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Biswajit Chatterjee Downplays Rekha Kissing Scene Amidst Animal's Intimacy Debate
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News18•25-09-2026, 09:42
Biswajit Chatterjee Downplays Rekha Kissing Scene Amidst Animal's Intimacy Debate
- •Veteran actor Biswajit Chatterjee revisited his controversial kissing scene with Rekha from the 1969 film Anjana Safar (later Do Shikari), comparing it to modern intimate scenes in films like Animal.
- •Chatterjee stated that the decades-old controversy "does not matter" in today's context, expressing shock at the explicit bedroom scenes now shown in films.
- •Rekha, in her autobiography "Rekha: The Untold Story," alleged that Biswajit kissed her without consent during the filming, claiming the kiss lasted five minutes despite her resistance, leaving her traumatized.
- •The film Anjana Safar, directed by Kuljit Pal, faced Censor Board issues and was eventually released as Do Shikari in 1979, by which time Rekha had become a major star.
- •Biswajit Chatterjee previously dismissed the incident as media exaggeration, maintaining the kiss was necessary for the story and that he had improvised the scene.
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The controversial kissing scene was filmed for the movie Anjana Safar, which ran into trouble with the Censor Board, remained unreleased for nearly a decade, and was eventually released in 1979 under the title Do Shikari.
Biswajit Chatterjee dismissed the controversy as irrelevant in today's age, stating that on-screen kissing and bedroom scenes in modern films like Animal far exceed what was filmed back then.
According to her autobiography, Rekha: The Untold Story, she was a 15-year-old newcomer when Biswajit kissed her without her consent for about five minutes while the crew cheered, leaving her traumatized and in tears.
