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How to age with confidence: Age/Sex no bar...not if you are in Bollywood, writes Shefali Shah

Hindustan Times | ByShefali Shah
Jul 01, 2019 05:12 PM IST

The veteran actor takes on the ageism, sexism, and beauty bias plaguing the film industry

People believe it’s easy to be an actor. All you need is good looks, a great body, fighting skills (on screen and otherwise) and lip-synch capabilities. If you can actually act, it’s a bonus, but that skill is not of much consequence. Add some luck to this package, and voila! You are a star. And, of course, most importantly, age is no bar for men!

Make-up: Tarannum Khan; Hair: Shilpa;Stylist: Ajay Verma(Rafique Sayed)
Make-up: Tarannum Khan; Hair: Shilpa;Stylist: Ajay Verma(Rafique Sayed)
“I refer to myself as an actor. why is there an ‘actor’ and an ‘actress’ when there is no ‘doctor’ and ‘doctoress’ or ‘lawyer’ and ‘lawyeress?’”
“Ageing is imperative. Unless of course I were a vampire or plastic. I’m neither”
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