 If the Indian censor board has allowed kissing on screen, instead of the ridiculous flowers, birds and bicycles colliding, people probably would have been blasé about it. But look at the uproar over the Richard Gere-Shilpa Shetty episode - and many more besides - and it seems so much like a storm in a tea cup!
A list of ten other smooches that offended or inflamed or plain entertained people: 1) Shashi Kapoor kissed Zeenat Aman on the lips in Satyam Shivam Sundaram, and folks complained, how come the censors are so liberal with Raj Kapoor?
2) Padmini Kolhapure boldly broke protocol rules and gave Prince Charles a peck on the cheek. She made front page news for it!
3) Madhuri Dixit was reported to be shocked and angry that she wasn"t warned about Vinod Khanna kissing her in Dayavan. Many actresses started insisting on kissing clauses in their contracts.
4) Nelson Mendela"s avuncular peck on Shabana Azmi"s cheek at a public function had the fundamentalists screaming Anti-Indian, Anti-Islamic and whatnot!
 5) Aamir Khan kissed the staid Karisma Kapoor in Raja Hindustani, the film was a hit and the kiss a big talking point. By this time, the censors also started looking the other way, because the kiss was no longer an oddity, what with everyone puckering up. The new breed of actresses were not at all squeamish or prudish.
6) Probably the only time a film was actually sold on the bizarre publicity gimmick of 17 kisses. It made Khwahish a moderate earner and Mallika Sherawat a star. Strange that hardly anyone would remember, without some strain on the memory, who was the guy she kissed 17 times, and who, besides the clever PR person actually counted!
7) By the time Emraan Hashmi came on to the scene and kissed Mallika Sherawat again, kissing was no big deal, but when this guy started, he never stopped, and earned himself the sobriquet of ‘Serial Kisser". Now when he doesn"t smooch the heroine, the film flops, or so it is believed!
  The audiences were agog: Ice Maiden Aishwarya would kiss Vivek Oberoi in Kyon Ho Gaya Na, the hurried, passionless peck on the lips left no impact; but when Ash did it again with Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom 2, there were obscenity cases filed and protests from strange quarters, not the least the B company.
9) Some minor singer Mika, grabbed minor item girl Rakhi Sawant and kissed her, the incident made national news, when more severe cases of sexual harassment are ignored. It just proved that Rakhi is a smart publicity seeker and the media loves a good tamasha.
10) It hasn"t been seen yet but it already controversial-the alleged kiss between Sushmita Sen and ex-boyfriend Randeep Hooda in Karma, Confessions and Holi. The lady protests that using it as a publicity stunt is a cheap tactic. |
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Posted on April 21st, 2007
Kissing on the cheek is considered an act of affection and appreciation and no slur is attached, e.g. kissing the winner of an event, children, kissing the bride, etc. However there is no ‘innocence’ in lipkissing but pure LUST!
As regards the Law on kissing the world over, read this:
Public displayed affection around the world
In India, the Supreme Court of India — the seat of the highest authority of the law of the land — has described PDA to be in bad taste and an unacceptable act, which may be considered an act of public nuisance, and sometimes leading to conviction and/or fine from the involved parties[Despite this, the Indian film industries, Bollywood and South Indian Movie Industry, use PDAs as a sure shot means of promoting the films amidst the masses. PDA is however now getting more acceptance in metropolitan India.
In Latin America, it is common to see people holding hands, kissing in public places, hugging or showing affection in different ways.
In Europe it is normal to see people holding hands or kissing in public places and public events. Petting (or even heavy petting) is often seen as normal in parks and nightclubs.
It is banned in many high schools and middle schools in USA and Canada in order to teach social standards that the school’s administration finds acceptable. This rule may also serve to protect the school from being implicated in sexual harassment lawsuits among students.
There is a proposed law in Indonesia outlawing kissing in public places.
In Iran and many Islamic countries there is unwritten law outlawing public displays of affection.
Posted on April 21st, 2007
A PARALLEL:
Browsing thru’ Yahoo Question & Answers Section I came across this:
I’m a very tactile person. I enjoy holding and kissing my partner and feel perfectly comfortable doing these things in public - What I don’t understand is other peoples’ reactions to seeing couples doing this. I’m not talking about crazy leaping on top of each other/clothes being sent flying type of public displays, but lengthy kissing sessions… the harmless stuff. Personally, I like seeing people looking so happy and wound up in all the good feelings that they get from the other person so why do some people have issues with or take offence at seeing couples displaying affection in public and what do you think about it? Lx
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Maybe those people are unhappy in their own situations and it makes them jealous or uneasy wishing that they had the same thing. As long as it is just innocent kissing and nothing offensive, let people say as they want. Who cares, your in love.. Enjoy.
My comments : BUT IS IT INNCOCENT KISSING ????????!!!!!!!!!!!!
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