Does anybody know why they don't kiss? Was it just the script or something else? They hug a lot but no kissing. I thought it may of been because Aishwarya Rai might of been against this.
shareIt's not just Ash. It's Indian movies in general.
shareUnder the IMDb trivia for "Bride & Prejudice" it says:
In Bollywood cinema, it is taboo to show any sort of sexual contact, even kissing. Instead they usually show some abstract representation of sexual contact, (birds chirping, waves crashing, etc.) or nothing at all. This is why in Lalitha's wedding fantasy, even though she and Darcy lean in to kiss, she leans back before their lips even touch.
IMDB trivia is dead wrong; whoever wrote that has not seen Bollywood cinema for a good 20-30 years...Bollywoood has been showing on-screen kissing for decades now. Most Bollywood movies of the past decade have nudity and/or simulated sex and most certainly plenty of on screen smooching between the lovers. The film rating or the Bollywood culture has nothing to do with it at all.
I think the movie has taken an ultra conservative view of the Indian culture and in keeping with that they choose not to show it, particularly with Lalitha who is so deeply rooted in her cultural beliefs that if they showed them kissing it would somehow contradict her character and what she stood for.
That's right. The custom of showing some obscure image (like two flowers together or something) was used decades ago. These days, you still don't find a lot of passionate kissing in Bollywood movies.
I didn't feel that this movie took an ultra conservative view of the Indian culture. I thought it merely stayed within the Bollywood traditions of *not* tending to show kissing. I think it's a nice feature of the Bollywood film. It certainly distinguishes them from most Western films.
And it's nice to be able to watch a romantic film with your kids in the room, and not have to worry about what might be shown......
ps. The people on this board who thought the kiss was absent because of Islamic Sharia law (!!?) should consider educating themselves a little! :)
In India their religion is so that they don't have any sexual contact, even kissing before marriage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO214IFRW1M
In India their religion is so that they don't have any sexual contact, even kissing before marriage.Um... no, lol. That's sounds like more of a Christian and Islamic thing.
If what you said was true..how come at the end when they were married they didn't kiss? It would've been appropriate.
I personally think it was either written by a person who asked there would be no sexual contact in the movie(which isn't likely), or the actors didn't want to?
Could be anything actually lol.
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A lot of explanations....
Here is mine :
A movie from a region represents the culture from that region. In India, it is not considered a usual habit to get intimate (hugging, kissing, or erotic talks and signs) even with your wife in public. So, it's perfectly normal that a film based on Indian culture would not be breaking the rules.
The culture has been changing a lot for a past few years, but the general idea is the same. Young couples breaking these rules are considered "forward".
This should clear any doubts.
Well, these things are of past now. Today, you can see actors kissing on big screen, without getting an "A" certificate from the censor board.
shareIt doesn't matter what "certificate" they would supposedly get, the facts are that they don't show PDA in Indian Culture and therefore the movies reflect the culture. Aishwarya has stated this herself in SEVERAL interviews. So who are people to believe, people who've never been to India, which is obvious that you haven't, or someone that not only lives in India but is also in many of these movies that you're try so hard to psychoanalyze?! Anybody with common sense would take the latter, and you don't have any so it's not surprising.
If they needed a fecal 'transplant,' just feed 'em one of the "Grey's Anatomy" scripts.
I believe that under Islamic (Sharia) law, kissing another person who is not your spouse is considered the same as having sex.
shareThe Indian characters in this movie weren't Muslims. They were Hindus.
shareNo, but India has a significant Muslim population.
shareYes, but there are far more Hindus than Muslims in India. Pakistan has a Muslim majority -- in the late 1940s/early 1950s, India was split and a large number of Muslims went to what is now Pakistan, and Hindus and Sikhs went from what is now Pakistan into India.
shareActually they weren't Hindus... they were Punjabi Sikh. The even say the Sikh greeting "Sat Sri Akal." Punjabis rarely ever show PDA (even if the couple is married) in their movies (or life) and that is why this movie which was directed by a British Punjabi Sikh did not include it.
It doesn't add anything to the movie, so why fret over kissing not being in there?
I wondered that too. I also wondered why they didn't kiss in the Pride & Prejudice movie with Keira Knightly (in the American version they kiss at the end, but that is not shown in the British version). I guess we Americans equate love stories with kissing - it seals the deal!
shareKissing is allowed but its still not done much in bollywood movies. Love aaj Kal hade some kissing as did Kaminey and were both released this year. Kaminey I believe had a higher rating.
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My girlfriend that introduced me to indian movies told me that Aishwarya never kisses in any of her movies and is rumoured to have it written in her contracts. I just believed her, some websites confirm this and some disagree with it. Things might change now that she is married though (in movies with her husband anyway).
shareits a cultural thing, i guess.
shareFrom what I understand, it's a Victorian story (Bronte) being presented through the standard tropes in Bollywood cinema. So you'll have all the allusion - and the Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Numbers...
Lots of allusion...
Think of the GGM sketch when the white girlfriend is trying to be Indian..
It's based on a Jane Austen story and she was writing in the Regency period (late 1700's/early 1800's). Not the Victorian era!
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