Possible for an actor or actress to debut at 35-40 in today's age? - Page 2

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Posted: 4 years ago
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Originally posted by: Anjalika01

I do think it could be possible...

If the story of their debut film/show has a 35-40 year old, or even 40+ character as the main protagonist the yeah... but they may end up shifting to character and negative roles very soon as most stories have young characters (20-30) as the main protagonists...


The old rule that an actress's career is over after 30 is clearly not true anymore though... look at Kareena, Deepika, Priyanka, Shraddha


Career for actresses are not over in their 30s but they all have to start in their twenties or even teens to get in that position. They start young so they can get all the commercial success in the youthful roles and build it up to get strong female roles.

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Posted: 4 years ago
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I think Chitrangada debuted in her 30s, her age was never an issue w.r.t her career.

Male actors k case mein being in the age group of 35-40 is hardly an issue. I don't see why it would be a problem.

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Posted: 4 years ago
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Originally posted by: Melissaa

Chitrangada also tried to make a comeback to films after taking a break for marriage and pregnancy in her 30s. But she was not so successful.

She has Bob Biswas coming up. She won't become a big star obviously but she might be able to find steady employment.

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Posted: 4 years ago
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HW is the same as BW. The mainstream roles go to younger actresses but the older ones can do small movies, indie movies or character roles. TV is also really great for older actresses. Nowadays even India has that with all the streaming content coming out. Sushmita and Lara Dutta both got shows on Hotstar recently. Madhuri has a Netflix show coming up with Dharma.

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Posted: 4 years ago
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Originally posted by: Bela23

Don’t know what you are talking about. Kareena gave back to back hits. In fact, Kareena reinvented herself after she turned 30. Her last 6 movies were superhit and she still have movies on her kitty. PC is doing work in Hollywood. She was offered Bhatat but she rejected it. Other 2 actresses are also doing movies. I know you are unemployed Bipasha’s fan that had been jobless for 10 years. So obviously, every other actresses career is over when they turn 30 but no there are many actresses that works on movies and give hit after they turn 30 or 40.

Loooolll

Re-read what I wrote, that's exactly what I was saying 🤣🤣🤣

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Posted: 4 years ago
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Originally posted by: ramita94


Career for actresses are not over in their 30s but they all have to start in their twenties or even teens to get in that position. They start young so they can get all the commercial success in the youthful roles and build it up to get strong female roles.

That is true tbh... starting in late teens-mid twenties age range is ideal... but I don't think say late 20s or 30 is too terrible (even for mainstream commercial roles) if they look young for their age!

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Posted: 4 years ago
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Originally posted by: Bela23

I read your comments many times. Weren’t you the one that said actresses become irreverent after 10-15 years? Well I am telling you that Kareena became superstar after she turned 30 and there are many ones like Vidya, Konkona, Anushka, Katrina and many more actresses are doing back to back movies that are 30+. Just because your stupid Bipasha is not getting work doesn’t mean that rest of the actresses of her age are not getting and that shows what kind of connections she has now.

I said most lol...

The length of Kareena's career as a heroine was by no means normal, especially in her generation... her connections are at least partly responsible for that... Katrina was extremely pretty and had the bhai connection too, so she also remained in lead roles much longer than most actresses of that generation...Vidya and especially Konkona don't do standard heroine roles anymore much... and Anushka seems to have pretty much quit acting for now (at 32)...


Lmao for real though your making me curious... why do you hate Bipasha so much? 😆😕

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Posted: 4 years ago
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Theoretically yes. But practically very tough esp for actresses. BW is getting younger and younger.

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Posted: 4 years ago
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Originally posted by: Bela23

It’s my life and my choice. So it’s my choice to hate Bipasha. Always find her ugly cheap and dirty actress. Anyway, it doesn’t matter that Konkona and Vidya doesn’t do heroine type of roles. The fact is that they still entertain people. At least, they don’t do C-grade web series that Bips did of like Dangerous of Vikram Bhatt for money. And it doesn’t have anything to do with age. There are many young actresses that does female centric movies like them. One example is Bhumi. Rani Mukherjee also does movies once a year and her last 2 movies were superhit. Kajol also does movies. Sridevi did back to back 2 movies before she died. And who said Kareena is getting work because of her connections? She is getting work because of her talent. If connections can get actresses work, then why can’t your Bips get work? Because you said Bips has lot of connections on another thread. So having connections means be able to get lot of work. Bips can’t even get an endorsement through her connections. And who said Kat get work because of Salman? Kat still have demands and she is still producers good choice now. Anushka did not quit acting. She is having a baby. So she is taking break. She will surely comeback once she deliver her baby. And she have a production house. So she will probably do something on her production house. Jacqueline is also old but she also gets work. Just because your favorite actress Bipasha is not getting any good work in Bollywood doesn’t mean that all the other actresses won’t get any work. They have some demand unlike Bips that have 0 demand. And that’s the truth.

Lol ok. Btw Bipasha isn't even my favourite, though she's way more successful than your fave Jennifer for sure 😆

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Posted: 4 years ago
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Originally posted by: shalini1323

Just a random thought that came to my mind after coming across and watching so many different webseries in the last couple of months ... do you think it's possible for a new actor or actress to debut at 35-40 ?? As a lead? Or do you think the age rule that applied for actresses especially (by 30 your career is over) is still valid? Same goes for actors?

Yes..it is possible

Kareena is best example for that😆

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