Bhooth Bangla: Priyadarshan Openly Discusses The Age-gap Between Akshay Kumar and Wamiqa Gabbi
Akshay Kumar’s Bhooth Bangla’s release is right around the corner. This horror-comedy will mark his reunion with Priyadarshan and also see him share the screen with Wamiqa Gabbi for the first time. The 58-year-old will be seen romancing the 32-year-old actress in the film.
During a recent conversation, the actor was asked about his stance on love stories with a massive age-gap. Defending it, he said that the same things happen in Hollywood as well as in real life.
Akshay told News18, “Toh kya hai? Humne pehle dekha nahi hai kya kabhi? It happens in Hollywood as well. Sometimes, it’s the requirement of the script. (In real life, too) So many people get married to partners older or younger than them.”
Director Priyadarshan added to it and said that there is a big difference between chronological age and screen age. He explained, “There’s something that people like MGR and NTR used to say… that there’s a big difference between chronological age and screen age. An actor’s screen age may not be his real age. but people accept you for your screen age too. I don’t see any issue there. When I shoot, I may look at a pair and feel like it isn’t the right pair (and that may have nothing to do with their age gap). When I shoot with Akshay or Tabu, I never feel (an issue) looking at them. And once audiences watch the film, I notice that they don’t feel that issue either. That’s because of their characters and their screen age.”
Meanwhile, Bhooth Bangla will be released theatrically on April 10. Besides Akshay Kumar and Wamiqa Gabbi, the film also stars Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Jisshu Sengupta, Manoj Joshi, Mithila Palkar, Asrani and Rajesh Sharma, among others.
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