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Saand Ki Aankh starring Bhumi Pednekar and Taapsee Pannu released in October this year. The film grabbed headlines for a lot of reasons, one of them being the age debate. Both Bhumi and Taapsee play elderly women in the film and some people were of the opinion that the makers should’ve cast age-appropriate actors for the film.

Earlier, Kangana Ranaut’s sister Rangoli Chandel revealed that the Queen actress was offered Saand Ki Aankh too but she refused to do the film. The reason Kangana rejected the offer was that she told the makers to cast an older woman and fight ageism and sexism in Bollywood.

Bhumi Pednekar Has THIS To Say On Thalaivi Actress Kangana Ranaut’s Ageism Comment On Saand Ki Aankh

However, in her next outing titled Thalaivi, Kangana Ranaut is playing the role of former Tamil Nadu CM, late J Jayalalithaa. As it’s a biopic based on Jayalalithaa’s life, the actress will also play the older role. Recently, the first look of the film was released which was Kangana’s older look of the late CM. The first look received a mixed response from the people.

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Recently, during the group interview for Pati Patni Aur Woh, Bhumi Pednekar was asked about the particular actress (Kangana) and how she raised her voice against not casting an older actress for SKA but now she is herself playing an older woman in her next.