The excitement amongst fans is at a peek as Netflix has finally released the new season of its hit regency-era show with a touch of 21st-century glam, Bridgerton. The popular web-show starrs Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma and Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton and the latest season will follow their romance.
Interestingly, Actor Charithra Chandran, who plays the season's diamond Edwina Sharma, along with Nicola Coughlan, who plays Penelope Featherington or Lady Whistledown on the show, reacted to popular romantic scenes from some of the biggest Bollywood blockbusters.
The actors were blown away by Shah Rukh Khan strong romantic persona on screen and they were also impressed by the scenes featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan.
In the video, Charithra says, “There's one thing that matches the romance and yearning in Bridgerton and that's Bollywood.” She went on to inform Nicola all about those scenes and films as they watched the movie clips together.
Starting with a scene from Ayan Mukerji's Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, the two reacted to Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor’s kissing scene. Well, there’s no doubt anyone can be in awe of that scene and that is exactly how Nicola reacted. In no time the actor went “awwww” and from the looks of it she couldn’t contain her emotions.
After watching Katrina Kaif's bike scene from Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara, Charithra said, “I love that it's the woman making the romantic gesture on the bike. She looks so glam on a bike, if that was me even filming, it'd be like…yeah," with both of them showing a terrified expression which they would have had on riding a bike.
Later, they went on to watch the rain scene from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai when Kajol gets drenched and is seen drying her hair with Shah Rukh Khan looking at her.
Nicola and Charithra confessed they couldn't have shot such a scene. As Charithra explained to Nicola that the male actor is actually Shah Rukh Khan, she reacted, “I have heard that name!” Charithra replied, “Very, very, very famous man.”
Later, they watched Sushmita Sen’s entry scene in Main Hoon Na, with Charithra calling it a very “iconic scene”. She informed Nicola of Sushmita Sen’s winning the Miss Universe and Shah Rukh Khan’s gesture of extending his hands was his most famous pose. As Sushmita's saree sweeps across Shah Rukh's face, Nicola reacts, “Ohhh.” She again said, “Oh, I mean, come on.”
After watching the scnes, Charithra said, “We all deserve a Shah Rukh Khan in our lives.” Nicola added, “I will never be over these. Major.”
Created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes, Bridgerton revolves around Regency era London's ton during the season, when debutantes are presented at court to seek fout a life partner.
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