Heroines welcoming lip lock scenes

Telugu film industry was once known for good traditions. But now the industry is aping the Bollywood.

In the earlier days, if a hero and heroine were to kiss, the scene used to be shot in a very suggestive manner. In fact the audience used to doubt if there really was a kiss. But with changing times and generations, the style of kissing has been undergoing changes. If you take the family of Akkineni - three generations of which has been in the film industry, we can understand how the kiss has transformed.

During Akkineni Nageswara Rao’s time, hero used to kiss the heroine only when it was absolutely necessary to justify the scene. There was never a kiss to satisfy the audience or to emotionally arouse them. When the hero and heroine kissed, it was subtle and suggestive. The scene passed off in a flash, like in a dream. Hero and heroines used to act as if they kissed, without actually doing it. Even the kiss was either on the cheeks or the hands. 

In the second generation – during Nagarjuna’s time kissing on screen became more compulsive. The importance of kissing scenes has increased. Scenes where hero and heroine come in direct contact with each other and kiss became more frequent. Heroes started kissing every where from face to lips of the hroine. However an alert censor used to cut off any over doing of the kissing.

In the third generation of the Akkineni family, when Nagachaitanya became the hero, kissing became absolutely necessary for the film. It is as if there is no film with out a strong kiss. Not only the importance of the kiss, its duration has also increased. No longer it is a subtle suggestive shot. Now hero kisses the heroine every where. And the kiss is not only strong, but it is long also. Some times the kissing scene is as long as two to three minutes. The hero and heroine keep sucking each other’s lips. The peculiar situation is that heroines appear to be enjoying these scenes. When the shooting of a kissing scene is on, heroines are themselves saying, “The scene hasn’t come out well. Let us do the take once again.” If the director asks for a retake of the kissing scene, it is a feast for both the hero and the heroine. In the present day films, directors are ensuring that there are at least four to five smooch scenes.

According to information, heroines who tasted a kiss in one film, are themselves asking for lip lock scenes in their next films. Alas, kissing has become more important than the story these days.