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Salman Khan said if an older actress romances a younger actor, no one will mind if the story is good.

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It is common for senior Bollywood actors to romance younger heroines in their films. More recently, Salman Khan and Rashmika Mandanna were seen together in Sikandar. As such, when the superstar appeared on Twinkle Khanna and Kajol’s show, he was asked why the script is barely flipped and senior actresses don’t get paired with younger actors. During the show, Salman Khan revealed why older actors and younger actresses get paired.
Kajol asked, “When the hero romances a younger woman, it’s called ‘cinema magic’. But when an older heroine romances a younger man, it’s called ‘bold’. Why do you think that is?” Aamir Khan said that for him, casting “should be done based on requirement”.
Salman replied, “See, depending, like there was Sridevi. If she’d have kept on working, she could have still done. Madhuri can still play if there’s a role. If there’s a younger girl and if an upcoming star or a star or the producer or the director says, ‘Mujhe ye chahiye (I want him).’”
“Ab itna kaam kar liya hain hum sab logone ki wo jodi purani lagti hain (We have worked together so much now that the pair looks old). So for a freshness in a film, that’s when you take up somebody else whom you have not worked with that much,” he added. Kajol said, “It doesn’t work in the opposite way, though.”
Salman Khan said, “But aesi script hi kitni aati hain aap logo ke paas (But how many such scripts do you guys get)? I don’t think if the film is good and the story is woven around something like that, an older woman and a younger man, I don’t think anyone would mind that.”
Kajol And Twinkle Khanna’s Show
Twinkle Khanna and Kajol’s highly anticipated chat show ‘Two Much With Kajol and Twinkle’ finally premiered on Amazon Prime Video today, and Bollywood superstars Salman Khan and Aamir Khan graced the first episode of the show. Soon after the episode dropped on the digital platform, it became the talk of the town.
Produced by Banijay Asia, Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle’s new episodes are releasing every Thursday. The hosts, Kajol and Twinkle Khanna, will be seen engaging in witty, lighthearted conversations with Bollywood stars, including Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Karan Johar, Kriti Sanon, Vicky Kaushal, Govinda, and Janhvi Kapoor, among others.

Kashvi Raj Singh is a Sub Editor at News18. She extensively covers Bollywood, Hollywood and television. She not only keeps an eye out for interesting news angles but also often writes social commentary in long-…Read More
Kashvi Raj Singh is a Sub Editor at News18. She extensively covers Bollywood, Hollywood and television. She not only keeps an eye out for interesting news angles but also often writes social commentary in long-… Read More
September 25, 2025, 15:28 IST