His choice of leading ladies is getting younger…

The film heroes in South Indian cinema had no qualms about cradle-snatching. When N. T. Rama Rao, the No. 1 Telugu cinema actor and also the erstwhile Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, serenaded Sridevi in (1979), Sr NTR was close to 56 years of age, and Sri was a teenager, just 16.

There are countless May-December romances in mainstream Indian cinema. Frankly, it is not even a ‘thing’ to get uptight or upset about. When a hero is popular, girls of all shapes, sizes and ages willingly flock to romance him on screen. Most of them even have their mothers’ blessings.

Age Gap In Cinema

But this big age-gap phenomenon is not typical of South Indian movies only. In Hindi cinema too, the best and the biggest heroes have romanced girls nearly half their age. And this will remain an ongoing situation.