There are few films in Bollywood whose characters do not kiss at least once. Therefore, to choose for the rating only the 5 most romantic scenes kissing us was oh so hard. But after watching dozens of tapes, we still managed to do it. So, who is the best kisser in Indian films?
"Sentence" / Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)
A drama about the tender love of young people whose powerful families have been at odds for years. The young lovers (played by Aamir Khan and Juha Chawla) manage to snatch some happiness from fate, but the end of the film is predictably tragic.
Most romantic kiss the couple happened in the forest: young people are setting off on the road, they are about to leave. Rashmi confesses his feelings to his beloved: "If I'm crazy about someone, this does not mean that this someone should be crazy about me." And Raj, the hero of Khan, responds to her remark with a gentle kiss on the temple.
Critics liked the drama very much (the tape received 10 awards in different nominations), viewers and even "colleagues" - two remakes were shot on the basis of "The Sentence".
"Ram and Leela" / Ram Leela (2013)
And again, variations on the theme of Shakespeare's story about Romeo and Juliet: the families of Rama and Leela who are in love with each other have been at enmity for the past 500 years. " sweet couple"played by Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, who, according to rumors, were already in a relationship at the time of filming.
The movie is full of kissing scenes. But perhaps the most romantic of them is the one where the characters kiss in last time In my life. "Your bullet must pierce my heart like the first time," Ram tells his lover, who points a gun at him. But instead of a shot, the girl gives him a kiss.
Critics noted the special "chemistry" played by Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. But fans, of course, know the secret of this “chemistry”: after filming, the actors began dating (although they still don’t admit it).
"Kites" / Kites (2010)
There are many touching scenes and tender kisses in this tape: in the center of the plot is the romance and the difficult interweaving of the fates of Jai (Hrithik Roshan) and Natasha (Barbara Morey).
The couple's most romantic kiss turned out to be the most innocent.
The actors were so carried away by their "cinematic" tenderness that it did not disappear after the director's command "Cut!" - Barbara and Hrithik started
All this, by the way, could not have happened: the main female role in the tape was offered first to Sonam Kapoor, then to Deepika Padukone, but both girls were confused by the number explicit scenes. Which, on the contrary, attracted the Uruguayan beauty Barbara Mori, as she assured in an interview.
"As long as I'm alive" / Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)
By acting in this film, Shah Rukh Khan violated his principles. “I adhere to only two rules in my work: in the frame I do not ride and do not kiss. Yes, they are strange, but I just don't know how to do it,” the King of Bollywood admitted in an interview with one tabloid. However, the director of the picture still persuaded Shah Rukh to make such a "sacrifice".
“When about 100 people look at how you kiss a friend, you know, it turns out quite mechanically. I'm not very happy with how those scenes came out," Shah Rukh lamented in an interview. But it seems to us that the “king” is still cunning and modest: his kiss with Katrina Kaif deserves to be on the list of the most romantic in Bollywood.
"The Sultan's Daughter" / Razia sultan (1983)
For traditional Indian cinema in many ways, this kiss scene was shocking enough.
The kiss between Hema Malini and Parveen Babi was depicted very delicately, in fact, only hinted at it. But this did not stop critics from showering the director with reproaches. But the actresses themselves reacted neutrally to what happened: women had previously worked on the same set more than once and managed to become friends.
The curbing of feelings is the main thread of education, the main line of personal behavior, main topic many sermons. And the main thing that children are taught is kindness. They teach with all their attitude to children and to each other, they teach by personal example, they teach by words and deeds. One of the greatest vices is the inability to restrain one's irritation, one's anger, the inability to show gentleness in manners, friendliness in address and pleasantness in speech. “The speech of a wife addressed to her husband should be sweet and favorable,” says ancient books. Children grow up in a welcoming environment. The first words they hear in the family call them to good attitude to all living things. “Do not crush an ant, do not hit a dog, a goat, a calf, do not step on a lizard, do not throw stones at birds, do not destroy nests, do not harm anyone” - these prohibitions, expanding over time, take new form: "Do not offend the younger and weak, respect the elders, do not raise an immodest look at the girl, do not offend the woman with an impure thought, be faithful to the family, be kind to children." Thus the circle closes. And it all boils down to one thing - do no evil, be kind and restrained in feelings. 
Restraint in feelings, manners, conversation is very characteristic of Indians. Just like their amazing naturalness is characteristic. This is a country where women are as natural as flowers. No antics, affectation, defiant movements and looks, no coquetry. Only girls in colleges allow themselves to flirt, and even then in such a restrained way that you can’t even call it flirtatious.
