Mahira Khan reveals why she and Shah Rukh Khan did ‘nose-to-nose kissing’ in Raees: ‘I was scared shooting for Zaalima’

The actor shared that Shah Rukh used to jokingly tease her often. “He used to be like, ‘Kya ho gaya hai’ (What has happened?) He, obviously, used to get a kick out of it as well. He used to tease me, ‘Oh pata hai next scene kaunsa hai’ (Do you know what the next scene is?)”

Because of her restrictions, the makers were confused about what Mahira and Shah Rukh should do on the hook of the song “Zaalima”. Eventually, everyone decided on going for “nose-to-nose kissing”.

Mahira shared, “We didn’t know what to do on the hook in the song ‘Zaalima’ so it became a joke that since nothing else can happen, let’s make the noses kiss. Let’s go for nose-to-nose kissing. The whole song if you look at it, he just does a little nose thing. He was just like, ‘Will this be okay? Is this okay for you?’ In my heart, I would be like, ‘What do you know?'”

Raees was Mahira Khan’s debut in the Hindi film industry. However, her Bollywood career couldn’t flourish as tensions intensified between India and Pakistan after the 2016 Uri attacks and artists of both countries were banned from working in the other country.

Mahira was last seen in The Legend of Maula Jatt, an adaptation of the 1979 classic Maula Jatt. It was a blockbuster hit and was the highest-grossing Pakistani film ever.