 And I remember that when we first went into rehearsal, we sort of did everything, but we were shy from kissing each other. And Deepa said, just stop that nonsense, will you? You're two professionals and do it, do it like professionals do. And she took away all the sort of mystique from it and said, it's your business and you go about doing it. Director Deepa Mehta was insistent that the film was about more than a scandalous romance.