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Shilpa Shetty-Meezan Jeffrey, the Mrs Robinson Syndrome in Bollywood
A 40-plus Shilpa Shetty looking hotter than the hotties half her age , singing and dancing and romancing with 20-plus Meezan Jaffrey in Hungama 2 is nothing new in cinema.
It is known as the ‘Mrs Robinson’ syndrome. In the Mike Nichols’ classic The Graduate the much-older Anne Bancroft seduced the happily-surrendered Dustin Hoffman. And in The Reader Kate Winslet was shown having sex with a teenage boy. Bollywood is not short of the bold spiri tA look at the age-challenged seduction game in Bollywood.
- Simi Garewal–Rishi Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker(1968): Though they didn’t go all the way they did go far enough with the 14-year old Chintoo Baba ogling at his school teacher’s wet thighs with more than a passing curiosity. It was the classic seduction position , and one which director Raj Kapoor thought of even before Anne Bancroft flashed her bare legs at the wonder-stuck Hoffman.
- Meena Kumari–Guru Dutt in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam(1962)—She was the lonely alcoholic wife. He was her smitten adoring Man-Friday. Much younger, emotionally and sexually inexperienced. She teased him, provoked him, and prodded his dormat emotions awake. There was just a hint of physical intimacy at the end which Guru Dutt had to fight to preserve. This was one of the earliest and most evocative representations of erotic attraction between a virginal boy-man and an older lonely woman who could do with some male company.
- Dimple Kapadia–Amol Mhatre in Leela(2002): Stagant sterile marriage impels married woman Dimple Kapadia to find excitement love and , ahem,sex with a teenager. After doing the film Dimple was very embarrassed about the film and insisted on not talking about it.
- Manisha Koirala–Aditya Seal in Ek Chotisi Love Story(2002)—Manisha took her one-time friend Shashilal Nair to court for projecting this film in a sleazy light when she expected more class. The film had scenes of the 15-year old boy masturbating to images of his fantasy-woman. Not an aesthetic experience at all.
- Sushmita Sen-Shah Rukh Khan in Main Hoon Na(2004)—Technically Shah Rukh is older than Sushmita. But in Farah Khan’s feisty campus romance SRK played a student besotted with his teacher. It was all done in a camp mood of tongue-in-cheek erotica.
- Aishwarya Rai–Zayed Khan in Shabd(2002)—Intellectual mumbojumbo about a writer Sanjay Dutt’s wife and her relationship with a character in her husband’s book who comes to life.Zayed looked suitably awkward with Aishwarya in this Leena Yadav-directed misfire.Later in life Aishwarya actually married a man younger than her.
- Raakhee Gulzar–Rishi Kapoor in Doosra Aadmi(1977)—One of commercial Hindi cinema’s earliest attempts to take the man-woman relationship beyond the conventional. Raakhee was a portrait of enchanting desolation as a smoking drinking career-woman who falls for a much younger guy played by Rishi Kapoor. In the memorable duet Kya mausam hai it was interesting to see how director Ramesh Talwar applied the rules of the commercial Hindi cinema to a very unusual situation. The film bombed at the boxoffice.
- Kareena Kapoor–Imran Khan in Ek Main Aur Ek Tu(2012): They could’ve passed off as same-age couple. But the scipt insisted on giving Kareena Kapoor a biological seniority. Just a small age-difference. But it was interesting that it was even brought up for consideration.
- Poonam Pandey–Shivum Nair in Nasha(2013): The boy has the hots for the dark mysterious sultry siren. The film captures that moment between curiosity and satiation with understanding and warmth. Poonam looks experienced while Shivum fumbles and struggles with his trouser zip. Says the newcomer, “It wasn’t difficult to be seduced. By the time Poonam and I shot our first intimate scene I had settled into character and could feel the excitement of the chap I was playing. I had no time to think of my inhibitions as I had to do the love-making scenes exactly how the director Amit Saxena wanted.”
- Shilpa Shukla–Shadab Kamal in B A Pass(2013)—Playing the bored adventurous Delhi housewife out to have some fun with a young boy Shilpa Shukla delivers a bold and seductive performance contoured by bouts of fitful fumbling and groaning. Shadab Kamal as the underage gigolo is convincing. Says Shadab, “I treated the intimate scenes like any other scenes. I also learnt to enjoy the love-making scenes as the real thing rather than faked ones. I’ve performed love-making scenes on stage.So the inhibitions were long ago abandoned. But I’d sometimes break out of character and giggle like a school kid.This habit was quite embarrassing when you are in the middle of a passionate scene.”
- Kareena Kapoor Khan-Arjun Kapoor in Ki & Ka: Director R Balki was in two minds whether to maka mention of the age difference or not. He finally did. The lead pair’s age difference was never a subject of discussion . Kareena even performed the intimate scenes with her younger co-star without any demur.
- Konkona Sen Sharma–Ranbir Kapoor in Wake Up Sid: Yes yes, Konkona looked older than Ranbir because she was. No one was hiding the fact from the audience. Director Ayan Mukerjee had explained, “Yes, Konkona’s character Ayesha is a few years older than the guy. But it’s not Summer Of 42, please! Nor is the age difference concealed here as it was between Ranbir and Bipasha in Bachna Ae Haseeno. What happened was that we wrote in the age difference because I wanted only these two to be in my film.Period.”
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Why On Earth Is Sushmita Sen Smoking A Cigar In Aarya’s First Look?

