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Why blame only Akshay Kumar for romancing a younger actress?

Why blame only Akshay Kumar for romancing a younger actress?

India Today
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:55:44 PM UTC

If Bollywood were Gurukul, its parampara, pratishthan, anushasan would be older men romancing younger women on screen. But why only criticise the men when we're not willing to change the inner workings?

Did you watch Sooryavanshi? Scratch that, obviously you did. The world has, it seems, going by the mammoth numbers, that is. On the heels of this stupendous success, Akshay Kumar and Yash Raj Films just dropped the teaser of another Akki film - Prithviraj. Of course, based on the life and valour of Prithviraj Chauhan. There's sword-fighting, there's sloganeering, and then there is Manushi Chhillar, winner of the Miss World 2017 pageant. She plays Akshay's love interest in the film. Not that Prithviraj, the film needed more controversies, but here's another one. Akshay Kumar is now being trolled for the age difference between him and Manushi. Really? The Hero is 54The Heroine is 24And that's bollywood lovestory for you. Just a reminder that @akshaykumar is 54-year-old man with a Canadian passport romancing an actress who is 24 years old.We need to pick our heroes more carefully. https://t.co/sj6F58QANi Akshay Kumar's age - 54 yrs.Manushi Chhillar's age - 24 yrs.What the hell man...how is this even normalised? https://t.co/5886PbGL7O

Now, this isn't a new phenomenon. Both the trolling and the older male actors working with younger female actors, we mean. Each time we have a Salman Khan dance Slow Motion Mein with Disha Patani, or an Ajay Devgn say De De Pyaar De to Rakul Preet Singh, this debate is resurrected. And goes on indefinitely until the argumentative Indians on Twitter move on to greener pastures. Or softer targets.

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