When ageism will end in Bollywood? From Shefali Shah to Mona Singh, actresses who played mother to older actors

 

Time and again, Bollywood has proved that ageism is here to stay. As the actors go older, nothing changes for them as they get younger actresses to romance. While the actresses who get older are only offered a mother or aunt's role in the showbiz industry. But the matter goes way beyond incomprehensible when they are asked to play the role of mothers to the actors who are older than them in real life. Who can forget Nargis Dutt in Mother India as she essayed the role of mother of two sons- Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar. While Sunil was of similar age, Rajendra was two years older than the actress. Well, here we list the actresses who have become mothers of older actors:

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Richa Chaddha

Richa Chadha was 26 years old when she played the role of a mother in Gangs of Wasseypur. She was featured as Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s mother in the second part of the movie. Nawazuddin was 38 years old at that time.

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Shefali Shah

In the 2005 film Waqt, Shefali was 32-year-old when she played the role of mother to Akshay Kumar, who is five years elder than her.

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Sheeba Chaddha

Sheeba Chaddha played the role of Shah Rukh Khan’s mother in Zero. She is 5-6 years younger than the superstar in real life.

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Sonali Kulkarni

The 44-year-old Sonali Kulkarni played the role of mother to 54-year-old Salman Khan in the 2019 film, Bharat.

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Mona Singh

The 40-year-old Mona essayed mother of 57-year-old Aamir Khan in the recently released Laal Singh Chaddha.Source