These Bollywood Actors Were Much Older Than Their Female Co-Stars
Salman Khan – Disha Patani
Salman Khan has romanced many many young ladies on-screen, and if the gossip is to be believed, off-screen too! However, one of his most shocking on-screen pairings was with actress Disha Patani in the movie Radhe.
During the filming of the 2021 movie, Khan was 55-years-old while his love interest in the movie Disha Patani was only 28-years-old. That makes the difference between them a whopping 27 years.
Anil Kapoor – Kareena Kapoor Khan
This pairing was unusual not only in terms of the age gap but also because these two actors come from two different generations of Bollywood. The shocking pairing starred in the movie Bewafa alongside Akshay Kumar.
At that time, Anil Kapoor was 49-year-old while Kareena Kapoor Khan was only 25! Despite the 24-year age gap, the duo portrayed the roles of a husband and a wife in the 2005 movie.
Aamir Khan – Anushka Sharma
There are a lot of things that Aamir Khan defies Bollywood norms with – his acting, his choice of scripts, and his absolute cluelessness about the workings of social media. But one place Khan failed was breaking the age-gap cycle of male-female co-stars.
For one of Aamir Khan’s biggest movies, PK, the 49-year-old actor starred opposite 26-year-Anushka Sharma. Thankfully, their love is only one-sided, so their 23-year age gap wasn’t all that controversial.
Amitabh Bachhan – Soundarya
Sooryavansham is a beloved movie in Bollywood. It’s a cult favorite, and many people remember watching it every Sunday with family. But what escapes notice is the fact that the lead actors of the movie have a massive age gap!
Amitabh Bachhan was 57 years old during the filming of this 1999 hit, while the actress playing his wife was only a mere 22 years old. That makes the duo 25 years apart in age.
The problem of older male actors being paired with younger female actresses has been a prevalent one in Bollywood. Usually, the age-gap is limited to only a decade, but in some cases, it crosses 20-30 years. While people once looked the other way, now the audience has started to question this practice. Here are some movies wherein the lead actor was much older than his female co-star.