Originally posted by: Sudharies
I think here she plays a woman above 55-60 range as she has sons who look in their prime 20s or 30s. She just doesn't look old enough for the part.😆
It happens only Indian movies and TV. Like how sometimes the hero himself will be older to the mother actors 😆
She is just playing a woman who is older in age, but she isn't in real. That's why it's hard for viewers to relate with that 😆
Actress Preeti looks fit, bubbly, prim & young onscreen here in KA, keeping aside what her real age may be or may not be. Below is my old post from few days back in other thread, re-posting here.
Proper makeup, style, costumes, hair, body language etc. can make even 20's age actor or actress look like some matured 40's or even elderly 60's/70's onscreen, its also about convincing styling, presentation, characterization & relevant usage. 😎There are many such Indian films/web series/TV serials as examples that did this part quite convincingly, because as audience while watching we aren't reminded or bothered of what's real age of actor/actress?
As I lamented, entire Neerja & son's sub track in KA isn't emotionally connecting, as it was supposed to be.
Crew could have invested more efforts in brainstorming how writing, styling & execution can be made better convincing before shifting focus to Neerja rather than copying OG track of senior citizen donor, mostly as is in KA. And then would have gone for some appropriate casting for Neerja & her son's roles.
How about this as possible Neerja backstory for example? Neerja could have been shown as some rich widow who lost her husband & school going sons in some grave accident,
where as her own brother or BIL were harassing her to loot her wealth, as she has no heir left. But she has some unfulfilled dream of her family where she wants to spend her wealth in noble cause. Frustrated with relatives she left home, came down to Mumbai from another city, was working with some NGO while living in their quarters. As her relatives came hunting for her to NGO office, after being bone marrow donor to Aarav she was searching for a new guest house to live in Mumbai, where her relatives can't track her easily. In Katha's house she felt both secure & loved, felt like family.
Similarly there could be many other ways to showcase lonely sad status of Neerja in current KA version, in a steady manner which is missed opportunity now.