Malavika Mohanan opens up about her intimate scene with Siddhant Chaturvedi in Yudhra: ‘Everything was so awkward…’

Actress Malavika Mohanan, who made her Bollywood debut with Yudhra, recently shared her experience of shooting intimate scenes with her co-star Siddhant Chaturvedi. She said that her focus was on other things than shooting intimate moments.

Talking to Siddharth Kannan, Malavika said, “Intimate scenes are more uncomfortable, like when you’re filming a song, it’s more technical and you’re freezing in the cold. The sand was so uncomfortable. Everything was so uncomfortable, so the last thing on my mind was intimacy. Toh aap intimacy ke bare mein such re hi nahi ho, aap baki elements ke bare me such rahe ho ki jaise hi to cut bolenge, I need my blanket.”

She also said that what looks glamorous on screen is actually very unglamorous.

Malavika further talked about the slap scene with Siddhant in the film and said that multiple takes were done as she wanted the shot to look realistic on screen.

“Slapping wala scene jo tha usme director chahte the ki aap real slap karo kyuki voh fake lag raha tha. They didn’t want to cheat the angle and voh real lage, and I didn’t want to hit him, so the worst part was mujhe bura lag raha tha, kyuki usse chaate pade. After two minutes, when I looked at him, he was sitting with an ice pack. I love Siddhant voh nahi hai jispe mujhe khunnas nikalni hai,” she added.

Yudhra’s story revolves around a man named Yudhra, who has anger issues and is on a mission to bring down an influential drug mafia. The film stars Malavika Nikhat, who is the love interest of Yudhra

It is directed by Ravi Udyawar and written by Shridhar Raghavan. The dialogues are by Farhan Akhtar and Akshat Ghildial. It is produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, under Excel Entertainment.

The music is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Prem Hardeep. Yudhra also features Gajraj Rao, Ram Kapoor, Raj Arjun and Shilpa Shukla in important roles. The film, shot in Portugal and Gujarat, is scheduled to release on September 20, 2024.