‘Priyanka Chopra refused to kiss me because I don’t look like a hero’: Annu Kapoor recalls 7 Khoon Maaf controversy, calls PC ‘aaj-kal ki ladki’

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Annu said that Priyanka made a comment in the media about having refused to shoot intimate scenes with him, and he merely reacted to it by saying that she wouldn’t have minded had he looked like a conventional hero. “It’s obvious to me that Priyanka Chopra would’ve had no objection had I been the hero. Here I am, no personality, no looks, that’s why she had a problem. This made her very upset, I don’t know why.”

In a 2011 interview with Hindustan Times, Priyanka had said that she was very ‘irritated’ by Annu’s comments about the incident. “If he wants to do intimate scenes and pass such cheap comments, then he should do those kind of films. Such scenes were never part of our film,” she said. “I don’t think he knew that his comments would upset me. But, his statements have really upset me. It was very wrong of him to speak the way he did.” Even then, Annu had suggested that Priyanka wouldn’t have had a problem kissing a handsome co-star on screen. He advised her to not stress about the controversy, and said, “Beta (Well, I do affectionately address her as beta), don’t take all this too seriously. Don’t get stressed. You’re a wonderful actress. God bless you.’