In India, any manifestation of tenderness and sympathy is prohibited. It is not customary to hug and kiss in public. So, even passers-by and bystanders can react quite sharply if a girl and a boy walk holding hands, sit quite close to each other on a bench, sit in an embrace or start kissing without being embarrassed by passers-by. For this, they can even be arrested for up to three months - such a public display of feelings in India is punishable by law, and only occasionally can a marriage certificate serve as an excuse - often it is not taken into account by the courts of India.
But in Indian films since 2007, kissing is no longer banned - Bollywood films in the bulk are designed to distract the public from everyday life, and not raise pressing problems, therefore, to form an opinion about India according to famous films- not a very good solution.
It is quite common that a man walks ahead of his wife, who is a few steps behind him, as befits a decent lady. In more advanced families, husband and wife may walk side by side, but never holding hands.
Also married woman traditionally one should not leave the house alone unless absolutely necessary, but in big cities this tradition is no longer so critical.
Hinduism forbids the consumption of alcoholic beverages, so they are not served in the restaurant, but in some establishments they are allowed to bring with you. On Fridays in India, dry law is observed, and alcohol cannot be obtained for any money.
Handshakes are not accepted in India. Instead, the Hindus use the traditional gesture: they raise their joined palms to the chin so that the tips of the fingers touch the eyebrows, and shake their heads with the words: "Namaete." Thus locals greet not only each other, but also their guests.
In India, all buildings, especially religious buildings, are bypassed on the left side.
At the entrance to the temple, office, clinic, you must take off your shoes.
The right hand of the Hindus is considered clean. They bless her, take and give money and even eat. If you do not want to offend a Hindu, then you should not touch him with your left hand. Left hand Hindus consider it unclean, they wash themselves with it after going to the toilet ( toilet paper not accepted in India). The maximum that you can do with your left hand is to hold your right hand at the moment when you are carrying something heavy.
Legs. The feet of the Hindus are also considered unclean. When sitting, do not point your legs towards another person or religious institutions. It is better to sit on crossed legs, or tuck them under you.
Only sons bring the dowry of their daughters-in-law into the house, while daughters take quite a lot out of the house, and it is the sons of the Indians who are usually much more pleased than the daughters. Therefore, in India, it is officially forbidden to determine the sex of a child during pregnancy using ultrasound (a law banning the use of ultrasound to determine the sex of the fetus was introduced due to statistics showing that the official birth rate of boys exceeds the birth rate of girls and that the death rate among female babies and women, bearing girls, several times higher than in cases with boys).
The birth of a girl in not the most rich family who make up the majority of India's population is a tragedy. It is necessary to collect a decent dowry, otherwise no one will marry her, which means that she will have to feed her all her life and be disgraced. But despite this, after the birth of one daughter, rarely does anyone from the poor stop, hoping that the next child will definitely be a son. They go to astrologers to find out the "correct" date for the conception of a son, perform special pujas (prayers) and make sacrifices to the gods - it helps someone, someone does not.
If the family is not very prosperous, then girls are given only elementary education(if given at all), while boys are educated for as long as possible. If the family belongs to a higher class, then education at the school level (10 classes) is usually given to all children, college (another 2 classes) - basically only to boys so that they can get higher education. There are also wealthy families in which education is given to all children and they are taught depending on personal desire, if possible outside of India or in top universities India - for an educated bride, a dowry can be given a little less than for an uneducated one, and for an educated groom, you can demand a larger dowry.
Most of the marriages in India are still arranged, ie. parents themselves choose grooms / brides for their children, negotiate with the parents of the applicants and, again, depending on the position of the family in society, the future husband and wife are provided with several meetings in public places under the supervision of relatives in order to get to know each other better, or simply agree to check horoscopes (an important part of Hindu weddings) and the date of the marriage ceremony where the couple meet. In big cities, there are also "marriages for love", but this is still rare, and even in these cases it is not possible without long negotiations about what and how much should be transferred with the bride so that the groom's parents agree on this particular bride, and not to any other. A woman must obey and obey a man in everything, fulfill all his desires and be faithful. In India, it is not customary to marry for love, it is believed that love will come at the right time. life together. "You Europeans love and marry, but we Indians marry and love."
Sexual relations in this country are considered almost a ritual act, because they are pleasing to God and since antiquity are among the sacred rituals. In India, religious rites and rituals are very respectful.
Before marriage, a woman is forbidden to have sexual contacts, regardless of who she is by origin, otherwise she will be punished. But for men, this law is not respected. Such famous book, like the Kamasutra and that one claims that only in marriage, it is possible to achieve perfection.
