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This story is from November 27, 2014

Small screen stars indulging in scorching lip locks

Finally it’s happening even on our desi soaps and during the prime time band too!
Small screen stars indulging in scorching lip locks
Finally it’s happening even on our desi soaps and during the prime time band too! Following the footsteps of their Bollywood counterparts, small screen stars are shedding their inhibitions and indulging in scorching lip locks in daily soaps.
Picture this: of late, shows like 'Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan' show cased smooches between Parth Samthan and Nity Taylor and Abhishek Malik and Veebha Anand; Season one of Fanaah saw Karan Kundra and newbie Chetna Pande kissing; Harshita Gaur and Param Singh shared liplocks twice in 'Sadda Haq - My Life My Choice' in the last six months; Laut Aao Trisha saw a kiss between Nalini Negi and Karan Jotwani ; even Dil Dosti Dance had Shantanu Maheshwari and Vrushika Mehta smooch; while there have been implied smooches and an cosy shower scene between Rahul Sharma and Preeti Chaudhary) in Ek Rishta Aisa Bhi.
It seems like showmakers and GECs are going that extra bold mile to grab audiences’ attention and rake in high TRPs.

Surprisingly, the actors who’ve shot such scenes seem to be cool and sporting about their smooch sequences. Harshita Gaur admits that while the “audience has matured and started accepting certain bold scenes, TV as a medium is not as bold as movies, so one has to be careful and ensure the shots are filmed aesthetically.”Agrees Roopal Tyagi who’s done a kiss scene in Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke, “Intimate scenes can add value to a couple’s chemistry only if it is relevant to the storyline. One must not forget that families watch TV shows, so there can’t be too many explicit scenes. Audiences connect with characters and their emotions and such scenes should happen only if they are absolutely required.”

Is it appropriate to broadcast liplocks considering Hindi TV soaps cater to families? Says producer Sudhir Sharma, “Hindi TV soaps have become bold in recent times. TV shows reflect what is happening in society and the audience has the remote at his disposal and can switch channels if the content gets too hot to handle. Having said that, producers should follow certain guidelines as families do watch TV together and no one should feel uncomfortable. Bollywood films can afford to have intimate scenes, but on TV, intimacy has to be shown relevantly. We can’t randomly use such scenes to titillate audiences.” Producer Rajan Shahi says, “TV audiences are an evolved and receptive lot and an intimate scene or a smooch is no longer shocking to them. As showmakers we need to follow certain guidelines keeping the age group of the audiences in mind, but in the age of social media, we can’t act prudish! For me personally an aesthetically shot love scene is a more positive influence than all the negativity shown in a saas bahu saga. And eventually it’s up to the audience to choose what to watch.”

At a time when remote control junkies have limited attention span, taking the smooch route to grab TRPs seems to be the new mantra.
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