Soundbite Roundup: Hrithik’s Kissing Games…

“Yes, there are kissing scenes in the film [Kites], but nothing to make me squirm…In fact, it was Barbara Mori who made me realize how silly we look on screen while shying away from expressing love naturally…We were both supposed to jump off from a rooftop at an impossible height. Before we did so our director Anurag Basu suggested I kiss Barbara since we were doing something death defying and dangerous and potentially lethal. I reached out and kissed her on the cheek. Barbara turned around to ask why I had kissed her on the cheek. ‘Given the same situation with your real-life wife, Suzanne, would you kiss her on the cheek?’ I was floored by her logic. [So] I kissed her the way real-life couples would in the situation. On the lips…Why are we even talking about kissing? Is that such a big deal? Hasn’t our cinema grown up?”
- Hrithik Roshan

“I really hope that someday I come to [Delhi] for the film shoot. I have shot for different movies in all parts of the world but unfortunately not here. So I’m looking forward to that opportunity as I know it would be real fun…I just love this place. If I have to decide where do I want to live after Mumbai, it would definitely be Delhi. Here I share amazing vibes with people and see so many friendly faces.”
- Katrina Kaif

“Today many successful actresses are seen on magazine covers and are participating in bold photo shoots. Even in movies, it’s a no-holds-barred approach for so many of them…Look at Yash Raj productions. In their films too you find skin show on a regular basis. However, what works in their favor is the fact that these scenes are aesthetically done and they know how to market their films and project their heroines…At the end of the day every actress wants to be hot. Everyone dies to have a great body, be fit and look glamorous…I don’t regret my initial years as these were my learning steps. For a middle class girl who didn’t come from a metro, I have done well and managed to establish myself to a good extent. I have realized over a period of time that my earlier decisions were not good and I don’t think there is a big deal in admitting that.”
- Payal Rohatgi

“I have prevented myself from excessive commentary on films after they are ready, primarily because my knowledge of the medium is beyond zero and secondly because each time I have, the film has crashed at the box office. So much for the 40 years of my so called association with the business.”
- Amitabh Bachchan

“Getting into a girl’s get up is not easy at all. Those who believe that girls take unnecessary time to get ready and most of the time they are just being fussy, let me tell them that they don’t make a fuss about it at all, it really does take that long.”
- Shreyas Talpade, on dressing in drag for “Paying Guest”