Genelia D'Souza Slams Bollywood For Sidelining Her After Marriage: 'Cast Someone Of Age'
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Genelia said that people assume that since she is married, she doesn't need more roles.
Genelia D'Souza will soon be seen in the upcoming film, Sitaare Zameen Par. She will play Aamir Khan's wife in the film. In a recent chat, she revealed how she received positive reactions from the film industry after the news of her casting broke out. However, she slammed Bollywood for not giving her opportunities after marriage. She also revealed that she auditioned for Aamir Khan's film three times, and hoped that the right people would be cast for the right roles in the future.
'When people got to know I'm doing Sitaare Zameen Par, everybody said, 'Oh my god! So lucky! You're doing an Aamir Khan film!" I said, of course, that's Aamir sir's bigness that he saw something in me. Of course, he made me audition. But you could also do that, right? You could also offer me a role," said Genelia in an interview with Filmymantra Media.
She continued, 'But you go as per the norms. Maybe you think I'm married, so I don't need this character. I just feel filmmaking has changed, and so should our mentality. It's very important that if you want a character of a certain age, you should cast someone of that age. When we cast an actor who's much younger than the character I played, they can't understand the little-little things of it. It's important to cast right. And I hope opportunities go everyone's way."
In Sitaare Zameen Par, a Hindi adaptation of the 2018 Spanish film Campeones, both Aamir and Genelia portray characters in their early 40s. While Aamir is now 60, he dismissed concerns about the age difference, crediting modern technology and audience openness for breaking cinematic taboos around age-gap casting.
Directed by R.S. Prasanna (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan), Sitaare Zameen Par marks Aamir's return to the big screen after multiple breaks from acting — first during the pandemic, and later after the commercial failure of Laal Singh Chaddha. But as he candidly shared at a recent press event, the right story pulled him back in. 'I have a compulsive streak," he said. 'If something enters my bloodstream, I can't stay away," he added.
Set for release in June 2025, Sitaare Zameen Par promises to be an emotional, coming-of-age drama with Aamir and Genelia at its heart — an onscreen pairing no one saw coming, but one that may just surprise us all.
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