Hollybollywood

The hunky Raghu Mukherjee and the pretty Pooja Gandhi make a hot combo, which is why the two actors were signed by director Shiva Ganapathi for his latest as-yet-untitled directorial. The duo even shot for a sensual scene, just two days after the film went on the floors.

The only hitch was that Raghu didn’t want to kiss and tell in the sequence. We heard he refused outright to do a liplock sequence with Pooja.

When BT spoke to Raghu, the actor admitted to not wanting to be part of such an act. “I didn’t want to do it. I am not comfortable with kissing my heroines,” he confessed. Is it because of his married status? “No, I have a mental block against kissing on celluloid. I feel that something so private should be limited to the bedroom and not be put on display for public consumption,” he explains.

That’s something he’s always stood by. “Even when I just entered the film industry, I was very clear that I wouldn’t kiss or show my body off beyond what’s acceptable to me on screen. I spell it out in clear terms to all my directors just in case these elements are integral to the script. If that’s the case, I just tell them to carry on with another hero so that I don’t hamper their creative process,” says the actor.

In this film too, the director had discussed the scene with Raghu. “But I refused to do it. The camera never lies and if I’m not happy doing it, I’m sure it’ll show on screen. So, why spoil it for the film-maker?” says Raghu. As of now, the sequence has been snipped. “So, we’ll just show the romance more subtly now,” he smiles.