Ranveer Singh is one of the most popular actors in the Bollywood industry. The actor has recently made headlines after removing all his posts from Instagram, ahead of his birthday, on July 6, 2025. For the unversed, the actor turned 40 this year, in 2025, and has shared a cryptic Instagram story. However, it was later revealed that it was just a promotional thing for his upcoming movie, Dhurandhar. On July 6, 2025, the first look from the upcoming movie was revealed through a teaser. Following Dhurandhar’s teaser launch, the Simmba actor found himself in hot water for romancing Sara Arjun, who is half his age.
Ranveer Singh shares teaser of Dhurandhar
Taking to his Instagram handle, Ranveer shared the teaser of his upcoming film, Dhurandhar on July 6, 2025. The action-packed drama is set to release on December 5, 2025. The teaser featured Ranveer Singh, R Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal and Akshaye Khanna. However, there was one particular scene in the 2-minute 39-second video that didn’t sit well with the audience. The scene featured actress, Sara Arjun and Ranveer Singh, and the duo was seen romancing each other. The thing that raised many eyebrows was the age-gap romance, as Ranveer is 40 years old, while Sara is 20 years old.
Netizens slam the age gap romance between Ranveer Singh and Sara Arjun
Soon after the teaser was released on July 6, 2025, netizens began discussing various aspects of it on Reddit. Sharing that Sara is too young to be Ranveer’s love interest in the movie, one user wrote, “Sara Arjun is way too young to be Ranveer Singh’s love interest, but the movie looks awesome tbh.” Another user wrote, “She is 20, but the age gap with Ranveer is also 20.” Slamming the age-gap romance, a user commented:
“So I just saw the teaser/trailer of Ranveer Singh’s new movie, the trailer looks really promising, the cast is fantastic, the looks are fine, the bgm was also good. BUTTTTT the main actress of this movie is just 20!!!!!!!! And Ranveer on the other hand is 40!!!!! Isn’t it kinda creepy considering that she’s very very young even though she’s in the industry for very long (as a child artist).”
Calling the pairing of Ranveer and Sara Arjun, a mismatched one, a user wrote, “No offence, but he looks more like her uncle than a romantic lead. The age gap is too obvious. It’s a really mismatched pairing.” Some netizens wished that the duo shouldn’t romance on-screen. One user commented, “I hope they’re not paired opposite each other romantically… otherwise, ugh”. Another comment can be read as:
“I hope it’s part of some mission. Again I won’t be surprised if they are romancing. Almost all the actresses debuted in their teens against actors twice their age.”
Salman Khan and Kamal Haasan were also criticised by netizens for their on-screen romance with actresses half their age
Earlier this year, in 2025, Bollywood superstar, Salman Khan and iconic South Indian actor, Kamal Haasan made headlines for their movies Sikandar and Thug Life. However, both the actors faced extreme backlash for romancing actresses half their age. For the uninitiated, in Sikandar, Salman’s love interest was Rashmika, and the duo shared a 31-year age gap, while 70-year-old Kamal Haasan romanced 42-year-old Trisha Krishnan in Thug Life.
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