An older actress with a younger actor

I've seen a lot of ageist comments on this forum about older actresses like Aishwarya being an "aunty" and I came across a reaction video of Ghagra where someone said she's "old" now and can't be an item girl. Another person said she should "act her age" now. And this was just one song in a movie, could a movie with an older actress and a younger actor ever work in India?

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XpV7PgFFvI[/YOUTUBE]

I personally think Madhuri looks really good in the song! And what surprises me the most is that a lot of these people look like they're educated and living in the modern cities.

To put things into perspective: Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are now 47 years old. Aamir's 48. Ajay Devgan's 44. Akshay Kumar's 45.

Asin, Jaqueline, Deepika and Sonam are 27. Sonakshi's 25. Kareen'a 32. Priyanka's 30. Bipasha's 34.

If there was a love story between an older woman and a younger man with someone like Madhuri cast opposite a younger actor like Ranbir, would you personally watch that? And if you could cast an older woman with an younger actor, who would your cast be?

Do you think the ageist attitude in Bollywood, and to some extent in India as well, ever change?

Originally posted by: .Anamika.

Do you think the ageist attitude in Bollywood, and to some extent in India as well, ever change?

i will watch...for sure...provided the script is good ⭐️

I would watch.

It is funny how Madhuri is too old for item songs and has to act her age but the nearing 50 Khans are still hot and happening! Lol!

Anyways it will change. It will take more time but the more such pairs are exposed the more we will start to accept. I say lage raho Bollywood and actresses like Madhuri!

Aishwarya and Zayed Khan count?

Dimple and Akshay Khanna in dil chahta hai

older woman and younger man its a taboo!!! n it also against human nature.. and scientifically proven that women gets mature faster than men so whn therez a age gap of 3-5 years its evens out..n hindi film reflects the society and the thot process...

Originally posted by: DB_reloaded

older woman and younger man its a taboo!!! n it also against human nature.. and scientifically proven that women gets mature faster than men so whn therez a age gap of 3-5 years its evens out..n hindi film reflects the society and the thot process...

I would watch it even if Madhuri pretends like she is 30 in the movie. If we can accept Aamir as a college student with clear age marks on his face (even after wrinkle removal)... and SRK prancing with Deepika, again with all his facial skin hanging...Madhuri ka graphically edited face will be smoother and more age appropriate :-)

In principle, I like it when actors age gracefully and do roles that are age appropriate. But until the heroes stop pretending like they are not going to age beyond 30 or so on the screen...I don't see any reason why the actresses should have restrictions!

If SRK can kiss Katrina on screen