Bollywood actors coming of age

There has always been an unwritten rule in the industry try not to play characters older than you Apparently the idea was to avoid getting typecast in the role and thus lose out on the plum roles that may come your way in the future Well this was in the past As of now even relatively younger actors are willing to shed their inhibitions as far as greying hair and puffy faces are concerned This particular trend is slowly gaining ground just like the age of a wine Herersquos taking a look at a few of those who recently went beyond the parameter of time Hrithik Roshan Film Krrish 3 When More than a decade ago Roshan Jr shed quite a lot of weight to play a childlike character in KoihellipMil Gaya In clear contrast to that portrayal the meticulous actor essayed a distressed fatherly figure in his recent superhero venture Other than the voice that didnrsquot really match his rather old frame the character was almost proper in its execution Grey matters Anupam Kher and Rohini Hattangadi in the National Awardwinner Saaransh Anupam Kher essayed the role of a 65yearold man in Saaransh 1984 when he himself was only 28 Similarly Rohini Hattangadi played the older version of Kasturba at the age of 27 in Gandhi 1982 Ranbir Kapoor Film Barfi When Before Ranbir appeared in dyed grey hair on the big screen he was seen in a series of TV commercials where he played a grumpy old restaurant owner In the Anurag Basu film he was effortless as a hunched elderly in those few scenes before his death In his next hersquos all set to play a teenage boy Looks like a worthy challenge for an actor who doesnrsquot mind being challenged Sridevi Film English Vinglish When Making a comeback rarely seemed so convincing for a Bollywood actress In this Gauri Shinde film Sridevi played a notsoyoung housewife who is fed up of being mocked by her husband and daughter for her poor English Even though she seemed much younger than their age the point was made she was officially back Irrfan Khan Film The Lunchbox When One of the finest craftsmen from BTown Irrfan has consistently donned intriguing characters over the years In The Lunchbox he played a bespectacled abouttoretire widower who is caught between silently grieving the loss of his beloved wife and contemplating falling in love with a woman he hasnrsquot even met yet Richa Chadda Film Gangs of Wasseypur 2 When A majority of the young actresses in Hindi cinema have reservations against playing an old woman on screen Richa is not one of them Having made her debut as the bittooeasy yet memorable sister of the heroine she later played an older woman mdash a widow trying hard to be influential mdash in this powerhungry Anurag Kashyap epic No thanks very much Actresses who declined a role because of the age difference gtgt Prakash Jharsquos Rajneeti was supposed to be Raveena Tandonrsquos dream comeback but the actress apparently quit once she learnt that she would have to play Ajay Devgan39s mother gtgt Dancing diva Madhuri Dixit reportedly said no to Anil Kapoorrsquos film proposal where she was offered to play mother to Sonam Kapoor in the official Hindi remake of Freaky Friday gtgtThere was a buzz doing the round that Dia Mirza was to play an elderly woman in an upcoming film but she eventually opted out of it as she wasnrsquot comfortable with the script gtgt Tabu who was slated to play the character of Tishyarakshitra emperor Ashokarsquos wife in a period film The Legend of Kunal had apparently refused to be shown younger in certain sequences gtgt After playing a mother in Ta Ra Rum Pum Rani Mukerji opted out of Deepa Mehtarsquos Midnightrsquos Children just because she had to play the role of a mother Ageless Hollywood gtgt In Last Vegas four veteran actors Kevin Kline Michael Douglas Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman have gathered for the film Interestingly enough each one of them have played characters much younger as well older during the span of their long illustrious careers gtgt Leonardo DiCaprio played a much older and a lot fatter J Edgar Hoover in the Clint Eastwood film J Edgar gtgt Meryl Streep garnered acclaim for her portrayal of troubledbydementia Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Ladyu00a0