MUMBAI: Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif will share a steamy lip-lock in Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara’. The kiss was shot in Spain during the first schedule of the film last month.
Although Hrithik has played tonsil tennis with other heroines in the past, this was his first time with Katrina and there was a level of discomfort from her side. This is the first time that the two are working together and Kat didn’t have the easy on-screen chemistry she has with Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor.
The two had to work to get into the comfy zone. They spent time together on the set before the intimate scene was shot. The perfectionist that Hrithik is, he wanted to get it right and even suggested rehearsing the smooch before the shoot!
A source spills the details of the kiss. “The scene happens when Hrithik is bidding her goodbye. As soon as he starts walking away, Kat realises she misses him already and rides her bike towards him. She then gets off the bike and plants a kiss on his lips. The scene establishes that she realises she has strong feelings for him and can’t ignore him anymore.”
Before shooting the scene, Zoya sat with the actors and stressed on the relevance of the lip-lock in the film. She made no bones about the fact that they look great together.
The source says, “Hrithik and Kat have done a photo shoot in the past. Apart from that, they haven’t interacted a lot socially either. So breaking the ice wasn’t easy. But you wouldn’t believe that if you see the scene!”
On the day of the shoot, the actors were heard agonising over how they have to get the scene right. In fact, they shot it several times before Zoya okayed it! “Both were professional and were completely committed to getting it right. And they did,” the source says.