This 1933 Bollywood film featured the first on-screen kiss in an Indian film

Bollywood actors and actresses have always been professional when it comes to bold scenes and filmmakers have always portrayed them as realistically as possible. Scenes like this are often part of the artist’s contract. However, the introduction of kissing scenes in films is not new to the Hindi film industry. The first on-screen kiss dates back to the 1930s. In the early days, depictions of kissing scenes were very common, and many movies had such scenes. Now, let’s take a look at the first on-screen kiss in Indian cinema.

According to reports, the first on-screen kiss in an Indian film was in the 1933 film Karma. The film was directed by Himanshu Rai. He has reportedly played the lead role in his own film and cast his wife Devika Rani as the heroine. He came back from London and decided to make this film. This was the first Indian film to feature a kiss between a husband and wife on screen. The kiss in the movie reportedly lasted four minutes. This scene is said to hold the record for the longest kissing scene in an Indian film. This was the first kissing scene in Indian cinema and one of the earliest kissing scenes in the world. It’s been over 90 years since this movie was released, and its record remains unbroken to this day.

The film also earned great recognition for Devika Rani, who is also called the First Lady of Indian Cinema. She had an illustrious career that spanned more than a decade. She appeared in many movies throughout her career and her daring scenes kept her in the limelight. She was also the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and was also awarded the Padma Shri. She lived a socially unconventional life. She is married to actress Himanshu Rai. After his death, she married the Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich, and she moved away from cinema.