Abhay Deol highlights a serious issue in Bollywood
- IndiaGlitz, [Friday,August 06 2021]
Bollywood has a serious issue of casting the lead pair of a film with a significant age gap. To maintain their illusion of youth, actors in their 50s often get paired up with actresses in their 20s. Abhay Deol tends to lead a different and realistic path. He's going to portray father of a teenage girl in his upcoming show and he has absolutely no issues with it.
He said, If I had to have qualms about anything then I would have had them 10-12 years ago doing what I was doing in Bollywood. I have never really held back, I am quite secure in who I am and where I come from. The Netflix show that I am doing spans 20 years, I go from 39 to 59. I can play my age, I can play 10-12 years younger still, so I am just having fun.
Talking about the issue of age gap between actors and actresses, Abhay said, As long as people are convinced that I am that role whether at 35 or 45, I would like to do both. You just got to take care of yourself so that you can pass for the ages that you play. I would like to stick to that window. Bollywood still will cast actors who are in their 50s opposite girls who are in their 20s and not even make it about an older man and younger girl, they will make them look like as a couple. In that environment, what does it matter?