you get resistance and excuses on seti havent had that much pushback but one common excuse is that actors dont have the time to meet me or for rehearsals such things happen when people dont understand the process and why we do what we do we have to ask actors questions without the director present look at contracts and ensure that all the performers are comfortable with each other the idea of these conversations is to bring everyone on the same pagewhere does the hindi film industry stand with regards to consent and intimacy protocol since metoowe are moving towards best protocols and international standards regarding sexual harassment prevention and redressal especially when it comes to larger studios but though some big actors have a no kissing and no nudity clause there are no guidelines on paper i am trying to create a document with global guidelines adapted to indias cultural context which will work like a rulebook for how intimacy on screen is supposed to function however i feel a lot of directors are overcorrecting as they want to stay as far away from anything that could be construed as sexual harassment and writers are becoming less imaginative with scenes gender balance has gone for a toss as people are scared and it was already 110 even before thiswhat were the scenes that were difficultone was a marital rape scene which wasnt difficult physically but emotionally my solution was playing music to ease everyones nerves another one involved two straight men playing gay parts it is far harder to do intimate scenes with men than women in fact a heterosexual man is the most difficult person to do an intimacy scene with their machismo does not allow them to accept boundaries and trauma in their own lives also they dont understand arousal nonconcordance which is when you can get aroused even if you dont have sex with another person it is just your body reacting to stimulus and that is why we have barriers