Richa Chadha reveals being offered to play mother to Hrithik Roshan when she was just 21

There was a time in Hindi cinema when actresses were offered to play mothers to actors younger than them. Things changed for the better eventually with the disparity considerably going away. However, Richa Chadha had to face it as well early on in her career when she was asked to play a mother to Hrithik Roshan.

Richa Chadha on being offered to play a mother to Hrithik Roshan

Starting from her first film, Richa has proven her capability to take on different roles. She played a woman much older than her in Gangs Of Wasseypur. And that kind of worked against her as well as that brought more such offers. One such offer came when she was just 21. In an interaction with ABP News, the actress revealed that a casting director wanted her to play Hrithik’s mother.

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Richa was left quite upset by it as Hrithik is older than her in reality. However, she said that someone had convinced the casting director that she plays older characters convincingly, thus they also came to her without giving much thought. She said, “Later, the actor who actually played that part is a very good artist. So I felt that this is wrong that you are taking young and attractive actors and aging them.”

The actress said no to the role on moral grounds. She added, “To usool ke hisaab se bhi maine mana kia tha. Baaki uss casting director ne mujhe kabhi bulaya nahi wo alag baat hai. (So, I refused to do it on moral ground. But that casting director never called me again, also).” 

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Richa and Hrithik’s upcoming films

Richa and Hrithik haven’t yet worked together but hopefully, they can be cast together now in more age-appropriate roles. On the work front, Richa was last seen in Fukrey 3. She will next be seen in Anubhav Sinha’s Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai. As for Hrithik, the actor has Fighter up next with Deepika Padukone. It will be followed by War 2 with Jr NTR and Kiara Advani.

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