There has been a lot of conversation around the age gap between co-stars in Bollywood movies. While this problem has been there in the industry since time immemorial, it actually got attention when actors from the industry started highlighting it.
Since then, the audiences have been calling out this problematic casting be it in ‘Bachchhan Paandey’ or ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’.
After ‘Atrangi Re’, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is being called out for romancing 30-year-old actor Mrunal Thakur in the movie ‘Selfiee’.
People started talking about the age gap between 55-year-old Akshay and Mrunal Thakur, who is 25 years younger than him, after their latest song ‘Kudiyee Ni Teri’ was dropped online.
While a lot of people did appreciate their sizzling chemistry in the song, many thought that Akshay Kumar, who is probably the age of Mrunal’s father, romancing her is problematic.
Akshay Kumar get off Mrunal Thakur!! Omg the pairing looks hellish 😭 How did she go from Dulquer to this hag
— Lolo💅 (@andekibhurji) February 9, 2023
Akshay's love interests could be his daughters… Creepy !
— ⚡ sundance kid –· ✖️✖️ (@_bitchcassidy) February 8, 2023
Akshay Kumar and Mrunal Thakur look so problematic together on screen. 🙄
— Vishal Agnihotri (@Dilliwasi) February 9, 2023
i’ve never really cared for mrunal that much besides sita ramam. tbh, i always wonder how her and radhika get so many projects despite being such average actors. but i just saw pictures from her upcoming movie with akshay who’s 25 years older than her and i am appalled 😬
— raksha 🦋 (@xAngelWingz) February 9, 2023
Haters : Age difference 😱 she is like your daughter!!#AkshayKumar : who cares 😏 idk i am not her daddy but can be yours surly 🥵 #AkshayKumar𓃵 #KudiyeeNiTeri #MrunalThakur #selfiee pic.twitter.com/wL1npVShzo
— Khushipatel (@KhushiPatelbt) February 9, 2023
Awful Pairing.
Mrunal is too young and the pairing looks bad.
Salman – Disha
Akshay – Kiara
Akshay – MrunalAwful ! https://t.co/4MqhgolPgB
— S H A H ᴾᴬᵀᴴᴬᴬᴺ (@Shah_Srkiann) February 9, 2023
ofc it’s akshay kumar with a girl young enough to be his daughter
— KP (@Kirenpreet_) February 9, 2023
Akshay Uncle nahi sudhrenge
— Shivam Chaurasiya (@ShivamCharasiy1) February 9, 2023
This isn’t the first time Akshay Kumar was seen romancing an actress decades younger than him. Earlier, he was paired with 25-year-old Manushi Chhillar in ‘Samrat Prithviraj’. Not to forget 32-year-old Kriti Sanon who was seen with him in films like ‘Housefull 4’ and ‘Bachchan Paandey’.
What do you have to say about Bollywood’s obsession with casting older actors with younger actresses?