When Kamal Haasan reacted to stars romancing heroines half their age in movies: ‘I can still do that…’ | Tamil Movie News – The Times of India

A recurring subject in Indian cinema revolves across the portrayal of age-appropriate roles. This problem has sparked discussions for years, particularly when it comes to male actors, many of whom are solid in roles which might be a long time youthful than their precise age. This usually leads to pairings with a lot youthful feminine leads, typically half their age. This topic just lately resurfaced through the promotional occasions for Salman Khan’s Sikandar, in which he may have an on-display screen romance with the youthful actress Rashmika Mandanna. Actor Kamal Haasan has beforehand addressed the rising criticism.
Actor-filmmaker-politician Kamal Haasan, who has not been paired with a feminine lead for over a decade, confronted the same line of questioning throughout an NDTV interview 12 years in the past. Requested about older actors still taking up romantic hero roles in South cinema, Kamal responded by mentioning related tendencies in worldwide cinema. “Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Cary Grant, Amitabh Bachchan, and, in reality, Dilip (Kumar) saab did Ram aur Shyam when he was in his mid-40s. So, so long as we can take the trip, we must always,” the Vikram actor remarked. He added that whereas he would keep away from taking part in a university pupil in his 50s, he noticed no problem with older actors taking part in romantic leads.

When the dialog turned to actors romancing ladies half their age, Haasan’s response was easy: “I can still do that… even in life. It isn’t that troublesome. If artwork is emulating life, then it is extremely a lot potential. Didn’t Onassis marry somebody half his age?”
Since turning 60, Kamal has constantly taken on roles that replicate his age, portraying characters who’re extra aligned along with his actual-life persona reasonably than romancing considerably youthful ladies.

Amidst the criticism about sharing the display screen with 28-12 months-outdated Rashmika in Sikandar, 59-12 months-outdated Salman said, “If the heroine doesn’t have any downside or the heroine’s father doesn’t have any downside, then why do you have got an issue? And when she (Rashmika) will get married and has a daughter, after which she turns into a giant star, then additionally we are going to work (collectively). We’ll get the mom’s (Rashmika’s) permission for certain.””