# Kissing? In Bollywood movies? What happened? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-in-bollywood-movies-what-happened/548221 "2010-07-27T20:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-in-bollywood-movies-what-happened/548221/1 "2010-07-27T20:17:47Z")
I’m a white guy, but I enjoy Bollywood movies. Hey, if you like musicals, India is pretty much the only country that produces them. There are some things about Bollywood movies that seem odd at first to someone raised on a diet of Hollywood films, like the apparent ban on kissing. But the last couple of films I have seen featured kissing! [Kites](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1198101/) (the awful Brett Ratner cut) and [Raajneeti](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291465/) (not a musical). Is Indian society becoming more liberal, are filmmakers pushing boundaries or did I just happen to see two films that accepted an “adult” rating? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-in-bollywood-movies-what-happened/548221/2 "2010-07-28T14:32:46Z")
152 views and not one reply? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-in-bollywood-movies-what-happened/548221/3 "2010-07-28T19:26:03Z")
I can’t answer your question, but your question has answered _my_ question about this music video done by the cast of _The Guild_: [http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/season-4-music-video-game-on/y0da39gh](http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/season-4-music-video-game-on/y0da39gh) The video is done in parody Bollywood-style, and the lyrics at one point actually say “almost kiss”. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-in-bollywood-movies-what-happened/548221/4 "2010-07-28T19:37:45Z")
… and now none of Bing’s videos will load for me. Page loads, but no video.