. with Arjun Rampal Blame it on Vidya Balan's The Dirty Picture.

In a bid to match the raunchy standards set by DP; Madhur Bhandarkar has taken the brakes of his Heroine. A source informs, "Madhur shot a very steamy love scene between Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal recently.

It was a closed door affair with only the actors, DOP (director of photography); a couple of key assistants and the filmmaker." One hears Kareena has in her 12-year-long career never shot for anything so intimate.

Even her scene with Ajay Devgn in Omkara doesn't match up. Arjun too hasn't been 'this intimate' with any heroine in his decade long career.

Madhur himself who has been pushing the envelope in mainstream cinema is reluctant to discuss the scene in too much detail because it is "too early in the day." But he says, "The hot scene between Priyanka Chopra and Arjan Bajwa in Fashion was tame compared to the love-making scene in Heroine.

" Before signing off he adds, "The Fashion love making scene was vegetarian. This one will create a jalwa.

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