New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- It's the one scene many fans of Dil Se would prefer wasn't there. Amar (Shah Rukh Khan) has followed Meghna (Manisha Koirala) from her home in the north-east to Ladakh, professing his love all the way. Now, stranded in a vast frozen desert, he loses patience. He confronts her, grabs her arm as she tries to walk away, demands she tell him something real about herself. "Would you let me be if I told you the truth?" she asks. "No," he admits. They argue some more, he grabs her by her waist, tries to kiss her. I could feel the viewers in the theatre recoil. One rattled young woman later said, "I don't remember him being such a stalker."

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