“I feel surprised when people tell me that I pull off romantic scenes so well. I used to get extremely nervous while doing such scenes. People, including Radhika, would laugh at me while I performed a romantic scene.”

The actor went on to reveal one principle he has always tried to follow. “Till date, I follow this. If I am not comfortable watching a particular scene with my parents in the same room, then I won’t do a scene like that. Mostly because it would get uncomfortable for many viewers.”

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Yash also recalled filming his very first romantic scene during his television days.

‘Practiced romantic scenes with my mother’

The actor recalled, “In the very first shot of my show, they told me to pull the lead heroine’s saree. I freaked out. The heroines would come and motivate me, saying, ‘It’s okay, it’s just a scene.’ I would be like, ‘Please let me be.’ My mother would be disappointed in me. She would say, ‘You don’t know how to do romantic scenes.'”

He added that he even tried studying how couples expressed romance in real life.

“I would spend hours sitting in parks wearing a helmet and observing people’s romantic gestures. I would even practise romantic scenes with my mother, and she would shoo me away. Eventually, I learnt how to do them.”

Yash is now facing criticism over the intimate scenes featured in Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups. Ever since the teaser and release-date announcement were unveiled, a section of social media users has questioned the film’s sensual tone, with many pointing out that it appears to contradict the actor’s earlier stance on performing intimate scenes. After multiple delays, Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups is now scheduled to hit theatres on August 26.