I couldn’t sleep all night: Neena Gupta recalls rinsing her mouth with dettol after shooting first kissing scene

Mamta Naik

June 27, 2023
2:36 pm
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Neena Gupta, who will be seen in Lust Stories 2, revealed she couldn’t sleep all night after shooting her first kissing scene in 1993.

Neena Gupta is one of the most talented actresses in the industry. Over the years, she has appeared in films like Veere Di Wedding, Sardar Ka Grandson, Goodbye, Uunchai, Shiv Shastri Balboa and Vadh among others. The actress will be seen in Netflix’s anthology film Lust Stories 2. Ahead of its release, Neena Gupta recalled shooting her first kissing scene on Indian TV. The veteran actor also revealed the reason she couldn’t sleep all night post her kissing scene.

Neena Gupta opens up on her first kissing scene

Speaking with Instant Bollywood, Neena shared, “Many years ago, I did a serial with Dilip Dhawan. It had the first-ever lip-to-lip kissing scene on Indian TV. I couldn’t sleep all night. It wasn’t like he was a friend, we were acquaintances. He was good-looking, but that doesn’t really matter in these situations, because physically and mentally, I wasn’t ready. I was so tense, but I convinced myself to go through it.”

The veteran actress added, “It’s like some people can’t do comedy, some people can’t cry on camera. I drilled it into my head, and I did it. As soon as it ended, I rinsed my mouth with Dettol. It was so difficult to kiss somebody who I don’t know.”

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The serial Neena Gupta is talking about is Dilip Dhawan’s Dillagi. It was her first ever kissing scene onscreen.

Neena Gupta is one of the versatile actors in the industry. Neena is known to take up challenging projects and deliver terrific performances. Talking about her upcoming project Lust Stories 2, she plays the role of an old woman.

Lust Stories 2 trailer released a few days ago and it received a good response. R Balki, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sujoy Ghosh and Amit Sharma have directed the short films of Lust Stories 2. The second season will start streaming on Netflix from 29^th June.