David Dhawan asks 'what is there to be embarrassed about?' on directing kissing scenes featuring son Varun Dhawan

When the trailer for Coolie No 1 was dropped there was a discussion about David Dhawan directing a kissing scene with his son and actor Varun Dhawan. In all the three films Varun starred in his father's directorial have a kissing scene with his co-stars. Now during a recent interaction, David said that it's not a difficult task to direct a kissing scene featuring his son as they have a professional attitude on the sets.

David told Bollywood Hungama, "There was nothing difficult about it because we are very professional people. When I am shooting with him, I don’t look at him or ask him whether we should do this or not. I tell him that this is to be done. The script demands a kissing scene and so we have to do it. Practically, there is nothing wrong. Kissing scene is the lightest scene in the Indian films these days. It’s very fair when you are doing it professionally, you don’t look left, right, centre. 

The filmmaker further said, "‘Arre yaar Mera beta Kar Raha hai, Sharam aa Rahi hai. Kaahe ki Sharam aa Rahi hai? (Oh no, my son is doing it, I feel so embarrassed. What are you embarrassed about?) There is no such thing. It’s all practical today. Now how the hero and the heroine do it is up to them."

Coolie No 1 has Sara Ali Khan as the female lead and also stars Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Jaaved Jaaferi, Shikha Talsania, Sahil Vaid and others in pivotal roles. The film streamed on Amazon Prime Video from December 25, 2020.