Actress Anjana Sukhani, who starred in the 2007 film, Salaam-E-Ishq, revealed that she was not informed about a kissing scene between Anil Kapoor and her until moments before the shoot. She slammed director Nikkhil Advani for the incident and said that she could not voice out her objection as she feared she would be thrown out of the film.
In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Anjana recalled, "I was not told about the kiss, right till the end, until we were walking on the set to do the scene, I was not told. This wouldn’t happen with a star kid, right?"
She went on to say that she was okay with doing a kissing scene if the script demanded, provided it was conveyed to her in advance. "I am saying, at least inform. Mentally, I need to be prepared in my head. At the end of the day, this is still some kind of intimacy and I think I have carried that for a very long time,” she rued.
Anjana also stated that she had no friend on the sets and was scared that she will be ousted from the film, and thus, she did not question the makers then. "What if I was asked to leave the film? I am just assuming. What if he would have told me, this scene is important and if you don’t do it then leave. Then what do I do?" she stated.
Sharing that she still carries some "bitterness" in her heart over the incident, Anjana called Nikkhil "mean and harsh" to her. "That’s unfair because they wouldn’t do that with a star kid. You could get away with me because I have no backing," she said.
Salaam-E-Ishq, which released in 2007, featured one of the biggest ensemble cast of that time as it starred Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Govinda, John Abraham, Juhi Chawla, and others in lead roles.
