Coronavirus: When a kiss is not a kiss as Bollywood makes films in pandemic times

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NEW DELHI - A joke is doing the rounds of Bollywood these days. It is about how filmmakers will have to revert to old demure means of portraying physical intimacy on screen - such as two flowers brushing against each other to indicate kissing, a tactic that was used decades ago.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW DELHI - A joke is doing the rounds of Bollywood these days. It is about how filmmakers will have to revert to old demure means of portraying physical intimacy on screen - such as two flowers brushing against each other to indicate kissing, a tactic that was used decades ago.

While permitting the resumption of film and television shooting in non-containment zones, the government of Maharashtra on May 31 released an elaborate 16-page set of safety guidelines for producers. The Producers Guild of India has welcomed the guidelines and said it would work with all key stakeholders to"support and enable the smoothest possible implementation of these guidelines". But the enthusiasm to resume work comes tinged with concern about the pandemic that has shown no signs of abating.

While some are expected to start shooting as early as this month, Drishyam Films, like many other production houses as well as cautious actors, has adopted a wait-and-watch approach. Shooting for two films, involving specific outdoor locales outside Maharashtra, was scheduled to begin this month before the pandemic upended the plans. It has now been put off until December.

"I am assuming that whatever I am writing will not be shot before January or February next year," he added."It is something I can, thankfully, afford to do."

 

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