MUMBAI: Meenakshi Seshadri made her acting debut in the 1983 movie Painter Babu, but it was Hero that rocketed her into stardom. Dacait, an action drama released in 1987, is one of the many films she has worked on. The actress discussed her kissing scene with Sunny Deol in an interview, which the censor board eventually decided to cut.
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Meenakshi Seshadri, an Indian actress and classical dance Trainer, talked candidly about her kissing scene with Sunny Deol in Dacait during an interview with the popular news portal. Speaking about her first experience working with Deol on a film, she said, “We had a romantic song in which we’re both on a boat before the song starts and he kisses me. It was an actual kiss. It was a little nerve-wrecking for me because I am very conservative.”
She went on to say that she didn't even feel like doing that after the first film Painter Babu, in which she wore "pretty revealing" clothes. A kiss was therefore "extreme." However, the scene was eventually cut and never made it through the censor board.
Calling the Gadar 2 actor a ‘gentleman’ she stated that Deol treated her so well that she was comfortable and relaxed working with him. “He was such a gentleman. He was so relaxed and so easy to work with that it went through smoothly. And I think that’s the reason why, all the other movies that I did with him, Ghayal, Ghatak, and Damini, we had this very good equation and understanding.”
The Jurm actress claimed in the same interview that she could see the same intensity in Rishi Kapoor's eyes in Agneepath and later in Ranbir Kapoor's eyes in Animal, just as she had seen in his father's. She revealed, “Rishi ji, the role that he did in Agneepath, was amazing. What was there in his eyes in that movie, now, I see it in his son’s (Ranbir Kapoor) eyes when I see a movie like Animal.”
She added, “Now I feel that this concept of stereotyping and rehashing the role over and over again has gone and people are now actually thinking of characters, performances and newness.” Among the many films in which Seshadri has appeared are Aandhi-Toofan, Meri Jung, Dilwaala, Shahenshah, and Awaargi.
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