When Aishwarya Rai Bachchan revealed she was uncomfortable kissing in Dhoom 2

In 2006, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's performance in the sequel of Yash Raj Films action-thriller Dhoom earned rave reviews. For the film, the former Miss World lost oodles of weight to achieve the size zero figure and broke her lip-lock policy to share a "very uncomfortable" kiss with Hrithik Roshan.

3 things you need to know

• Dhoom 2 starred Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra in the lead roles. 
• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan received several legal notices after the release of Dhoom 2. 
• Dhoom 2 was helmed by Sanjay Gandhvi. 

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on why she agreed to do a kissing scene in Dhoom 2

Speaking to Daily Mail in 2012, Aishwarya Rai revealed that she had several doubts before she signed Dhoom 2, majorly because there was a kissing scene. Aishwarya said that she had declined multiple projects "purely on the basis of not being comfortable with the very physical scenes and the kissing". She added that she was also "quite sure" that the audience would also not be "very comfortable" with her doing it (kissing) on-screen. She, however, agreed to sign Dhoom 2 because she thought if she had to walk down the path, she would first want to try doing an onscreen kissing scene in a Hindi film and see if her doubts had any merit. 

"It was around the same time that the interest in the Western world from Hollywood, or European cinema, English cinema, from the industry there was a lot interest in me and the possibility of me working overseas, and I had already declined a couple of scripts purely on the basis of not being comfortable with the very physical scenes and the kissing because I’d never done that on screen and I just wasn’t very comfortable with the idea,” the actress said. 

(A still from the film Dhoom 2 | Image: YouTube)

Explaining why she agreed to be part of Dhoom 2 despite the kissing scene, Aishwarya revealed, "I was quite sure even my audience was not very comfortable with me doing it on-screen. I was actually quite convinced about it but I still said okay, if I have to go down this path let me first do it in our cinema, in an Indian piece of cinema, and let me see if all my doubts are true, and they were."

 
When fans asked Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for an explanation over the kissing scene

Aishwarya revealed that her fans were uncomfortable with the idea of her kissing on-screen. After the release of Dhoom 2, Aishwarya's fans sent multiple legal notices asking her why she agreed to do the scene. They also asked her to explain her actions. 

“You’ll be surprised, I mean I actually got a couple of notices, legal notices, from some people in the country turning around and saying “You are iconic, you’re an example to our girls you have led your life in such an exemplary manner, they’re not comfortable with you doing this on screen so why did you?" the actress said.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been a prominent part of Indian cinema. She has delivered several blockbuster hit films including Devdas (2002), Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), Taal (1999) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008), among others.