Kangana
Ranaut
portrays
Indira
Gandhi’s
political
journey
in
events
leading
up
to
the
Emergency
in
an
upcoming
biopic
of
the
same
name.
A
30-something
relying
on
make-up
and
prosthetics
to
look
like
a
58-year-old
politician
is
not
new.
Only
recently,
Vicky
Kaushal’s
attempts
to
transform
into
Sam
Manekshaw
in
Sam
Bahadur
garnered
much
acclaim.
Ageing
on
screen
for
a
role
aside,
movie
stars,
today,
are
deeply
devoted
to
the
cause
of
beauty
and
fitness.
There’s
a
conscious
effort
to
look
young,
healthy
and
glamorous
what
with
all
kinds
of
cosmetic
procedures
and
rituals
at
their
disposal.
Back
in
the
day
though,
no
soon
an
actress
crossed
her
30s,
film-makers
would
be
in
a
mad
rush
to
cast
her
as
behen,
bhabhi
or
maa
whereas
actors
couldn’t
care
less
about
letting
go.
Are
things
better
now?
You
decide.
Meanwhile,
out
of
curiosity,
Sukanya
Verma
compares
yesteryear
stars
and
the
contemporary
ones
at
about
approximately
the
same
age
and
the
results
are
glaring.
Raakhee,
Ram
Lakhan
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan,
Ae
Dil
Hai
Mushkil
At
43,
Ash
was
making
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
the
entire
country
go
weak
in
the
knees
as
the
smouldering
poetess
of
Karan
Johar’s
romantic
drama
while
Raakhee
was
cementing
her
reputation
as
Bollywood’s
go-to
mom,
singing
paeans
of
her
two
anmol
ratans
—
Anil
Kapoor
and
Jackie
Shroff
—
in
Subhash
Ghai’s
timeless
masala,
Ram
Lakhan.
Raakhee,
Rocky
Kriti
Sanon,
Teri
Baaton
Mein
Aisa
Uljha
Jiya
Raakhee’s
mamta-filled
journey
is
ridiculously
premature
when
you
realise
she
was
only
34
at
the
time
she
played
Sanjay
Dutt’s
mum
in
his
debut,
Rocky
which
is
the
same
age
as
Kriti
Sanon’s
smoking
hot
human
robot
in
Teri
Baaton
Mein
Aisa
Uljha
Jiya.
Waheeda
Rehman,
Lamhe
Madhuri
Dixit,
Kalank
Waheeda
Rehman
is
the
epitome
of
elegance
but
Bollywood’s
ageist
mindset
struggled
to
write
roles
befitting
her
stature,
relegating
her
to
the
endearing
albeit
stereotypical
matriarch.
In
Lamhe,
her
elderly
nanny
is
a
soothing
presence
except
did
you
realise
she’s
around
the
same
age
as
52-year-old
Madhuri
Dixit’s
glittering
dancer
in
Kalank‘s
period
piece?
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Mohabbatein
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Jawan
At
58,
the
Big
B
kicked
off
his
second
innings
as
a
senior
figure
dispensing
gyaan
on
‘parampara
pratishta
anushasan’
to
adolescent
boys
of
Mohabbatein‘s
gurukul.
At
58,
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
his
rebellious
co-star
in
the
same
movie,
flaunted
his
‘bindaas
banda’
side
as
a
macho
action
hero
in
both
father-son
avatar.
Sharmila
Tagore,
Mann
Tabu,
Crew
That’s
Sharmila
Tagore
at
52
playing
grandma
to
Aamir
Khan
in
the
tearjerker,
Mann.
That’s
Tabu
at
52
playing
a
seductively
shady
airhostess
trying
to
have
her
cake
and
eat
it
too
in
Crew.
Dilip
Kumar,
Kranti
Salman
Khan,
Tiger
3
Dilip
Kumar’s
grand
histrionics
as
the
fiery
revolutionary
of
Kranti
in
his
late
50s
cut
a
daunting
picture.
Fascinating
when
you
look
at
Salman
Khan’s
swag
in
Tiger
3
and
realise
they’re
around
the
same
age
in
the
third
movie
of
Bhai’s
successful
franchise.
Asha
Parekh,
Kaalia
Katrina
Kaif,
Phone
Bhoot
39
is
the
new
30
and
nobody
proved
it
better
than
Katrina
Kaif
as
the
uber
glossy
and
gorgeous
ghost
of
Phone
Bhoot.
Asha
Parekh,
sadly,
would
have
to
contend
as
the
sobbing
bhabhi
prone
to
endless
bouts
of
rona
dhona
in
fare
like
Kaalia
and
more.
Raj
Kapoor,
Dharam
Kanta
Hrithik
Roshan,
Fighter
Fighter‘s
maverick
energy
highlights
Hrithik
Roshan’s
Greek
God
status
to
the
hilt.
At
50,
the
man’s
every
bit
a
rockstar.
At
the
same
age,
Raj
Kapoor
appears
content
being
a
showman
to
bother
about
his
blue-eyed
beauty
as
explained
in
the
philosophy
of
Dharam
Kanta‘s
evergreen
melody
—
Ek
din
bik
jayega
maati
ke
mol
jag
mein
reh
jayenge
pyaare
tere
bol.
Dev
Anand,
Sache
Ka
Bol
Bala
Akshay
Kumar,
Sarfira
Dev
Anand
and
Akshay
Kumar
share
one
thing
in
common
—
both
refused
to
look
at
the
writing
on
the
wall.
If
a
56-year-old
Dev
Saab
appeared
happy
puffing
up
his
evergreen
imagery
in
leading
man
parts
across
movies
shrouded
in
obscurity,
56-year-old
Akshay
Kumar
refuses
to
acknowledge
the
consequences
of
Akshay
Kumar
overkill.
Rishi
Kapoor,
Damini
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Animal
Who
does
41
better?
Father
Rishi
Kapoor
playing
the
sweater
clad
lover
boy
pining
for
his
ladylove
yet
again
in
Damini?
Or
son
Ranbir
channelling
his
inner
bad
boy
to
capture
the
troubled
journey
of
a
character
from
teenage
to
old
age
in
Animal?
Shammi
Kapoor,
Parvarish
Aamir
Khan,
Dhoom
3
One
of
the
most
energetic
stars
to
grace
the
screen,
Shammi
Kapoor’s
disinterest
in
fitness
aged
him
before
time.
At
46,
he
was
playing
father
to
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Vinod
Khanna
in
Parvarish.
To
think
Aamir
Khan
was
a
few
years
older
than
that
when
he
slipped
into
the
role
of
a
brawny
trapeze
artist
in
Dhoom
3.
Sanjeev
Kumar,
Sholay
Ranveer
Singh,
Rocky
Aur
Rani
Kii
Prem
Kahani
37
is
no
age
to
be
caged
in
disgruntled
daddy
or
vendetta-seeking
Thakur
roles
but
Sanjeev
Kumar
rarely
ever
got
to
play
the
charming
young
man
he
really
was.
Perhaps
he
didn’t
fit
the
image
of
Bollywood’s
conventional
hero
like
Ranveer
Singh’s
iron
pumping,
protein
shake
guzzling,
bare
torso
parading
Rocky
in
Rocky
Aur
Rani
Kii
Prem
Kahani.
Rajesh
Khanna,
Souten
Shahid
Kapoor,
Jersey
Rajesh
Khanna’s
trademark
romantic
in
Souten
or
Shahid
Kapoor’s
cricketer
on
a
comeback
trail
in
Jersey?
Who’s
your
pick
for
a
dashing
40
year
old?
