Vidya should have added Married actresses "in current Bollywood" can score a hit
In 1970s, 80s, married actresses were ruling the charts and had hit movies. Nobody cared back then that the heroine was married or had kids...film story and script portrayed mature female characters so married actresses could fit into those roles.
Sharmila married Pataudi in 1969, after that she had superhit movies with Rajesh Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Dharmendra, etc...like Daag, Amar Prem, Aa Gale Lag Jaa, Chupke Chupke, Chhoti Bahu, ...as well as critically acclaimed movies like Mausam, Aavishkar, Namkeen.
Saif was born in 1970 so Sharmila continued to work during and after childbirth and was as successful as she was before marriage and motherhood.
Rakhee married Gulzar in 1973, (she was already married and divorced before that at a young age)
After marriage to Gulzar, Rakhee had dozens of successful movies like Kabhi Kabhie, Muqaddar ka Sikandar, Kasme Vaade, Trishul, Kaala Patthar, Jurmana, Barsaat ki ek Raat, many such superhit movies with Amitabh Bachchan...as well as female centric movies like Tapasya, Baseraa, Chameli Memsaab.
Both Sharmila and Rakhee were top female stars in 1970s AFTER their marriage, they had successful films with top actors as well as critically acclaimed female oriented movies.
Moushumi Chatterjee did most of her films after she married Hemanta Kumar's son at a young age.
Jaya continued to act after marriage and had several commercial and critical hits
She was pregnant while shooting for Sholay.
In those days, top actors happily acted opposite these married actresses, and audience happily accepted that those heroines were married and had kids.
Even Kajol has had successful movies after marriage and kids, didnt she?
K3G, Fanaa, MNIK, all were after marriage and kids.
I think the trouble started after the 2010s when married heroines took a backseat, top actors paired up with newcomers and younger heroines.
Current Bollywood and also its audience have become much more sexist and demand fresh young heroines who can strip and do item songs, hence mature, married heroines dont get roles in mainstream movies and they opt for female oriented movies which dont always do well commercially.
Hence Vidya's statement pertains to current Bollywood, not to previous decades, when married actresses were loved and accepted by industry and audiences alike.
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