Manushi Chhillar recently spoke about pairing opposite Akshay Kumar who is 30 years older to him.
Manushi Chhillar and Akshay Kumar have acted together in two movies, Samrat Prithviraj directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. In a recent interview with Zoom, Manushi responded to discussions on social media about the age gap between her and Akshay in their movies.
When asked about the debate over their age difference, Manushi said that working with a superstar like Akshay Kumar brings visibility to her as an actor. She mentioned that in her first film, there was an age gap between them, and the story required it. However, in their second movie, there wasn’t a romantic pairing between them; they only appeared together in songs for promotional purposes. Manushi didn’t find the age gap to be a big issue since their movies weren’t centered around a romantic storyline anyway.
The actor said, “Working with a superstar is good. You get a certain amount of visibility. If I talk about my first film, there was an age gap. They wanted to play the whole thing. In this film, there was no pairing. We did songs for marketing. There had to be a way to put two people together for the songs, but that’s pretty much it, which is fine. I don’t see it as something that was atrocious or something that shouldn’t have been there. It wasn’t like a love story anyway.”
Manushi Chhillar took on the role of Captain Misha in the movie Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, which starred Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff. The film also featured actors like Alaya F, Sonakshi Sinha, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Ronit Roy, and others in important roles.
The actress’ next project is a political action-thriller Tehran, directed by Pawan Gopalan. In this film, she will star alongside John Abraham and Neeru Bajwa, playing significant characters.
