I’d feel odd romancing a 23-year-old if I was 50: Sonakshi Sinha

Actor comments on male actors working with younger heroines

Sonakshi Sinha, who is gearing up for Dabangg 3, says she would feel odd romancing a 22-year-old if she was 50, unlike her co-star Salman Khan, who will be seen romancing 21-year-old Saiee Manjrekar in the upcoming film.

Sinha recently spoke about how older male stars are consistently featured opposite much younger female actors in Bollywood. Asked about how the age gap between male and female stars is just becoming bigger and bigger, she said, "Oh wow! If you put it that way, but would you want to see Madhuri Dixit romancing Ishaan Khatter?"

The actor said the pairing of Dixit and Khatter would be "a bit odd,” reported Free Press Journal. Sinha went on to be questioned as to why it is not odd when Khan is romancing a 21-year-old and why it would be odd for Dixit to romance Khatter?

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Sinha said one should ask Khan why he keeps romancing younger girls directly. "You should ask him what is he eating or what is he doing to keep looking so young and keep romancing the younger girls with every film," she said.

So has the starlet thought about Bollywood’s age dilemma in detail? "No, actually I haven't because, for me, it's a job, right? And hats off to Salman Khan for having sustained a career for so long in the industry, and you know, still working with as much gusto as he did, initially,” she replied. “I think it's great to have achieved something like that. So if you have a problem with it, you should go and ask him.”

But Sinha concluded saying, "Honestly, if I was at the age of 50, I would feel odd romancing a guy who's 22 years old."

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