Still opening up to the idea of depicting homosexuality on screen, intimacy is still a dicey area for Indian censors and moral police.
Girl on girl kisses aren’t commonplace in Bollywood. And that’s what the lip lock gimmick between Sunny Leone and Sandhya Mridul tries to cash on in Ragini MMS 2.
They’re not lovers but two bold beauties with no qualms about living up to a dare, which is bound to sell a few extra tickets at the box office.
Here’s looking at some of the most famous kisses shared by two women on screen.
Shaitan
Bejoy Nambiar’s stylishly shot crime thriller about a bunch of rich and reckless kids is filled with moments of sex and violence And in a moment of flirtation, Kalki Koechlin impulsively plants a peck on Kirti Kulhari’s pout.
Fire
Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das attracted a whole lot of controversy for their explicit scenes in Deepa Mehta’s critically acclaimed lesbian romance, Fire.The two seasoned actresses don’t hold back while demonstrating their affection up, close and personal.
I Can't Think Straight
Adapted from Kelly Moss’ novel of the same name, I Can’t Think Straight won rave responses at the LGBT film fest circuit owing to its accurate depiction of two women in love in a world filled with prejudice.What’s most talked about is the hot smooching session between its leading beauties Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth.
Black Swan
Natalie Portman’s Oscar-winning turn as the troubled ballet dancer in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan required to go through grueling sessions of practice.The actress, however, appears quite uninhibited and passionate in her torrid make-out scenes with the sexy Mila Kunis.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Woody Allen’s sun-soaked romance jumble Vicky Cristina Barcelona impressed quite a few And so did the surreal lip to lip between two of Hollywood’s hottest women -- Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz.
American Hustle
Jennifer Lawrence plays an edgy, unstable and moody 30-something wife and mom in her Oscar-nominated turn in American Hustle.Amy Adams, her husband’s partner in crime, is a sight she cannot stand.What lends their one and only face-off a peculiar thrill is Lawrence’s alarming, unforeseeable kiss on Adams’ mouth.
Heavenly Creatures
In one of director Peter Jackson’s earlier films, Heavenly Creatures, which marks Kate Winslet’s breakthrough in cinema, the actress plays a teenager who plots the murder of her best friend’s mother.Dark, dangerous and visually arresting, Heavenly Creatures keenly explores the serious sexual attraction between Winslet and Melanie Lynskey.
Jennifer's Body
The eyeballs grabbing kissing session between Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried may have earned countless page views on the web But its sleazy B-horror meets campus slasher theme wasn’t enough to set the box office on fire.
Cruel Intentions
Evil characters populate the script of Cruel Intentions, a modern-day adaptation of the French novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses.Sarach Michelle Gellar plays one such remorseless vixen who, in of its most unforgettable scenes, teaches the naive Selma Blair the art of kissing with blatant eroticism.
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