Men in India strictly adhere to traditions and upbringing. A man is simply obliged to treat a woman like a mother or sister, and under any circumstances he will keep his distance in a relationship.
Due to upbringing and lifestyle indian girls brought up in severity, offending a woman is considered a crime, and the male part of the family will always avenge the desecrated honor of a sister or mother. It's accepted here.
If a woman begins menstruation, then she cannot do household chores, all her duties are shifted to servants, since on such days a woman is considered defiled.
India has the largest number of livestock in the world (buffaloes, cows, goats, sheep, camels), but pastures make up less than 4% of its area. Cattle often roam the city streets. Cows are considered sacred and their slaughter is prohibited. The cow represents abundance, purity, holiness and is regarded as a sattvic (blissful) animal. Like Mother Earth, the cow is a symbol of the principle of selfless sacrifice. Since the cow provides milk and nutritious dairy products, which are one of the important elements of the vegetarian diet, Hindus revere her as a motherly figure. The bull, in turn, acts as a symbol of dharma. A lot of sacred cows can be seen on the streets of India, they either stand in the shade of houses, then they pick up fruit peels, then they lie across the street, or they eat something at the stalls of greenery merchants.
Entrepreneurial people, seeing that a homeless cow is expecting a calf, take her in and send her to graze through the streets and bazaars, accompanied by their son or daughter. And after calving, they sell rupees for a hundred to some family that needs milk. In this family, a cow is milked for six months, and when it stops giving milk, it is released. Now special dairy farm workers select the best cows from among the homeless and take them to farms, where special work is being done to improve their breed and increase milk yield. In the days spring holiday Holi, when people on the streets paint each other in all colors, street cows also turn into living palettes, giving, as they say, a “unique originality” to the urban landscape. In India, it is generally customary to dye cattle and dress them up on holidays, and even on ordinary days, just like that, as a token of love. You can constantly see oxen with gilded horns, in embroidered caps, with bright beads around their necks and with red spots on their foreheads. And the cabbies - the owners of the tongs - like to put an ornament on the bodies of their horses, usually in the form of orange circles, and paint their legs up to the knees in the same color.
And on the streets of cities and villages you can see bulls. Real bulls. But they don't butt heads in India. They are very peaceful and calmly stand, and no one is afraid of them and does not bypass them. They are not turned into oxen just because they are given to God. In any family, a person can make a vow to the god Shiva that he will donate a bull to him for the birth of a son or some other happy event. Once, in deep Aryan antiquity, bulls were slaughtered during the sacrifice, but gradually in India, the murder of any representative of the “cow kingdom” began to be considered a sin more serious than the murder of a person. This sacrificial bull is branded on the thigh in the form of a trident - the sign of the god Shiva - and released on all four sides. No one, fearing mortal sin, will dare to turn him into an ox and use him at work. All his life this bull roams where he wants. The peasants, guarding their crops, drive stray cattle from the fields, and almost all of them are concentrated in the cities. Therefore, the bulls roam the city asphalt, lie on the market streets, give offspring to their stray cow friends and, having grown old, die right there, near the walls of some house.
Cult of the Serpent. Nagpanchami is the festival of snakes. On this day, both snake charmers and just residents of some villages where the cult of snakes is highly developed go to the forests and bring baskets full of snakes from there, let them out on the streets and yards, shower them with flowers, give them milk, throw them around their necks, wrap them around the arms. And for some reason snakes don't bite. The cobra is considered especially sacred in India. It is present all the time in the life of Indians, especially Indian peasants. Nowhere are they safe from meeting with a cobra, not only in the field and in the forest, but also at home. If a cobra crawls into the house of a man brought up in national traditions, she will not be killed, she will be considered the embodiment of the soul of some ancestor and they will beg her not to harm the living and leave the house voluntarily. Newspapers often report that floods or heavy monsoon rains drive cobras out of their burrows and force them to seek refuge in village houses. Then the peasants leave the villages occupied by cobras, and together they invite a snake charmer to lead his wards back into the field.
