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Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan may have no problem with Aishwarya Rai acting in the film after marriage but what about KISSING OTHER ACTORS? WILL THAT CREATE A BIG PROBLEM IN THE BACHCHAN FAMILY? The actress’ lip lock with Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom 2 upset the Bachchans and using their connection with the Chopras, they censored that scene from the movie. Abhishek Bachcan got very upset because he was not informed about this scene. He came to know it after watching the movie and did not talk with Hrithik Roshan.

Now, the funny part of the story is, after the scene has been censored, it became more popular and people became more curious to see it. There are many websites that uploaded the kissing scene video clip.

In Last Legion, the upcoming Hollywood drama, there is a scene where Aishwarya’s body parts are clearly visible through wet dress. Now what the Bachchans would do about it? They are very powerful in Bollywood but not in Hollywood.

"I am not comfortable about kissing or nudity. I am clear about what I want. I'll work only with good directors who'll offer me two-dimensional roles. The director and the role are most important." This is a quotation of Aishwarya Rai during her interview with Movie Mag International in 2004, two years before Dhoom2. If she is not comfortable with kissing on the screen then why did she do that scene?

Aishwarya's kiss might have dissatisfied the Bachchan family but Abhishek Bachchan kissed Rani Mukherjee on the lips in Yuva and Bunty Aur Bubli. In Yuva, Abhishek did a bed scene with Rani Mukherjee. Amitabh Bachchan did an intimate scene with Smita Patil in a romantic song “Jaane Kaise Kab Kahan” in Shakti, and in his latest movie Nishabd, Jiah Khan kissed him. Last but not the least, what Amitabh's smooching with the models in Kaizad Gustad's Boom?

Here the main issue is not obscenity but tradition. Indian society is a male dominated society. In Indian, a boy or a man has the freedom to stay late outside at night or hang around with his friends but a girl or a woman is not permitted to do so. The same thing happening to Aishwarya as well. What she has done so far may be forgiven by the Bachchans but after marriage I am pretty sure that she would not appear in such scenes. Now, the Million Dollar Question is, “Will the same rule be applied for Abhishek Bachchan as well? Will he continue his kissing SAGA like her PAPA?   

Useful links:

http://firstbollywood.com/2007/01/amitabh-bachchan-forced-producer-to-axe.html

http://firstbollywood.com/2006/12/if-you-thought-aishwarya-bared-lot-of.html

http://www.drishtikone.com/?q=node/3728

http://entertainment.oneindia.in/movies/bollywood/gupshup/dhoom-2-281106.html

http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/994/aishwarya-kisses-hrithik-behind-abhishek’s-back.html

http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2006/11/25/aishwarya-hrithik-roshans-kissing-affair/