The first kiss in an Indian film was in 1929 when Seeta Devi and Charu Roy locked lips in the silent film, Throw of Dice. The 1933 film, Karma, saw a kiss between the lead pair Devika Rani and Himanshu Roy which lasted four minutes. Post India's independence from the British rule in 1947, the kiss disappeared from the screen, but it has made a tentative comeback in recent years.