Is it okay for actors to hide their age?

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Posted: 9 years ago
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Do you think ageism still exists in Bollywood, especially for female actresses? I mean it's great that mostly all our leading actresses today (Deepika, Katrina, Sonam, Priyanka, Vidya) are all in their 30s. That's a great sign. But do you think producers still question 'how young is this girl?' -
WHY am I bringing this topic up is because - I am a HUGE fan of Yami Gautam, I loved her in Vicky Donor & I remember googling her & seeing her wikipedia page and she was 27 when Vicky Donor released. I remember this very clearly - her birth year was 1983. Recently when I went to her wiki page again, it's been changed to 1988, meaning she's still 27 from the last 4/5 years.

Similarly with Aditi Rao Hyadri, she totally caught my attention in Delhi 6 when she played Sonam Kapoor's really beautiful bua. She was 31 in 2009. And now, she's 29. In the past, so much has been speculated about katrina kaif's age... Apparently even Shraddha & Govinda's daughter are supposed to be born in 1987 but they hide 1-2 years. God knows how 1-2 years can make a difference.

And I know wikipedia is hardly reliable but I'm sure their PR/social media team have been instructed to do the same.

As a fan, this hardly matters to me but are these girls still so much under pressure to be 'under 30' that they are constantly hiding their real age? Also, in your opinion do you think it's right?

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Posted: 9 years ago
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Worst is Shraddha.
Varun had clearly mentioned in one of the reality shows that he and her are of same age(he's 29)

but the girl keeps hiding her age, even the PR articles about her showcase her in the same age bracket as Alia.😆
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Can't blame the actors.
The fault lies within mentality!

Look around the forum. SRK and Salman are jaanu but Ash and Sona are aunties!
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: Lilac_N_Maple

Can't blame the actors.
The fault lies within mentality!

Look around the forum. SRK and Salman are jaanu but Ash and Sona are aunties!

Bhai is toddler according to Papa Salim
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Posted: 9 years ago
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has PC lied ab her age. I thought she was close to 35/34 BT nw she is 30
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: sandiab

has PC lied ab her age. I thought she was close to 35/34 BT nw she is 30



She is 34, I doubt she lied as she was 18 during the time she won her MIiss World award.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Shraddha Kapoor was born in 1987. She changed her age immediately after the success of Aashiqui 2. Her wikipedia page was changed to 1992. This was done because she/her team/family felt she had "lost" a few years (as her previous films flopped and she went unnoticed) so the girls in her age group (Deepika, Sonam) were ahead of her. So she decided to join Alia's age group (who was born in 1993).
Raveena Tandon is another liar. She was born in 1970. She pretends it's 1974. I realised this after watching many of her interviews. She talks about being a fat ugly kid and then she got transformed and done some modelling and then went on to do a movie.
If we go by her "26 October 1974" birth, then that would mean she signed her first movie Pathar Ke Phool (released 22 February 1991) at age 15, if not earlier. Then where and when did she have her modelling career? Age 13?? It doesn't add up at all.

In Yami Gautam's case... I don't remember ever seeing her birth year as 1983.
It was 1986 at one point but now it's 1988.
Edited by Rekha_ji - 9 years ago
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Oh C'mon, everyone lies about their age IRL.
Specially on IF, people pretending to be teenagers are 30-40 yrs old and people who are teens pretend to be 20-30 yr old.
Yeh Toh BW hai, where you have "shelf life". 2-3 saal ka ghapla is very ok. 5 saal tak bhi it's fine .
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Posted: 9 years ago
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She is about 5-6 years older than Eoraptor.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: Love_Katty_24-7



She is about 5-6 years older than Eoraptor.


😆 😆
Very well maintained Kat ⭐️

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