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 Doing love scenes with Kareena for Rensil d’Silva’s film was not as easy as Saif would have thought.
How far to go with the comfort level? That was Saif’s dilemma. Though
they’ve acted together in J.P Dutta’s LOC and Yashraj Films’ Tashan,
Saif Ali Khan had so far not done intimate scenes with his lady-love
Kareena.
But in Rensil d’Silva’s film, which he insists on calling Jehad, Saif
finally gets up-close and personal with the love of his life.
Says Saif, “It’s a love story; a very passionate story, with a relevant
and disturbing theme. And yes, there’re kissing scenes. See, Rensil is
shooting a very real and contemporary film. We can’t have flowers
touching one another to show intimacy. At the same time we wouldn’t do
anything that would make us squirm while watching the film with our
parents. So, there’re scenes of kissing and intimacy which have been
done tastefully and within the limits of decorum.”
Saif says he had to be constantly conscious of the fact that it was the
woman he loved; to whom, he was making love to on screen.
“Obviously having her as my co-star made it easier to be intimate. And
it would be the easiest thing in the world for me to say I’ve done
intimate scenes with other co-stars and doing them with Kareena was the
same. But that won’t be true. Having her with me made me feel more
responsible. I didn’t want to end showing off my relationship by
accentuating the intimacy. So it was a double-edged sword. At the end
of the day we’re all actors. But this was different. If we had to do
the same scenes with other co-stars we may not have been as
comfortable. Yes. Definitely I was more comfortable sharing intimacy
with Kareena on screen than I was with other actors. ”
Considering the film belongs more to Saif, is he happy to see Kareena
take the backseat? “It’s hard to say whose film it is. It’s her movie
as much as mine. Hers' is a great role with great dramatic potential.”
Now having completed Rensil’s film Saif and Kareena are off on their
mysterious holiday. “We’re flying out of New York this week, stopping
over at London, a city we both love for a few days and then we’re in
Italy for our holiday. …Yeah one likes to be a bit private about the
holidays. But then in this day age nothing is private. And I’m not
Johnny Depp to have stalkers following me to my holiday. I don’t think
Indians fans are that obsessive. And if some Indian fan follows us to
Italy he should be applauded for his resilience.”
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