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- By Tapapriya Dutta
- Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:23 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Bollywood diva Tabu, who is currently gearing up for the romantic drama Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha with Ajay Devgn, recently opened up about the de-ageing concept in the industry. She also stated that she is not ready to play a 30-year-old woman in celluloid anymore. The actress also shared that she has no option other than to embrace her age. Tabu also believes that de-ageing actors can look ‘gimmicky’ if movie watchers are aware of their real age.
In an interview with News18, Tabu said “My first question to Neeraj (Pandey; director) was, what about the younger part? When he told me that there’s a different set of actors to do that, I was like, fine. Sometimes, de-aging actors can look gimmicky especially if the audience knows how old they are.”
She continued, “They’ve seen how we look at present. But all of it depends on the kind of film and the context. Some films can carry off older actors playing younger roles well because it isn’t jarring for the audience. But we didn’t require that in Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha and it worked better that way. Yeh sab cheezein pehle bhi toh hota tha jab de-aging ka concept nahi tha. We saw different actors playing younger selves of the protagonists. Once they grew up, they became Dharmendra or Dilip Kumar. I think that with this film, we’re continuing that tradition.”
“I would refuse those parts. I don’t think that I’ll be open to playing a 30-year-old anymore. I’ve no option but to embrace my age,” Tabu added.
Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha also stars Ajay Devgn in the lead which will be the tenth collaboration of the actor with Tabu. The movie also features Saiee Manjrekar, Shantanu Maheshwari, Jimmy Shergill, Pushpendra Singh, Sayaji Shinde and Benedict Garrett in significant roles. The film is scheduled to be released in theatres on 2nd August.
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