Touchy about feely-Tanushree Dutta

In what comes as a big surprise, Tanushree Dutta has become Bollywood's latest prude. The actress best known for her steamy sequences in her films recently refused to enact a lovemaking sequence for Raj Kanwar's Raqeeb.

In fact, director Raj Kanwar almost lost his cool when Dutta refused to do an intimate scene with Jimmy Sheirgill for the film.

Raj Kanwar says, "I was surprised when Tanushree expressed her reservation about doing a hot sequence with Jimmy Sheirgill. She was perfectly okay when we shot the scene with Rahul Khanna. However, with Jimmy she put her foot down. At first, I did not understand why she was acting strange. Finally she told me that her image would suffer. At first, I tried to explain the situation to her, but she wouldn't listen. Then I put my foot down and told her firmly that she would have to do it as the script demanded it. Later, she did a very good job of it."

What did it take for him to make her change her mind? "I had to explain to her that she had no choice but to do the lovemaking scenes. The scene was very bold, indeed. And I am sure she had her own doubts but at the same time the scene was very crucial to the story," he says.

I was surprised when Tanushree expressed her reservation about doing a hot sequence with Jimmy Sheirgill — Raj Kanwar