some legendary lip-locks in Bollywood — some romantic, some playful, some fiery, others passionate and wild.
1 Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai (
Dhoom 2
)
As Hrithik and Aishwarya lowered into the languorous rhythms of mutual desire,
Dhoom 2
pulled off its greatest stunt ever...
2 Aamir Khan-Karisma Kapoor (
Raja Hindustani
)
This film’s sheer mass appeal appealed to our romantic instincts. A city girl [Karisma Kapoor] meets
desi
guide [Aamir] and it leads to a forbidden kiss. During a rain shower, a salwar-kameez-clad Karisma receives a deep, adrenalin-charged kiss from Aamir. The kiss has an overpowering erotic charge.
3 Saif Ali Khan-Preity Zinta (
Salaam-Namaste
)
Saif and Preity exude sexuality and pure eroticism in this sequence that wasn’t shot to look charming and catch the correct light. Instead, it’s a primal lip lock that kisses and tells as is. Their long lip-lock proved hot enough to steam up all the viewers’ glasses.
4 John Abraham-Bipasha Basu (
Jism
)
As far as framing and execution goes, this is the best film kiss ever committed to celluloid. In the song
Jaadoo hai nasha hain
, John gently strokes her cheeks and eventually proceeds to kiss her. In silhouette, on the beach, in the water, in a moving car — their passion continues.
5 Shahid Kapur-Kareena Kapoor (
Jab We Met
)
In the climax of
Jab We Met
, Kareena realises that she loves Shahid, after all. She runs towards him in slow motion and in a beat, the sweet-dreams factory manufactures an eager soul kissing; as the two lovers passionately caress each other.
6 Mallika Sherawat-Himanshu Malik (
Khwaish
)
Kissing queen, Mallika Sherawat debuted giving countless kisses to Himanshu Malik [the hero] in
Khwaish
. As torrid kiss followed torrid kiss, Sherawat became the new sex symbol.
7 Emraan Hashmi-Mallika Sherawat (
Murder
)
He is called Bollywood’s ‘Serial Kisser’ for a reason! Emraan and Mallika’s hot up the screen kisses with smooch after smooch. The song
Bheege honth tere
became a kissing anthem.
