In a recent interview, Isha Koppikar shared her views on the Bollywood age gap controversy and her feelings about romancing senior actors on-screen.
Isha Koppikar is a well-known Indian actress who has starred in films across different languages, such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Marathi. Coming from a non-filmy background, her journey to the showbiz wasn't easy. But the actress managed to make a place for herself in the industry. Isha has often been outspoken about her views on the controversies brewing in Bollywood. Recently, she sat down for an interview with Siddharth Kannan and shared her opinions on the age gap controversy in Bollywood.
Isha shared that she feels discomfort in romancing a 30 or 20-year-old actor than her on-screen. Adding to the ongoing age gap controversy, she felt uncomfortable hugging or getting paired opposite senior male actors. The LOC Kargil actress feels that the actors should take roles and act according to their age. She was quoted as saying:
"You do feel uncomfortable when you work with someone 30 or 20 years older than you. I felt uncomfortable when I was working with elderly heroes. You don't get the feeling like you are hugging your partner or lover, you feel like you are hugging your father. I used to feel that. I was new, I thought this was the norm. You are an actor; you focus on your part and forget they are elderly."
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In the same conversation, the actress-politician said that the audience is not a fool and that the senior actors should think before taking up roles, not aligning with their age. She hopes that the actors take note of it and the situation changes because the audience isn't foolish. Isha recalled the audience were once commenting in theatre post watching that the actor was romancing someone who was young enough to be his daughter. The Hum Tum actress shared that due to social media, everyone is now well-acquainted with the age of actors.
Senior actors romancing actresses much younger than them has always been a topic of debate in Bollywood. However, it picked up pace in the last couple of years when netizens discussed the age difference between male and female co-stars. The pairing of 49-year-old Nawazuddin Siddiqui and 21-year-old Avneet Kaur in Tiku Weds Sheru and 26-year-old Manushi Chhillar with then 56-year-old Akshay Kumar in Samrat Prithviraj particularly drew more attention, further igniting the controversy. While Manushi asserted that she doesn't mind being cast opposite older superstars like Akshay, Nawazuddin on the other hand, brushed off the issue, adding that the young men have no romance left.
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Isha made her acting debut with the Telugu movie, W/o V. Vara Prasad. She worked extensively in the South Indian film Industry during the 90s and shifted her focus to Bollywood in the 2000s. Her first Bollywood film was Fiza, starring Hrithik Roshan and Karisma Kapoor. Isha has starred in films like Company, Kaante, Pinjar, LOC Kargil, Kya Kool Hain Hum, 36 China Town, and more. She was last seen in the Tamil science-fiction action film, Ayaalan.
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