{"id":597103,"date":"2026-08-18T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/597103\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:18:10","slug":"annu-kapoor-on-priyanka-chopras-refusal-to-kiss-in-7-khoon-maaf-i-used-to-address-her-as-beti-vishal-bhardwaj-wanted-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/597103\/","title":{"rendered":"Annu Kapoor on Priyanka Chopra\u2019s refusal to KISS in ‘7 Khoon Maaf’: \u2018I used to address her as beti, Vishal Bhardwaj wanted it\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AnnuPriyanka Chopra J\u200bonas and Annu Kapoor Veteran actor Annu Kapoor<\/a> once addressed the controversy surrounding an intimate scene with ‘Varanasi’ actress Priyanka Chopra<\/a> Jonas in Vishal Bhardwaj<\/a>\u2019s 2011 film, ‘7 Khoon Maaf. In an old interview with journalist Shubhankar Mishra, the actor clarified that his earlier remarks had been \u201cblown out of proportion\u201d and suggested that the controversy may have been the result of \u201csomeone doing it for PR.\u201dRecalling the situation from the sets of ‘7 Khoon Maaf,’ Annu explained that the alleged \u201ckissing scene\u201d controversy had been misinterpreted and sensationalized.\u201cWhen I was working on ‘Aitraaz,’ I used to address Priyanka as \u2018beti\u2019 (daughter). I would often meet her father, Ashok Chopra,” Annu said. \u201cLater, when Vishal Bhardwaj asked her to do an intimate scene with me for ‘7 Khoon Maaf,’ it was obvious she would feel uncomfortable. When I sensed that, I requested Vishal to cut the scene.”Annu Kapoor shared that Visha Bharadwaj wanted the scene and was not ready to chop it.Annu further recalled that Vishal Bhardwaj had initially resisted changing the sequence, as it was important to the story.\u201cVishal said, \u2018I have written the scene for a reason; I can\u2019t remove it randomly.\u2019 Eventually, her team conveyed that she wasn\u2019t comfortable with it. I didn\u2019t make a fuss, but somehow, the matter spread like wildfire online,” Annu recalled.The veteran actor also spoke about his equation with Priyanka\u2019s father and why he personally found the situation uncomfortable.\u201cI treated her like my daughter. It\u2019s not necessary that I fulfill any lustful desires on set,” he said.Annu maintained that Priyanka had every right to refuse the scene and said he did not hold her decision against her.\u201cIt was her choice, and she did the right thing. I am too small a person for a star like Priyanka Chopra to even think about. I never held it against her,” he said, smiling. \u201cIt would have been different if it were some better-looking hero, perhaps,” he added in jest.Kapoor feels the controversy was blown up with no reason.Looking back at the controversy, Annu said the incident had received far more attention than it deserved.\u201cThe entire episode was blown out of proportion. Someone must have done it for publicity. Once you become a star, the decisions and dynamics around you change\u2014that’s just how the industry works,” he said.Annu Kapoor’s association with Priyanka Chopra Jonas ‘Aitraaz’ to ‘7 Khoon Maaf’Annu Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra first shared the screen in the 2004 romantic thriller Aitraaz, where both actors received acclaim for their performances. They reunited years later in Vishal Bhardwaj\u2019s dark comedy 7 Khoon Maaf, in which Priyanka portrayed Susanna, a woman who goes on to murder her seven husbands.At the time, Annu\u2019s comments about Priyanka refusing an intimate scene generated considerable media attention. Priyanka, in an interview with Hindustan Times, had dismissed the controversy as ‘irritating and unnecessary’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Priyanka Chopra J\u200bonas and Annu Kapoor Veteran actor Annu Kapoor once addressed the controversy surrounding an intimate scene…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[182978,253046,181532,93,61,60,253047,270,13778,76102],"class_list":["post-597103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-7-khoon-maaf","tag-aitraaz","tag-annu-kapoor","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kissing-scene-controversy","tag-movies","tag-priyanka-chopra","tag-vishal-bhardwaj"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}