I dont think age was an issue, cause since ages indians are used to Men marrying girls half their age.
The ONLY problem was the Male lead marrying the daughter of a woman whom he loved beyond limits. He didnt marry anyone else, after Pallavi got married to her love... such strong were his feelings for Pallavi, yet when Pooja came, he slowly fell for her and in the end married her. As someone said, its like marrying your own daughter..
Maybe had they showed him moving on, getting married and divorced, and then falling for Pooja, it wudve lessened his intense love for Pallavi, that might have made it more palatable for Indian crowd.
But even if that climax, i love the movie so much... Its so entertaining that i ignore the climax completely...
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