Anjana Sukhani reveals about her kissing scene with Anil Kapoor in Salaam-E-Ishq

The actress criticised the director, Nikkhil Advani, for being “mean and harsh” toward her.

In a recent interview with Bollywood Hungama, Anjana Sukhani, who was part of Nikhil Advani’s Salaam-E-Ishq, criticised him for being “mean and harsh” toward her. The actress recalled that she was made to perform a kissing scene with Anil Kapoor without prior information.

Anjana Sukhani on being made to do a kissing scene with Anil Kapoor.

Anjana said that she wasn’t given prior information about the kiss with Anil Kapoor until the very last moment and only learned about it while walking onto the set. She added, “This wouldn’t happen with a star kid, right? I don’t think I was in a position to refuse. I was nervous and overwhelmed. I didn’t even have anybody around me to talk to about it. I was just told that this is what I had to do. I understand that, as an actor, if a script demands something, you have to be open to it. If a scene requires a kiss, that’s fair enough. But I am saying—at least inform me. Mentally, I need to be prepared. At the end of the day, this is still a form of intimacy, and I think I have carried that feeling for a very long time.”

Anjana felt she wasn’t treated fairly.

The actress, speaking on her reaction then, said, “I wanted to cry because I was not mentally prepared for it. Even if I had found out half an hour earlier, it still would have come as a shock. I didn’t know how to handle it, and I didn’t have anyone to talk to about it.” She felt she wasn’t treated fairly and believed she was taken for granted because she was new, assuming she would comply without refusal.

Anjana said that she never confronted Nikkhil Advani about the incident and still feels bitter about it. She also called it “unfair,” stating that it wouldn’t have happened to a star kid.