The Bollywood industry, which has managed to corner the cinema market over the year, is known to toe the line of acceptable social norms and stereotypes for making it easy for the audience to accept the content they are serving. But every once in a while, a movie director comes up with a marvelous plotline, that challenges society on many grounds. The most sensitive social norm that Bollywood has challenged over and over again is the age gap between two lovers. Whether it be real or reel, the love stories of the industry never fail to conquer social norms. Today we bring you a list of the top 10 Bollywood movies that captured young actresses romancing with way older men:
1. De De Pyaar De: The rom-com starring Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh in lead captures the love story of a divorcee who falls in love with a young girl and later takes her to meet her family, where the young girl gets jealous of his real wife and tries to do everything to win him back.
2. Lamhe: Lamhe captured one of the memorable acting performances of Anil Kapoor and Sridevi. The movie portrays two love stories. The plotline talks about the life of Yash, who first falls in love with an older woman. After the death of his love, he decides to take care of her daughter, but later the daughter falls in love with Yash. While the film is considered a classic now, it was hard to digest then.
3. Dil Toh Bacha Hai Ji: Tall, Dark, Handsome, Ajay Devgn definitely knows the art of wooing younger women. Before wooing his magic in De De Pyaar De, he showed off his tricks in Dil Toh Bacha Hai Ji, where he falls in love with an intern and later tries to build chemistry with her.
4. Cheeni Kum: Another masterpiece of Amitabh Bachchan that helped him garner praise for his acting and light comedy. In the movie, Amitabh Bachchan was seen playing the role of a chef who falls in love with beautiful Tabu, who is half the age of him. Besides being in the controversial light, the film garnered praise for Amitabh’s banter with Tabu’s father Paresh Rawal in the film.
5. Nishabd: Well, the first film that come to our mind when we say, ‘older man-young woman’ romance is Amitabh Bachchan and Jiah Khan in Nishabd. The film witnessed a lot of attention from fans as well as the critics since hardly anyone expected Amitabh Bachchan to go this bold in his 60s. While the film failed to do magic at the box office, fans loved the performances and even appreciated the unusual twist to the Bollywood tale.
6. The Lunchbox: The Lunchbox is one of the purest movies ever nurtured in the industry. The accidental love story, show how a middle-class woman in her 20s tries to rejoice the spark of love with her husband by sending him a love letter in a lunch box but the lunchbox gets delivered to Saajan Fernandes, played by Irrfan Khan, an accountant on the cusp of retirement and a widower.
7. Haramkhor: Nawazuddin plays the role of Shyam, a school teacher, who gets involved with his 14-year-old student Shweta. Both give in to the initial attraction they feel toward each other and an illicit relationship ensues. Shyam is not only married but also has an affair with another woman. A false pregnancy scare brings Shyam back to his senses and he decides to end the relationship.
8. Welcome: Well, Welcome was nowhere being serious but this particular chemistry raised some eyebrows. To trick, Uday Bhai played by Nana Patekar, Akshay Kumar fools him by trapping him in the love of Mallika Sherawat who is half of his age. The chemistry of the two truly added a new flavor to the movie.
9. Waiting: Starring Naseeruddin Shah and Kalki Koechlin, Waiting is one of those rare age gap movies that doesn’t venture into the realm of a romantic relationship. Instead, it portrays a relationship based on empathy between two people from entirely different backgrounds and generations. Two strangers united by a common pain – of waiting on their comatose spouses and hoping for a miracle.
10. Dear Zindagi: SRK plays the role of a psychologist Dr Jahangir and Alia Bhatt a young aspiring director, looking for a way to breathe in life. Falling in love with your therapist is as common as it is inappropriate. Gauri Shinde explores this age gap love story in an aesthetic manner.
