We
do
not
know
if
it's
just
a
publicity
stunt
or
a
conscious
statement
made
by
actress
Mallika
Sherawat
at
the
Cannes.
But
her
recent
offending
remarks
against
India
has
not
only
shocked
the
nation,
but
also
the
Bollywood
film
fraternity
are
left
speechless.
In
a
recent
interview
given
to
'The
Variety
Studio:
Cannes
Edition',
Bollywood
actress
Mallika
Sherawat
expressed
her
views
about
Indian
society
and
how
she
relates
to
her
character
in
forthcoming
film
Dirty
Politics.
Sherawat
further
went
on
saying
that
she
was
the
first
actress
in
India
to
kiss
on
screen
and
wear
a
bikini.
"I
was
the
first
actress
in
India
to
kiss
on
screen
and
wear
a
bikini," the
actress
stated.
Well,
on
that
perspective,
we
agree
that
Mallika
Sherawat
has
set
a
benchmark
in
kissing
in
the
industry,
with
her
films
like
Murder
and
Khwahish.
But,
as
she
claims,
Sherawat
is
certainly
not
the
first
Indian
actress
to
liplock
onscreen
or
sport
a
bikini.
A
smooching
scene
still
raises
eyebrows
today.
But
the
kissing
phenomenon
is
nothing
new
to
Bollywood.
The
films
of
20s
and
30s
had
a
liberal
dose
of
sex
and
kissing
scenes.
The
first
onscreen
kiss
in
the
history
of
the
Indian
cinema
was
shot
back
in
1933
between
Devika
Rani
and
her
husband
Himanshu
Rai
in
Karma.
Bollywood
have
had
a
history
of
some
hot
and
boldest
onscreen
smooching.
Also,
several
yesteryear
Bollywood
actresses
like
Zeenat
Aman,
Parveen
Babi,
Sharmila
Tagore
and
many
more
had
created
a
sensation
years
back,
by
sporting
bikini
onscreen.
So,
now
the
key
question
lies,
on
what
basis
did
Sherawat
claim
herself
as
the
first
Indian
actress
to
kiss
onscreen
and
sport
a
bikini?
Go
through
the
slider
to
know
more
about
Bollywood's
long
history
of
onscreen
liplocks
and
bikini
babes.
Seeta
Devi-Charu
Roy
Kiss
In
her
1929
silent
film
A
Throw
of
Dice,
Seeta
Devi
went
on
to
kiss
Charu
Roy.
Based
on
Mahabharata,
the
film
is
about
two
kings
who
are
vying
for
the
love
of
a
hermit's
daughter.
Sharmila
Tagore
Sharmila
Tagore
was
the
first
Indian
actress
to
get
into
a
bikini
for
a
magazine
cover.
This
bold
step
of
Tagore
created
quite
a
hullabaloo
when
the
magazine
hit
the
stand,
the
matter
was
even
questioned
in
the
'Question
Hour'
of
the
parliament.
Lalita
Pawar
Kiss
Actress
Lalita
Pawar,
who
later
became
popular
in
Bollywood
for
playing
the
vamp,
had
a
kissing
scene
in
the
film
Pati
Bhakti
in
1920s.
Dimple
Kapadia
Dimple
did
the
unbelievable
in
her
first
Bollywood
movie
itself.
It
is
said
that
Dimple
was
just
16,
when
she
did
Bobby,
and
she
stunned
the
nation
by
sporting
a
red
two-piece
in
one
of
the
scenes
in
the
movie.
Zeenat-Shashi
Kiss
Raj
Kapoor
films
were
often
in
news
for
their
sensual
content.
Zeenat
Aman's
kiss
with
Shahi
Kapoor
in
the
film
Satyam
Shivam
Sundaram
created
quite
a
sensation
back
then.
Parveen
Babi
Babi
became
an
overnight
phenomenon
in
Yeh
Nazdeekiyan
with
her
bikini
number.
Her
voluptuous
curves
and
silky
mane
was
the
stuff
technicolour
fantasies
were
made
of.
Rishi-Dimple
Kiss
Dimple
Kapadia
became
the
new
symbol
of
sexual
liberation
in
the
mid-80s
when
she
kissed
Rishi
Kapoor
in
the
teenage
drama
Bobby.
The
created
quite
a
stir
with
their
hot
onscreen
kiss.
Zeenat
Aman
Zeenat
Aman
has
always
been
known
as
a
very
bold
actress.
She
stormed
Bollywood
in
the
70s
with
her
bold
roles
and
hot
bikini
avatars
onscreen.
Madhuri
Dixit-Sanjay
Dutt
kiss
Madhuri
Dixit
was
not
considered
as
one
of
the
boldest
heroines
of
her
times.
Yet,
we
cannot
ignore
her
onscreen
smooch
with
Sanjay
Dutt.
Karisma
And
Aamir's
Minute
Long
Kiss
With
the
advent
of
1990s,
kissing
became
a
common
phenomenon
on
the
celluloid.
But,
it
was
Karisma
Kapoor
and
Aamir
Khan's
minute
long
kiss
in
the
1996
film
Raja
Hindustani
that
created
a
stir.