When Sridevi threatened to take legal action for a kiss with Mithun Chakraborty; Check interesting details

Sridevi is considered to be one of the topmost Bollywood actresses of all time. She was a big name during the 80s and 90s, and apart from dancing and beauty, it was her acting that has kept her popularity intact even today. After getting married to Boney Kapoor, she enjoyed a happy married life with two daughters –Janhvi and Khushi Kapoor. Before that, she was rumoured to be having an affair with Mithun Chakraborty.

The Disco Dancer star was already a married man with kids when Sridevi fell in love with him. While he did not hesitate to have an affair with the Mr. India actress, he was definitely not ready to leave his wife, Yogeeta Bali, and kids for her. That is when things turned sour between the two, and it also badly affected those who were involved in the movie.

Sridevi threatened to take legal action against Guru makers

Sridevi and Mithun worked together in the Umesh Mehra-helmed film Guru. When the shooting of this flick started Sridevi and Mithun were on very good terms, rather were rumoured to be having an affair. However, by the time the film ended, things had turned sour and that created a major problem for the production team and the director.

Sridevi seems to have accepted to do a lip-kissing scene with Mithun in the movie at the start and the scene was also shot. But when she parted ways with her Guru co-star she did not want that scene to be included in the movie. That is when she asked the makers to drop that kissing scene from Guru which surprised Umesh Mehra.

When Sridevi opposed a kiss scene, demanded its removal, and took the matter to court, an early assertion of artistic consent in Bollywood.
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Most importantly, she even threatened the makers of taking legal action if the kiss is not dropped which forced them to do as Sridevi said. At that time Sridevi’s father who was also a lawyer had got a ticket for contesting elections from Congress- I and did have some politically strong connections. There were strong rumours that the parents of Sridevi had brought a stay on Guru and stalled its release.

Sridevi refused all allegations, said she was cheated

During an interview however, Sridevi refused all the allegations and said that the makers used a duplicate to shoot this scene and that they had cheated her. The then Bollywood superstar said that she had denied giving the kiss right from the start and that what they had done was extremely wrong because they could do such scenes using any duplicate and show that Sridevi had done them.