Bhumika Chawla recently discussed how, in the eyes of the audience, there is still a distinction to be made between actors and actresses.
In a recent media interview, Bhumika Chawla, who most recently appeared in the Salman Khan film Kisi Ki Bhai Kisi Ka Jaan, discussed how the audience’s perspective changes when an actress falls in love with a younger actor. Over the course of her career, the actress has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi films, but she is most recognised for her role alongside Salman Khan in Tere Naam. The two of them have since been spotted together in KKBKKJ.
When a male lead romances a younger female lead or when a female lead romances a younger actor, distinct reactions are displayed, according to Bhumika lately. She went on to discuss how many are still unable to understand the age difference in real life.
Bhumika Chawla talked openly about the age difference between actors and actresses during her chat with Siddharth Kannan. She shared, using Malaika Arora-Arjun Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas as instances and said, “It is unfair, today also it happens. Even in real life, it happens. Be it Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor or Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, people don’t accept it (their relationship) openly and I don’t know why. But it is their life; if a man can do it, so can a woman. Also, if a hero is romancing someone half his age, then I should also be romancing a kid. A good-looking one, mind you.”
Furthermore, Bhumika Chawla discussed how heroes have consistently occupied the front of the screen while female performers are consistently shunted to the side. She said, “Yes, things are changing in web series space where senior actors are getting central roles, but in a commercial film, that system still prevails. Hero is still playing hero and the female lead has gone backwards. That change has to be made by makers.”