Yoga is one of the six traditional schools of ancient Indian philosophy. A yogi (that is, a person who has mastered yoga) is called in India a "yogi" or "yogi". Yogis are credited - especially those who have mastered Raja Yoga - great power spirit, mystical insight into the essence of things, the ability to influence certain states of matter, the ability to predict the future, to transmit one's thoughts to any distance and equally perceive other people's thoughts. The Sanskrit verbal root "yuj", from which the word "yoga" comes, has many meanings, including the following: "to be able to focus one's attention", "to force (harness) oneself", "to use, lure", "to merge, reunite" . In the latter case, the words "with the deity or with the will of the deity" are sometimes added. Although options are known here too - “merge with the primordial energy of the Universe”, with the “essence of matter”, with the “primary mind”, etc. So it is impossible to talk about yoga mainly as a religion - we can say that preachers of one religion or another appeared more than once in the history of India, who included a number of philosophical positions of yoga in their creeds. There was also in the philosophy of yoga itself, as already mentioned, the concept of merging with the Absolute, therefore a number of preachers of this system gave it a prominent place.
Yogi medicine closely borders on Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system traditional medicine, which occupied already in the 1st millennium BC. a place of honor in the circle of such sciences as mathematics, astronomy, poetics, philosophy, etc. The science of life, which contains the knowledge of the guidelines that lead to health, is called AYURVEDA. The word "Ayurveda" is derived from the Sanskrit words meaning "life" and "wisdom, science", and literally translates as "knowledge of life." Ayurveda is a whole and complete system medical knowledge (prevention and cure of diseases, teaching about temperaments and physiology, as well as about healthy way life), which has existed and developed in India for several thousand years. Ayurveda influenced the development of many other traditional medicines (in particular, Tibetan and ancient Greek), in addition, it is the source of many modern species natural therapy and wellness. The peculiarity of Ayurveda is that, unlike Western medicine, it interprets a person as a whole, the unity of the body, mind and spirit, and health thinks as a harmonious relationship between the components of the personality and their own constituent parts. The imbalance of these constituent parts leads to illness, and the goal of treatment is to bring them back into balance and enable the person to lead a happy and healthy life, as well as socially and spiritually. successful life. In this medical system, the approach to each patient is individual and is built on the basis of his, the patient, constitution (prakriti) and psycho-physiological parameters, in particular, after a thorough examination. In addition to the diagnostic methods familiar to us, Ayurveda uses a method such as pulse diagnostics, which is very effective, albeit complex: to master it, an Ayurvedic doctor must study for seven years. Medications or treatment procedures are selected individually.
Top 10 Best Screen Kisses of 2013
Imran Khan and Anushka Sharma in "Matru, Bijli and Mandola"
This may not have been a very good year for Imran Khan, but there is a blessing in disguise. In 2013, Imran gave the audience a pretty hot kiss with the energetic Anushka Sharma (with the permission of Avantika's wife, of course). Curiously, Imran has an unwritten rule in his contract against kissing, which he, however, had to break for the sake of "Matru, Bijli and Mandola". The film failed at the box office. Moral of the story - use your kisses more wisely.
Arjun Rampal and Chitrangada Singh in Denial
Perhaps the unstable marriage of Chitrangada Singh was also shaken passionate kisses with Arjun Rampal in Sudhir Mishra's film about sexual harassment "Negation".
Ayushman Khurana and Pooja Salvi in Drama King
This kiss generated a lot of publicity as Ayushman's wife was very unhappy with the kiss and generally objected to it.
John Abraham and Kangana Ranaut in Shootout at Wadala
John played a gangster and Kangana his girlfriend. They kissed so passionately on screen that they made the censors blush. Definitely, this couple knows how to kiss!
Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in Crazy Youth
It was a very soft kiss, which became a decisive moment in the plot. No passion, more affection... just a touch of lips. It's like friends greet each other when they stop being lovers.
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in Ram and Leela
with Ranveer "Ram and Leele" Deepika kissed with much more passion. This was the first time Sanjay Leela Bhansali experimented with kissing in his film.
Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra in True Indian Romance
These two played sexually horny roommates. Nothing "shuddh" (real/pure), nothing "Indian", no romance. Just feverish kisses on the lips. How Sushant Singh Rajput's girlfriend Ankita reacted to this is unknown.
Emran Hashmi and Vidya Balan in "Nutty"
With so many new kisses on screen this year, "serial kisser" Emran Hashmi is almost behind him. It's a pity, but in the movie Ghanchakkar his kisses were unimpressive and clumsy.
Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif in Bikers 3
This is Katrina's next kiss in the film production Yash Raj Films. Last year, she seduced Shah Rukh Khan, who had vowed not to kiss on screen, in the film "While I am alive", and this year allowed Aamir Khan, who kissed almost all of his heroines, to touch her trembling lips in Dhoom 3. If Salman makes an exception and kisses his ex-lover, then Katrina will be the first heroine to kiss all three Khans.
