This girl was the actress who gave the first and longest ‘kiss’ in Indian cinema!

This girl was the actress who gave the first and longest ‘kiss’ in Indian cinema!

Any actress or actor of today’s times does not shy away from giving a lip kiss scene. This is a common scene in almost every film. Be it Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt or today’s new heroines, everyone’s kissing scene can be seen. But this trend is not new. Nor are heroines like Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma or Kareena Kapoor the first to bring this trend. Before her, about ninety years ago, a heroine had started this trend. His scene was about four minutes long. On which there was a lot of controversy later.

Scene filmed between Devika and Himanshu

This film was the movie Karma, released in the year 1933, in which Devika Rani and Himanshu Rai were seen together. For the first time in this film, a lip kissing scene was filmed. This scene shot between the two was about 4 minutes long. On which a lot of controversy broke out. By the way, let us also tell you that both Devika Rani and Himanshu Rai were husband and wife in real life also. Therefore, both of them did not face any problem in shooting the scene. But at that time, showing such a scene publicly on the film screen created a lot of uproar. Which also affected the image of Devika Rani.

Had become known by the name of Dragon Lady

During that period, Devika Rani was considered much ahead of her contemporary heroines. Not only in kissing scenes but she was also fond of alcohol and cigarettes and she never tried to hide this hobby. Along with her husband Himanshu Rai, she also founded Bombay Talkies. Under this banner he gave a hit film like Jawaani Ki Hawa. Himanshu Rai died in 1949. After which Devika Rani not only ran Bombay Talkies alone but also got married to a Russian painter for the second time in 1958. Because of this attitude, she also came to be called Dragon Lady.

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