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India.com
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
This 32-year-old superstar forcibly kissed 15-year-old actress on set, left her crying and bleeding, laughed it off when told she was..., then..
Actors and actresses from the industry have faced some horrible incidents that made them question their dignity. Some of them stayed but many left at that moment. Here, we are about to discuss the same thing that happened to a veteran actress when she just started her film career. When Biswajit Chatterjee Forcibly Kissed 15-year-old Rekha on sets Yes, you read that the actress we are talking about is none other than Rekha who created an impeccable benchmark in the history of Indian Cinema. But, many of you may not know this but at the age of 15, she was forcibly kissed by her co-star which left her in a state of shock. In 1969, the actress signed Kuljit Pal's Do Shikaari (earlier named as Anjana Safar). In the film, she was paired with 60's Bengali Superstar Biswajit Chatterjee, whose age was 32 at that time while Rekha was 15 years old. In Rekha's published biography she mentioned the incident regarding how lead actor and director planned to shoot a kissing scene without her consent. In this particular scene Biswajit had to showcase his love for her co-star but soon the camera rolled, the actor went on a kissing spree and grabbed her by surprise which made her uncomfortable. However, the director did not cut the shot and continued, leaving Rekha devastated and shocked. After the scene ended, Rekha was left in tears, with her lips bleeding. During that period, this incident came to light and became one of the most sensational topics. Later, during an interview when Biswajit was asked about the tragic incident, he proudly defended it by saying that he only took the director's command for the scene and added that this particular scene was loved by audiences and that is why it felt justified to him. 'Do Shikaari's Fate At The Box Office After the kissing incident, the film went on a delaying spree as Rekha did not agree to return to the set. Somehow the makers managed to complete the film with both the actors and later it was released in 1979 which tanked badly at the box office. Following this incident, Rekha and Biswajit never worked together.
Hindustan Times
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
When Biswajit, 32, defended forcibly kissing 15-year-old Rekha on set, laughed it off when told she was left in tears
In a day and age where intimacy coordinators are slowly becoming the norm on film sets and boundaries are respected more often than not, 'forcing' an underage actor into an intimate scene with a grown-up man would be a massive scandal, and rightly so. But alas, the 60s were different times. And due to the lack of agency most women had on Hindi film sets, many beloved stars would get away with a lot of transgressions that would get the average Joe reprimanded if not jailed. One such incident was when Biswajit, then 32, forcibly kissed his 15-year-old co-star Rekha and later laughed it off after being called out for it. While the film got stuck with the censors, a few stills from the shoot made their way to the Asian edition of Life magazine. This included a rather titillating shot of Biswajit kissing Rekha. In her autobiography, Rekha: The Untold Story, Rekha claimed that during one of the intimate scenes, Biswajit kissed her without her consent and continued to do so for 5 minutes even as she resisted. The actor added that the entire cast and crew whistled and cheered even as she was traumatised and left in tears. Years later, when Biswajit was asked about this incident at an event, the actor laughed off the controversy, saying the media had made a mountain out of a molehill. He said the kiss was necessary for the story, and he improvised. Biswajit maintained that he had spoken to Rekha after that and maintained cordial relations with her. The film, directed by Kuljit Pal, was stuck with the Censor Board for almost ten years. It was revived in the late 1970s after Rekha became a star. It was retitled Do Shikaari and released in 1979. Even as it also starred Vinod Khanna and Amjad Khan, both of whom had also become big stars by the release, the film found few takers and was a box office disappointment. Rekha and Biswajit never worked together again after this film.
