Unusual Casting: 7 Actresses Who Played 'Mother' to Older Co-Stars

Bollywood struggles with so many regressive issues and ageism in Bollywood or Hindi Film Industry is one of them. While women half the age of the male actor are cast as their love interests and women the same age as theirs are cast as their mothers. While male actors are justified in playing the lead roles at any age, female actors can only feature in lead roles until they are of a certain age. After that, they are cast as mothers of actors their age or older to them.

From time to time, many actors have voiced their concerns over ageism in the Hindi cinema industry. But, it seems like Bollywood hardly cares. From time to time, it has shamelessly cast female actors as mothers to actors older than them:

Here are popular examples of female actors, who played mothers to actors who were older than them:

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