Shabana Azmi Reveals How Javed Akhtar Reacted To Her Kiss With Dharmendra In Rocky Aur Rani

Shabana Azmi and Dharmendra play former love interests in the movie

After Dharmendra and Karan Johar, Shabana Azmi shared her thoughts on the on-screen kiss with Dharmendra in Karan Johar's directorial Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. The film released in theatres last Friday and ever since its release, the on-screen kiss between the two veteran actors has become the talk of the town. Asked about the kiss, Shabana Azmi told Zoom in a recent interview, "I never thought it would create such a fuss! People are laughing and cheering when we do the kiss. While shooting it was never an issue. It is true that I haven't kissed much on screen before. But who wouldn't want to kiss a man as handsome as Dharmendra?"

Asked about the reaction of her husband and veteran-lyricist Javed Akhtar to the scene, Shabana Azmi told Zoom, "Oh he was not bothered. But what bothered him was my rowdy behaviour. Throughout the film I was applauding, whistling, cheering and shouting. He was like, 'I don't know this woman sitting next to me.' I went insane with excitement."

Shabana Azmi also said that she has been receiving overwhelming messages from many people since the film released. This is the first time she has worked with Karan Johar. Praising the director's vision, Shabana Azmi said, "It's a completely new experience for me. The kind of enthusiastic messages I am getting about my role, the film is being appreciated by sections who normally look down on commercial cinema. This is the first time I've been in a Karan Johar film. The amount of subtext the normally snooty sections of Indians are reading into Karan's film is nothing short of astonishing."