Actress Sanvikaa, known for her role as Rinki in the hit show Panchayat, recently revealed that she felt 'uncomfortable' filming a kissing scene with Jitendra Kumar in Season 4, which premiered on June 24 on Amazon Prime Video. She shared that she was unsure how audiences would react, especially since Panchayat is primarily watched by families.
Speaking to Just Too Filmy, Sanvikaa revealed that she was initially not informed about the kissing scene during the narration. However, later, director Akshat told her that the makers wanted to include a kissing scene between her character and Jitendra's character. In response, she said she would need two days to decide whether she was comfortable with it or not.
She added, "Earlier, the scene was different. Both of them are in the car, she falls down, and then they kiss. Then I thought that Panchayat has all kinds of audiences, but mostly family people. I was worried about how people 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, which happened a day before. They said that we will not show it in a bad way, and shoot it in an aesthetic way. But when we were shooting, it felt awkward."
Sanvikaa added, "But Jeetu (Jitendra Kumar) is a very nice person. He makes you feel comfortable. Till now, there has been no talk with the family about this. But they understand me a lot, they will deal with it."
She even shared that the scene was eventually shot in a very suggestive manner, 'It wasn't like we actually kissed-kissed,' she explained, comparing it to how older Hindi films used to show two flowers touching to imply a kiss between the lead characters.
