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.

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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.

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.