Dia Mirza: It is bizarre that a 50-plus actor is acting opposite a 19-year-old actress

Dia Mirza recently opened up about more women centric roles opening up in the industry as compared to before. The actress credits the OTT paltforms for more oppurtunities and content driven shows and movies. Dia also said that it is disgusting to see a 50 plus actor is acting opposite a 19-year-old actress.

In an interview with ETimes, Dia opened up about women-centric roles coming up more than ever in the industry, she said, “I think stories and opportunities for female characters have opened up significantly. There are more female representations now, more than ever. We have more female directors, DoPs, and editors. The number is lagging far behind even now but it is definitely more from the time I started working. It is that representation that has opened up the narration but I think that the advent of the OTT platform has truly given narratives that are driven from a feminine lens are increasing manifold. I am grateful for it.”

She further added, “But the unfortunate truth of the matter is that stories are not written for the female older characters as much as the male ones. It is even more unfortunate to see an older man playing younger parts.”

 

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She does not like the idea of younger actresses with extremely older male actors in movies, she said, “The industry is male-dominated. Older men like to be cast opposite younger women to extend their own shelf life. It is bizarre that a 50 plus something actor is acting opposite a 19-year-old actress.”

Meanwhile, on the work front, Dia was last seen in the Taapsee Pannu and Pavial Gulati starrer ‘Thappad’.

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