R Madhavan, currently promoting his Netflix film Aap Jaisa Koi, feels that the film industry is finally beginning to recognize the audience’s growing demand for more realistic and age-appropriate portrayals of romance on screen.
R Madhavan on Bollywood’s shift towards age-appropriate romances; says, “Woh zamana gaya”
In an interview with India Today, R Madhavan pointed out a noticeable change in how love stories are being portrayed, particularly in addressing the age gap between lead actors. “They are more age-appropriate romances right now,” he said. “Because people have criticised it so much. Now all the heroes are thinking, ‘Woh zamana gaya’ — the time is gone when you could be much older and still pretend to be the same age as the heroine and romance her.”
Calling the shift inevitable, Madhavan added, “That has stopped now. That is completely stopped, I think, and also not being accepted. So, if you are [doing it], you have to be smart with how you show age-appropriate romance.”
But is this shift universally embraced? “Whatever works,” Madhavan said. “If your people are coming up in arms with what you are doing, then obviously that’s not working. Our job is to tell them a story in the manner they want to hear it. But main apne hi dhun mein gaata rahunga. Aur agar koi sunne ke liye nahi hai, toh akeli dekh lo movies.”
Talking about Aap Jaisa Koi, Madhavan hints that the film delves deeper than just an unconventional romance. “The beauty of this story is that it’s seeped into very current-day situations,” he said. “It looks like a simple love story between two people who have an age difference. But that’s not the only part of the story. That’s a very limited part of the entire story.”
He further explained, “What we’ve explored with the script and how Vivek (Soni) has directed it is how do people in today’s world, living in a crowd but cursed with loneliness, handle that bit? Pacing has become almost everything today. And in small towns and villages, they seem to have got something right that we in the cities haven’t,” he said. “So, this is exploring that sort of a relationship, and that’s why I was very excited about it.”
Aap Jaisa Koi, starring R Madhavan and Fatima Sana Shaikh, is slated for release on July 11.
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