Do Actresses Have Shorter Shelf Life Than Actors? Ajay Devgn Answers!

Acclaimed actress Tabu, whose upcoming film De De Pyar De is about a 50-year-old man’s relationship with a 26-year-old girl, says cinema does not work in isolation and it always reflects societal choices and concepts.

Tabu was interacting with the media at the trailer launch of De De Pyar De along with her co-actors Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh, director Akiv Ali and producer Luv Ranjan here on Tuesday.

Though the age gap has been experimented with as a theme several times in Hindi cinema — including in Tabu’s very own Cheeni Kum, will there be a time in Hindi films when the female character will be shown older than her male counterpart?

Tabu said: “If certain things are accepted in society, then I think films will reflect that. I think the older man and younger woman concept is more widely accepted in the world and in society, so, we see more of it on-screen. I am sure that societal choices and the way we live will reflect in cinema because cinema is not happening in isolation.”