'I Became Very Uncomfortable, But Jeetu..' Sanvikaa On Rinki's Kissing Scene With Sachiv Ji

The Panchayat season 4 began streaming on Prime Video from June 24 and the response from the audiences as well as the critics have been mixed to negative.

Unlike previous seasons, Panchayat season 4 failed to impress the audiences but that still didn’t stop fans from rooting for the love story of Sachiv Ji (Jitendra Kumar) and Rinki (Sanvikaa).

This season witnessed the two embracing their romance and accepting their love for each other. In fact, one of the episodes also featured the two characters seemingly going for a kiss but there’s more to that story as per Sanvikaa.

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In an interview with Just Too Filmy, Sanvikaa was asked about the kissing scene and she replied, “In the beginning, no one said anything when the narration was done. But then director Akshat talked to me. He said that in this season we have inserted a scene where Sachiv ji and Rinki will kiss. Earlier the scene was different. Both of them are on a bike, she falls down and then they kiss.”

She added, “So I said give me two days to think whether I am comfortable doing it or not. Then I thought that Panchayat has all kinds of audiences, but mostly family people. I was worried about how he would react, and I was also not comfortable. So I refused at that time. But when we were shooting, they removed that scene, but they inserted the tank scene.”

Even though the makers reassured that the scene will be filmed aesthetically, it was still very awkward for her, “They said that we will not shoot it in a vulgar way. But when we were shooting, it felt awkward. I became very uncomfortable, but Jeetu (Jitendra Kumar) is a very nice person. He makes you feel comfortable.”

She further stated that the scene was eventually shot in a very suggestive way, “it was not like we ‘kissed’ kissed.” but how older Hindi films used to show two flowers to suggest a kiss between the lead characters.