Priyal Mahajan addresses 25-year age gap with ''Molkki'' co-star

(MENAFN - NewsBytes)abhay bhargava, age gap, amar upadhyay, molkki, hindi tv shows, supriya shukla, screen couple, purvi, priyal mahajan, age difference, bollywood, hindi serial, hindi show, molkki story, molkki star age gap"> type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/entertainment\/tv-actress-opens-up-on-romancing-25-year-senior-co-star\/story"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"NewsBytes","url":"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com"},"inLanguage":"en","headline":"Priyal Mahajan addresses 25-year age gap with ''Molkki'' co-star | NewsBytes","description":"Actress Priyal Mahajan is currently playing Purvi, the female lead in Colors TV's hit serial ''Molkki''","keywords":"abhay bhargava, age gap, amar upadhyay, molkki, hindi tv shows, supriya shukla, screen couple, purvi, priyal mahajan, age difference, bollywood, hindi serial, hindi show, molkki story, molkki star age gap","articleSection":"Entertainment News","url":"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/entertainment\/tv-actress-opens-up-on-romancing-25-year-senior-co-star\/story","image":["https:\/\/i.cdn.newsbytesapp.com\/images\/l230_44791622376801.jpg","https:\/\/i.cdn.newsbytesapp.com\/images\/230_44791622376801.jpg"],"datePublished":"2021-05-31T00:27:06+0530","dateModified":"2021-05-31T00:27:06+0530","articleBody":"Actress Priyal Mahajan is currently playing Purvi, the female lead in Colors TV's hit serial Molkki. While Mahajan is a 19-year-old, her co-star Amar Upadhyay is 25 years her senior. He plays Purvi's husband Virender Pratap Singh on the show. The actress recently opened up about the huge age gap with Upadhyay and shared how she felt while doing the romantic scenes. Speaking to TOI, Mahajan said it was difficult to romance Upadhyay at first but he helped her ease up. Initially, it was a little difficult and I felt I couldn''t do it... It took time but things got better and normal, she said. She added, Amar sir started talking normally, maybe he sensed that I was not comfortable enough. Then things came on track. Mentioning it is her first lead role and she is continuously learning, Mahajan pointed out that the entire cast and crew helped her through it. In fact, she was never bothered with the age gap as everyone on set interacts like friends. Amar sir is elder to me, but there has never been a moment that I had awkwardness talking to him, she added. To note, Molkki narrates the story of a teenage bride (Mahajan) who is sold to marry a rich widower (Upadhyay) double her age. Although here the casting is in accordance with the story, the norm of casting younger women opposite older men is prevalent throughout India on big and small screens alike. The shorter shelf life of actresses is one major reason why. While women are dismissed from the ability to play lead roles early, men continue to play man-child(ren) without scrutiny with women half their age\u2014be it Salman Khan in Radhe or Akshay Kumar in Laxmii. Moreover, society squints at (rare) on-screen pairings where the woman is older. It's time we stop normalizing it because a 20-year age difference should not be normal. ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Shreya Mukherjee","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/author\/shreya\/230"]},"publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"NewsBytes","url":"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/images\/newsbytesGoogle.png","width":202,"height":60,"associatedMedia":{"@type":"imageObject","url":"https:\/\/i.cdn.newsbytesapp.com\/images\/l230_44791622376801.jpg","caption":"Priyal Mahajan addresses 25-year age gap with ''Molkki'' co-star | NewsBytes","description":"Priyal Mahajan addresses 25-year age gap with ''Molkki'' co-star | NewsBytes","width":1440,"height":810MENAFN30052021000165011035ID1102178689