Kissing scenes are hot: Josh Hutcherson

Actor Josh Hutcherson, who has kissed his co-star Jennifer Lawrence in sci-fi movie "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", says the intimate scenes in the movie are "really hot".

"The kissing scenes are really hot," Hutcherson said in a statement.

The 21-year-old will be seen as Peeta Mellark in the second part of "The Hunger Games" trilogy.

Talking about the relationship of his character with Lawrence's character, Katniss Everdeen, he said: "Peeta and Katniss's relationship is not all good. But you get to see more of it, which I like a lot."

Also featuring Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin and Woody Harrelson, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" releases in India Nov 29 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.