‘It Was No Fun’: ‘Family Man’ Actress Ashlesha Thakur Opens Up About Her Kissing Scenes

On Jul 10, 2021

Ever since I’ve been watching Bollywood movies and bingeing on shows on OTT platforms, every time that I come across a kissing scene, I tend to wonder what it must be like to shoot it behind the screen.

Is the chemistry real? Does it feel awkward? Are the actors uncomfortable?

Seems like Family Man actress Ashlesha Thakur, who was seen donning the role of Dhriti in the hit series, has finally answered our questions by opening about her own kissing scene in the show.

Spoiler alert – it was ‘no fun’!

Having gained quite a bit of critical acclaim and an outpouring inbox full of rishtas, Ashlesha Thakur has been the talk of the town.

And as she basks in the glory of her recent success, she also opened up about her experience of shooting for the Manoj Bajpayee starrer show, touching base on her kissing scene.

“I was very nervous. It was a very new thing for me to do. I had to bring maturity to the character and not have that kidd-ish way of acting. I wanted to make it look very natural and spontaneous. I watched a lot of web series where there is a love interest involved. I researched and studied a lot,” shared Ashlesha in an interview with a leading daily.

She went on to say, “Shooting the kissing scene is very technical. It is no fun. It is my work and whatever the requirements are as an actor, I should be comfortable with it…I trust my directors and did not worry about what it would look like on screen because I know how meticulous they are with their writing.”

The young actress also got candid about the much talked about kidnapping scene in the show as she said, “It was exhausting and emotionally and mentally challenging for me. Getting kidnapped was something that was making me very nervous. I did not want to do that scene. I was telling Raj and Suparn sir, ‘let’s do it another day’. When I did the first take, I was confused whether I was doing the correct thing. When the directors supported me, I knew I was on the right track.”