Kathmandu, Jan. 4 -- Sex and Bollywood is a tale as old as cinema and equally old is the struggle Bollywood has faced dealing or even talking about sex. In the early days, sex in Indian cinema was representative-two flowers emerged out of nowhere and began shaking and trembling, and we all understood that the actors kissed. Archaic censorship laws meant that the audiences were expected to use their imaginations, like if actors thrust their gyrating hips to lewd lyrics, we understood the metaphor.

Things didn't change much in the 21st century. But now came audience-friendly sex scenes. Sweaty actors mock kissed each other's necks, and moaned (always in songs) with their eyes shut. Slowly entered the sex comedies, but these were mostly wit...