Kartik Aaryan opens up about 37 retakes for kissing scene in his early Bollywood film

MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan has alleged in an interview that a co-star deliberately made mistakes during a kissing scene, forcing multiple retakes.

Kartik Aaryan, who is now one of Bollywood’s leading actors and a favourite of filmmakers, recalled his humble beginnings in the industry.

Sharing an incident from his early career, he revealed that a kissing scene in the 2014 film Kanchi, directed by Subhash Ghai, required 37 retakes before it was finalized.

The film also starred veteran actors Rishi Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty. Kartik played the male lead opposite Mishti Chakraborty, who, according to him, deliberately made mistakes during the scene to extend the shoot.

Kartik said that after three dozen attempts, the scene was finally approved after repeated retakes.