Neena Gupta On Doing First-Ever Lip Kiss On Indian TV With Dilip Dhawan, 'Rinsed Mouth With Dettol'

Veteran actress, Neena Gupta is one of the versatile actresses in Bollywood, who loves to portray unconventional roles in her films. She never shies away from having bold conversations and expresses her views bluntly. Neena Gupta recently grabbed eyeballs for her role of 'Dadi Maa' in the film, Lust Stories 2, as it has started a conversation among the audience. Now, in an interview, Neena recalled her experience of shooting for her first-ever kissing scene on Indian television back in the 90s.

Neena Gupta recalls shooting for her first-ever kissing scene

In an interview with Instant Bollywood, Neena Gupta opened up about her first on-screen lip kiss and revealed that it was with her co-star, Dilip Dhawan, for a TV show, Dillagi. Talking about the same, the actress shared that she was not at all comfortable performing the scene as Dilip and her were mere acquaintances. Though the actor was good-looking, Neena wasn't ready for it both physically and mentally, but she somehow convinced herself to go through with it. In her words:

“Many years ago, I did a serial with Dilip Dhawan. It had the first-ever lip-to-lip kissing scene on Indian TV. I couldn’t sleep all night. It wasn’t like he was a friend, we were acquaintances. He was good-looking, but that doesn’t really matter in these situations, because physically and mentally, I wasn’t ready. I was so tense, but I convinced myself to go through it.”

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Neena Gupta reveals she rinsed her mouth with Dettol after the lip-lock

Neena recalled that difficult scene and shared how different actors are not comfortable doing certain scenes in the movies. However, as soon as the lip lock scene ended, she rinsed her mouth with Dettol, as it was extremely difficult for her to kiss somebody who she didn’t know. The veteran actress added:

“It’s like some people can’t do comedy, some people can’t cry on camera. I drilled it into my head, and I did it. As soon as it ended, I rinsed my mouth with Dettol. It was so difficult to kiss somebody who I don’t know.”

Neena Gupta further went on to add that she couldn't sleep all night after performing the kissing scene. However, unfortunately, the scene was deleted by the makers of the show as such scenes were not very normal on television back then, and eventually, the show caused an uproar among the audience. For the unversed, the family-oriented show also featured late actor, Irrfan Khan. 

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When Neena Gupta recalled how her mother never told her about sex and periods

Earlier, in an interview with the Indian Express, Neena Gupta opened up about her childhood and recalled how her mother never made her aware of things like sex and periods. Recalling that during her growing up years, she used to sleep in the same room with her parents and brother, the actress mentioned that her mother wouldn't even allow her to roam out with her female friends. Speaking more about it, she shared that in earlier times, the girl was told what would happen on the first night, hours before her wedding so that she isn’t scared or the guy doesn’t run away. 

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