Sanjay Dutt's liplock was cut from Kidnap
Buzz from the select few who had a preview of Sanjay Gadhvi's Kidnap was about Sanjay Dutt's smooch with Vidya Malvade. The rather longish liplock took viewers by surprise. Dutt hasn't indulged in a liplock on-screen for quite some time now.
When the film hit the marquee on October 2, Dutt's chumma went gayab from the film. This was baffling as Gadhvi had made Minissha Lamba indulge in a skinfest on screen, so why chop the bit when Dutt puckers up with Malvade? And that too when they play a couple, an estranged one though, whose daughter's kidnapping brings them together.
Says Gadhvi, "The scene was cut on the eve of the film's release. It was a three-minute scene. After several previews, the reaction was that the scene was not with the flow and slowed down the pace. All those who saw it were of the opinion that it should be cut. Even though it was a scene very dear to me, I chopped it. The reaction of the viewers mattered to me more. But it will be retained in the DVDs."
It is learnt that in various trials the response was that in India, elderly couples are not associated with liplocks. Secondly, as the Kidnap couple is estranged and has met after a long time, they wouldn't be so passionate.
And moreover, a tense couple would not indulge in lovemaking when their daughter has been kidnapped!
There was also speculation that Dutt's wife Maanayata had issues about the scene.
Says Maanayata, "I had nothing to with the removal of the kissing scene. I don't interfere with Sanju's work. Also, if I had to object, I would have done it when they shot for it."
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