Teenager's love-making scene in Tere Sang

Teenager's love-making scene in Tere Sang

Producer Anupam Kher and director Satish Kaushik are in a fix about
their bold film on teen pregnancy Tere Sang, which is on release. No,
it isn't a moral dilemma but a very practical and in-your-face
problem. Says a source, "The film has shaped up into a thought
provoking look at love, sex and commitment among youngsters today.
However, the crucial love scene where the 17 year old boy played by
Ruslaan makes love to the 15-year old girl and impregnates her is very
fleetingly shot." Apparently, the young debutante actress, Sheena
Shahabadi, was petrified doing such an intimate scene in her very
first film. "Though she was briefed about it from the start, Sheena
developed cold feet when it came to doing the love-making scene. The
director Satish Kaushik kept postponing it. Finally, when Sheena
agreed to do it, she refused to convey any serious intimacy. She even
refused to kiss her co-star Ruslaan Mumtaz on the lips. Satish had to
settle for a chin kiss." The Tere Sang lead, Ruslaan Mumtaz (who made
his debut in 2007 with Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar), admits his co-star was
coy. "Yes, she did have problems with the love scene. And she did
refuse to do the kiss. I don't blame her. Sheena is just a kid! I felt
very embarrassed to even do such a scene with her. But as actors we
both had to be thoroughly professional. Sheena conducted herself as
best as she could. And we somehow managed the scene." Ruslaan jumps to
his callow co-star's defence. "See, Tere Sang isn't just about
intimacy between two strangers. It's also about how two immature
under-age people try to set up a home together. Satishji doesn't want
to glorify promiscuousness and teen sex by making it look attractive
on screen. So, in a way Sheena's inhibitions worked to our advantage."
However, Satish Kaushik who's current scouting locations in Africa for
Himesh Reshammiya starrer, Karzzzz, admits the scene didn't turn out
as effectively as he would've liked to."But Ruslaan is right. We don't
want to make Tere Sang look like an invitation for teenagers to make
love at an age when they should be making class projects. My film
shows how parental neglect can trigger off a sexual rebellion in kids.
I didn't want to sensationalize the love-making."

Via : India FM