New Delhi: Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi created headlines for their kissing scene in Karan Johar's 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani'. Even after a successful run at the box office, the film continues to grab headlines post its release on OTT platform, Prime Video. Recently, Shabana Azmi admitted in a Zoom interview about how actor Tabu, who is Shabana's niece, teases the veteran about the kiss.
Shabana said in the same interaction that Tabu says her kiss with Dharmendra created a huge stir in the film industry.Shabana Azmi said, "Tabu, jo meri niece hai, itni shaitan hai. Vo kehti hai aapne hila ke rakh diya industry. Ab sab aapki age ki ladkiyaan keh rahi hai ke kiss hogi toh hum karenge( Tabu, who is my niece, is so naughty. She teases me that I created a huge stir within the industry and now all the actresses my age say that they woulddo a film if there's a kissing scene in it)
In 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani', Shabana Azmi and Dharmendra play lost lovers who reuinte after years as their grandchildren, played by Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh, fall in love.
In the film, Jaya Bachchan plays Dharmendra's wife in the film.
Last year, Shabana Azmi had spoken about the kissing scene in 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani' to Zoom and said, "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?”
Shabana Azmi had also shared her husband-lyricist Javed Akhtar's reaction to her onscreen kiss with Dharmendra. She said, "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.”