Season 3 of Aarya is being shot as you read this, and naturally Sushmita Sen is super-kicked about it, so kicked that she has put out a video where she is seen in the best Lady Boss version of herself.
Alarmingly, she is seen puffing away at a cigar, to complete her Badass Lady Boss image.
There was a time when women smoking cigarettes in Hindi cinema signaled vampishness. If a female actor was shown smoking it meant she had evil designs over the hero, and life in general.
Sushmita being Sushmita, a cigarette won’t do. A cigar it is, to go with her formidable image. The last Bollywood actor I saw smoking a cigar on screen was Premnath in the 1970s. Back then so many people didn’t die of cancer by smoking.
These are different far more dangerous and deadly times.
Sushmita is an iconic actor.She needs to be more careful about the image she projects . Smoking a cigar doesn’t enhance a woman’s(or a man’s) muscle power. Nor does it make her look cool.
About shooting for the third season of Aarya Sushmita says, “Aarya is synonymous with my name. I have lived as Aarya for two whole seasons and the love received by the audiences has only encouraged me to do more. Walking on the sets of Aarya Season 3 makes me feel at home and gives me a sense of empowerment. I’m grateful to the entire team at Disney+ Hotstar, Ram Madhvani Films and Endemol Shine India for the vision of creating Aarya and taking it to newer heights with every season.”
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Shah Rukh, Deepika, John Will Meet The Media On Monday At 4 pm(But There’s A Catch)

Pathaan has effectually discredited the efficacy of media interactions to promote a film. The film’s lead actors Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham did not conduct any press or portal interviews to promote the film.
And yet Pathaan is a blockbuster.
This weekend the Pathaan producer Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films took a call on behalf of the Pathaan team to do one media meet at the Taj Land’s End in Mumbai on Monday January 30 at 4 pm.
The three principal actors and director Siddharth Malhotra will address the media.
But here’s the catch: the media will not be allowed to ask any questions. There will be no Q& A s or one-on-one interactions.This basically means that the Pathaan team will have an opportunity to say what it wants to the media. But the media will have no say.
Make what you will of this one-way traffic.
A source close to Yash Raj informs me that this is the pattern regarding the media that Yash Raj will follow for future releases: no press meets no promotional engagements.
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Fake Projects of Pathaan Director Being Planted In Media

Siddharth Anand Denies Considering Any Project With Deepak Mukut
A word of caution to those marketing and publicity wizkids who think it’s okay to plant fake stories on (fake) projects with the Pathaan director.
It is not.
Such baseless announcements are meant only to raise the equity of the producers with whom Siddharth Anand’s name is linked. One such producer whose name has cropped up after the spectacular success of Pathaan is Deepak Mukut.
There were reports everywhere that Siddharth Anand’s next would be with Mukut.
Turned out to be a false rumour.
A source in the know informs, “Siddharth now has to complete Fighter starring Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone for Yash Raj.Then he is committed to direct the sequel to War 2 for Yash Raj films. They will then start work on the next film in the Pathaan franchise. There is no scope or room for any outside projects for Siddharth Anand. So every announcement that you read of a new film to be directed by Siddharth Anand for an outside producer is likely to be a hundred percent fake.”
When I asked Siddharth Anand about the supposed project with producer Deepak Mukut he promptly replied, “NOT AT ALL.”
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Pink Director’s Next Featuring Yami As A Crime Reporter To Stream From February 16

Anniruddha Roy Chowdhury whose Pink featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu was one of the most important films of 2016, is all set to release his next Hindi film.
Entitled Lost, Anniruddha’s film , based on true events, will see Yami Gautam Dhar(that’s what the actress calls herself after her marriage) as a crime journalist. LOST is an emotional social thriller that represents a higher quest, a search for lost values of empathy and integrity.
Inspired by true events, Lost is a story of a bright young woman crime reporter in her relentless search for the truth behind the sudden disappearance of a young theatre activist.

Lost
Says Aniruddha “The shoot of LOST has been an incredible journey. I have been eager for the release of our hard-worked venture. The film is a realistic highlight of media in a social context and I am sure that it will give the audience a compelling watch. I am curious about its release and see the responses it shall get. I hope they will welcome it with open hearts.”
Yami Gautam Dhar who plays the lead of the crime reporter says, “I can’t be happier and more proud of the film’s selection for the opening night at CSAFF. I feel like its one that the people will connect to and will be the one that you cannot miss, especially in the current age and time. I have loved playing this role because it was such a special experience, it allowed me to explore so many layers of emotions as an actor and the entire team has worked really hard on it. I genuinely cannot wait for the film’s release, especially to see the reactions of the audience to it.”
The crime investigation drama boasts a stellar cast. Along with Yami, the film will feature Pankaj Kapur, Rahul Khanna, and an ensemble of younger talent, including Neil Bhoopalam, Pia Bajpai, and Tushar Pandey, in pivotal roles.
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