Randeep Huda and Saqib Salim in Bombay Radio Stations
This is the first gay kiss in a Bollywood movie for the masses. We take our hats off to the two actors for this daring scene.
The whole world knows that the main treatise intimate life- "Kama Sutra" - presented by India, and at the same time everything Soviet women knew that in a melodramatic line Indian films heroes in love can't even kiss. Chastity on the screen was in everything: in dances, in clothes, in touches, and in this “ah, Raja! I love you…” and the look of a virgin modestly averted to a sinless song. Raja could only dance nearby. But western culture found her commercial slot in Indian cinema and leaked out in the form of scantily clad dancers and a common bed for lovers. The revolution happened in 2007 - in Indian cinema they were allowed to kiss on the lips. Not at all puritanical Bollywood films began to appear on the screens. Although even before that there were paintings that were amazing with excessive eroticism.
"Crazy Heart", musical, melodrama, 1997
Photo: frame from the film "Crazy Heart"
The most sensual moments. The dance of the heroine in a peignoir, a kiss on the neck, male tears, the dance of the protagonist in a white wet transparent shirt, hugs in the grass, passionate game on drums (like Celentano, who cuts wood). And another romantic song with the words "Oh-oo-oo, a-aa-aa, la-la-la-la ...".
Plot. A talented director named Rahul came up with the girl of his dreams, whom he named Maya in his dreams. There are two actresses in his theater, one of whom has been in love with him since childhood, and the second is engaged to her fiancé. Rahul starts staging a play about fairytale love and suddenly a real feeling comes to him. Guess which one of the girls. Yes, all the plots of Indian cinema are predictable, but does it really matter?
"Victim", action, thriller, 2009
The most sensual moments. Somehow it's a shame - there is no strictness of morals left from Indian cinema: even before marriage, the main characters had kisses on the lips on the whole screen, nightly bed scenes, a joint morning awakening. End of Indian Cinema?
Plot. Avantika, a lecturer at a university, meets a young and handsome professor, Ehsaan Khan. After moving to New York because of their Muslim neighbors, they find themselves in a series of dangers and intrigues.
"Kama Sutra: a love story", drama, 1996
Photo: frame from the film "Kama Sutra: a love story"
The most sensual moments. You should not trust the name of the film, the action takes place in India of the 16th century, and there will be no Kama Sutra, that is, lovers will not do magic while standing on their heads. But the female breasts and naked thighs will flash in the frames.
Plot. Once upon a time there lived in the palace of the Maharaja the daughter of the dancer Maya. Like Cinderella, she is allowed to carry old clothes Princess Tara, attend dance lessons with her and listen to lectures on love ancient book. When the girls grow up, Prince Raj Singh proposes to Tara and makes love to Maya.
"Festival", melodrama, 1984
The most sensual moments. Feeding each other grapes, timid removal of jewelry from half-bare shoulders, awkward pestering behind the curtain, only the legs are open, clumsy caresses under the waterfall.
Plot. Time ancient india. Famous courtesan and the dancer is in love with a ruined Brahmin married to another. Despite the fact that she is courted by a rich and noble person she dreams of a married beggar.
"Let's help you get a divorce", comedy film, 2012
Photo: frame from the film "Let's Help Divorce"
The most sensual moments. Talk, talk, talk: "You're not impotent, are you?" - “Let’s go and show” (they don’t go anywhere). Reasoning about a kiss: "When two people are so close, they feel each other's breath, their heads are slightly tilted, they close their eyes ..." (and again nothing happens). And there is bed scene, where burning candles are shown on the whole screen.
Plot. Main character film - a lawyer who receives huge fees on divorces. He is ready for any tricks to prove the real or imaginary fact of infidelity of one of the spouses. A partner comes to him, who is supposed to help him in legal matters. By the way, together they sing very beautiful songs, listen to the soundtracks for the film.
"Bachelor of Arts", drama, 2012
Photo: frame from the film "Bachelor of Arts"
The most sensual moments. Absolutely European cinema. There was nothing left of the Indian flavor, except for temperamental tanned actors. There are many intimate moments, without nudity, but everything that happens on the screen is clear to the European audience even without dancing. One wants to creak like an old man: “Cinema now is not what it used to be. It used to be cleaner." In short, 16+, but the film is deep and meaningful.
Plot. A young guy named Mukesh, after the death of his parents, fell into the care of his aunt. At one of the women's gatherings, Aunt Mukesh liked an experienced lady in love affairs. Once she offered the guy to earn money by satisfying elderly women.
