It would be odd to see older actress paired with young guys: sonakshi - Page 3

Originally posted by: cricketfan1

Oh wow if you put it that way, but I personally feel you are not just dumb but lack guts to speak the truth.....

I feel that was part of the issues in this interview because at one point she does say ask Salman about it. She didn’t want to go on with these line of questioning. Salman Khan is petty and vindictive and he doesn’t take well to any criticism. So any comment on Sonakshi’s part about an older man younger woman would have put her on his 💩 list.


That being said, she’s still sporting the double standard of older man is OK, older woman is not. She’s not alone. This thought process transcends cultures and countries. Some of it is probably rooted in the physiological difference where a woman is limited in time in her ability to bear children whereas a man is not. I’m not arguing right or wrong. A 70 year really shouldn’t become a new father. But biological fact is he can. A 70 year old woman cannot. So older man is OK but not older woman stems from society’s need to procreate. Misogyny, sexism, patriarchy all added to it by many folds. In this example it has also made Sonakshi self loathing where she says at 50 she doesn’t want to work with a 22 year old, but then says Salman looks very young and very good for his age. I wonder if she even realizes what she said and how sexist and just insulting her statement was to all 50 year women.

Originally posted by: IAmLuvBolly

I feel that was part of the issues in this interview because at one point she does say ask Salman about it. She didn’t want to go on with these line of questioning. Salman Khan is petty and vindictive and he doesn’t take well to any criticism. So any comment on Sonakshi’s part about an older man younger woman would have put her on his 💩 list.


That being said, she’s still sporting the double standard of older man is OK, older woman is not. She’s not alone. This thought process transcends cultures and countries. Some of it is probably rooted in the physiological difference where a woman is limited in time in her ability to bear children whereas a man is not. I’m not arguing right or wrong. A 70 year really shouldn’t become a new father. But biological fact is he can. A 70 year old woman cannot. So older man is OK but not older woman stems from society’s need to procreate. Misogyny, sexism, patriarchy all added to it by many folds. In this example it has also made Sonakshi self loathing where she says at 50 she doesn’t want to work with a 22 year old, but then says Salman looks very young and very good for his age. I wonder if she even realizes what she said and how sexist and just insulting her statement was to all 50 year women.

Originally posted by: NimbuMirchi

Everybody is Sandeep Venga and Luv Ranjan deep down.

Let’s get more older women younger man pairings. I hope they do Dabangg 3 business

Originally posted by: DragonBoy49

Let’s get more older women younger man pairings. I hope they do Dabangg 3 business

That’s what I said. It won’t work. Humein Virgin heroine and Casanova hero chahiye. Sandeep Venga spoke the truth.

Originally posted by: Fluffyalexis

We have seen Salman Khan romancing Revathi. Revathi is now playing mother of Alia Bhatt but Salman Khan is romancing a 21-year-old you know, so this difference of age gap, has this ever bothered you? Have you ever thought because it never happens the other way around. We never see a Madhuri Dixit romancing Ishaan Khatter. So can you tell me what do you think about it? The age gap is just becoming bigger and bigger.

Sonakshi Sinha: Oh wow! If you put it that way, but would you want to see Madhuri Dixit romancing an Ishaan Khatter?

Of course why not? Yes.

Sonakshi Sinha: That’s a bit... I don’t know. That’s a bit odd.

Why is it not odd when Salman Khan is romancing a 21-year-old? Why is it odd when Madhuri Dixit is romancing an Ishaan Khatter?

Sonakshi Sinha: I don’t know, actually. I have not thought of it that way.

Yeah, we should think about it.

Sonakshi Sinha: You should ask him only know? What is he eating or what is he doing to keep looking so young and keep romancing the younger girls with every film.

No, we don’t have a problem with it. We have a problem that people are not accepting women doing the same thing.

Sonakshi Sinha: Honestly, if I was, I was at an age of 50, I would feel odd romancing a guy who’s 22-years-old. So that’s a personal opinion. So yeah, I don’t know. I mean, it’s possible. But it has happened, there has been a film where there was somebody...

That’s sexist, isn’t it?

Sonakshi Sinha: That just shows what kind of a country we live in.

@red — aa dobi, dobi j rehse.

Abe Madhuri looks much better than Sallu uncle at this age.

Lol.. Wt eff?

What is she smoking to utter such BS ?

Wow, I'm surprised she'd answer this question like this. Major loss of points from me.

What do you expect her to say? She isn't dumb. She's saying what she needs to in order to survive. She had to suck up to Salman because her next movie is with him and she knows she only gets roles opposite guys like him and Akshay.

Putting the weaker person up to this line of questioning doesn't make sense. Sonakshi has no power in these situations. These questions should be asked to the men who hold the power.

And frankly, I also find it stupid to blame the male stars. They are just catering to society. If there was a demand for older actresses, they would provide it. But there isn't. Who is watching movies like Bucket List or Helicopter Eela or The Sky is Pink?

If actresses want to act opposite men 20 years younger than them, produce the movie and take the risk and do it. That's what the male stars do, don't they? But they also know society won't accept it and they don't want to lose their money so they want others to produce it for them.

What is he eating and doing to look young?!?!

Is she for real?? Kiss angle se he looks young bey? Body building kar kar ke building ban Gaya hai voh...

She talks like she has no common sense...and why should we expect her to...she repeatedly does movies which make her look like a bimbo...she obviously lives her characters....

Hey Bhagwan —- Give intelligent women movies

And movie valle women intelligence

Originally posted by: regnow

What do you expect her to say? She isn't dumb. She's saying what she needs to in order to survive. She had to suck up to Salman because her next movie is with him and she knows she only gets roles opposite guys like him and Akshay.

Putting the weaker person up to this line of questioning doesn't make sense. Sonakshi has no power in these situations. These questions should be asked to the men who hold the power.

And frankly, I also find it stupid to blame the male stars. They are just catering to society. If there was a demand for older actresses, they would provide it. But there isn't. Who is watching movies like Bucket List or Helicopter Eela or The Sky is Pink?

If actresses want to act opposite men 20 years younger than them, produce the movie and take the risk and do it. That's what the male stars do, don't they? But they also know society won't accept it and they don't want to lose their money so they want others to produce it for them.

I agree with you completely, but at the same time, some modicum of common sense is expected from an actress...to make a statement “never thought of it” reeks of deliberate ignorance. She should have said exactly what you are saying, that way, she makes a statement as well as continues to earn her big bucks.