If Bollywood’s fixation with female actors’ age and beauty bothers you, join the club. Actor Konkona Sen Sharma isn’t pleased with it either. Known for her powerful performances and intelligent choice of roles, the 35-year-old says: “I wish that Bollywood weren’t so youth and beauty obsessed when it comes to women. I think it is very ‘under representative’ of women in their 30s. It seems that the ideal age for a Bollywood heroine is 24, which is great, but it would be nice to see some older women too on the big screen.”
Konkona, who won applause for her acting in the recently-released film, Talvar, questions this thought process. “Who are these people who are taking these decisions of casting only young actors in films? It is the filmmakers and the film producers. I don’t know if that is what the audience wants because I really believe that masses respond to a good story,” asks the actor, who has given critically-acclaimed performances in movies such as Page 3 (2005), Mr and Mrs Iyer (2002) and Omkara (2006).
17-year-old Navya will be among 25 other debutants who’ll make their foray into the limelight, following in the footsteps of past debutantes like Hollywood actor Bruce Willis’ daughter, Tallulah Willis and Sylvester Stallone’s daughter Sophia Rose. From India, Princess Adishree Singh, from the royal family of Jammu & Kashmir, made her debut back in 2009. Other famous Indian debutantes include Leana Mallya (daughter of Vijay Mallya in 2011) and Mukesh Ambani’s daughter Isha Ambani in 2012.
Navya, who currently studies in London, was photographed last month doing her fittings at the Christian Dior headquarters in Paris, accompanied by her mother. “I’m going to be taking some dance lessons, so that my dancing is up to the mark. Also, I will be going to the fittings to make sure that my dresses are fine. I’ll also be practising walking in heels, because that’s unusual for me. I shall be walking around my bedroom in heels, trying to make sure I don’t fall over,” Navya was seen as
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