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Bollywood actresses who romanced young actors on the big screen – Part 2
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Ranbir Kapoor/Rajkummar Rao
By Dinesh Kamath
Not once, but twice Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan has romanced actors who are younger than her. In Ae Dil Hai Mushkil,
the actress romanced Ranbir Kapoor who is 9 years younger than her. Well, their
sizzling chemistry was the highlight of the film. In last year’s release Fanney
Khan, Aishwarya was seen romancing Rajkummar Rao who is 11 years younger than
her. The scenes featuring the two were the saving grace of the film.
A fews words about the films Ae Dil
Hai Mushkil and Fanney Khan.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (lit. "O heart, it is difficult") is a 2016
Indian romantic drama film written and directed by Karan Johar. It stars Ranbir
Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan, tells the story
of unrequited love. It was released on 28 October 2016 during the Diwali
festival.
The film earned ₹2.37 billion
(US$34 million) worldwide against a budget of ₹700 million (US$10 million). At
the 62nd Filmfare Awards, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil received nine nominations,
including Best Director for Johar, and won four awards for its soundtrack.
The movie has an interesting plot
which provides scope to both Aishwarya and Ranbir to display their romantic
angle.
The movie begins with the interview
of Ayan Sanger, a singer who has newly acquired fame with his non-filmy songs.
He tells the story of his experience of love in a flash back.
In London, a chance meeting in a
disco between Ayan Sanger (Ranbir Kapoor) (a novice in terms of sex-related
matters), and Alizeh Khan (Anushka Sharma) (knowing a little more) ends up with
them trying to make out, and it turning into a comedy. They get to know about
each other, and become friends.
Later, when they discover their
respective partners are cheating on them, they break up with their lovers: Ayan
with Lisa D'Souza (Lisa Haydon) and Alizeh with "Dr." Faisal Khan
(Imran Abbas), and the two go to Paris to spend a week together.
While Ayan falls in love with
Alizeh, she considers him to be only a "friend".
One day, Alizeh stumbles upon DJ
Ali (Fawad Khan), her ex-boyfriend / lover, who wants to reconcile. Partially
confused, but still in love with him, Alizeh decides to go with DJ Ali, and so
stops hanging out with Ayan and they cease communication.
A few days later, Alizeh calls and
invites Ayan to her wedding with DJ Ali in Lucknow. Ayan is petrified on
hearing this but agrees to the invitation. At the wedding, he tells Alizeh he
loves her but she rejects his feelings causing Ayan to leave the ceremony
heartbroken.
At the airport to board a flight to
Dubai, Ayan meets Saba (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a poet, who is leaving for
Vienna. She consoles Ayan and gives him a note with her poetry and number on
it. Ayan calls after three months stating that he is in Vienna and wants to
meet her.
Ayan learns that Saba is divorced and
has no place for love in her heart. Ayan also meets Saba's ex-husband, Tahir
Taliyar Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) in a fine arts gallery, who tells him that one
sided love is not a weakness but empowering.
Ayan, who had blocked Alizeh from
contacting him in all ways, finally calls and reconnects with her. He begins to
send pictures of Saba to her to induce jealousy. One day Alizeh informs Ayan
that she's coming to Vienna and wants to meet him. Ayan invites her for dinner
with Saba to provoke Alizeh into loving him, but Alizeh thinks Ayan has found
love in Saba and is happy for him. Meanwhile, Saba begins to develop feelings
for Ayan, but he loves Alizeh. Seeing his love for Alizeh, Saba leaves Ayan.
Ayan continues to harbour love for
Alizeh and becomes a famous singer. He meets DJ Ali one day and realises that
they have parted ways. Ayan goes to Alizeh's favourite point and waits there
until she arrives.
Alizeh tells Ayan that she is
diagnosed with cancer stage IV and will not live much longer. Ayan and Alizeh
try to make the best of their time together. Ayan tries to make Alizeh love
him, to no avail. This leads to a fight between the two, and Alizeh decides to
leave Ayan.
Eventually, Ayan makes peace with
the fact that he and Alizeh can at best be friends and nothing more. The screen
blacks out and goes back to the beginning where Ayan, still a popular singer,
is giving an interview based on the love of his life.
Ayan sings the song "Channa
Mereya" which is inspired by Alizeh, then finishes the interview.
Fanney Khan (Hindi pronunciation: [pʰənneː xaːn]) is a 2018 Indian
musical comedy film written and directed by debutant Atul Manjrekar. It was
jointly produced by the banners T-Series Films, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Pictures and Anil Kapoor Films & Communication Network. A remake of the
2000 Belgian film Everybody's Famous!, it follows Kapoor as the titular
character, the middle-aged father of a young, aspiring, and overweight teenage
girl whom he pushes to be a singer. He kidnaps a famous soloist to make way for
his daughter to become a star.
The film was announced in June 2016
with Kapoor playing the lead role; after considering Priyanka Chopra and R.
Madhavan among others for the other two starring roles, Rai and Rao were
chosen. It was mostly filmed in Mumbai in September 2017. Rai's costumes were
redesigned by Manish Malhotra after she expressed dissatisfaction over the
previous clothes. After shooting was disrupted in April 2018 over producer
KriArj Entertainment's non-payment of dues, Bhushan Kumar of T-Series took over
the entire production. Filming was completed in Mehboob Studios, Mumbai in June
2018.
Fanney Khan was initially scheduled
for a worldwide release on 15 June 2018, coinciding with Eid. It was postponed,
and had its initial release in the United Arab Emirates on 2 August 2018, and
was released worldwide on 3 August 2018.
The movie has an interesting plot
which again provides scope to both Aishwarya and Rajkummar Rao to display their
romantic angle.
Prashant Sharma "Fanney
Khan" (Anil Kapoor), a part-time vocalist in an orchestra, dreams of
becoming a singer but circumstances prevent him from being one. He rushes to
the hospital and holds his newborn daughter, whom he names Lata, which is the
name of famous singer Lata Mangeshkar.
A grownup Lata (Pihu Sand) has an
excellent voice but is ridiculed because she is overweight. She is a fan of
Baby Singh (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a famous singer, who is tired of her life
and wants a break. Prashant's factory is closed and he starts working as a taxi
driver.
One day, coincidentally, Baby Singh
travels in Prashant's taxi. When she asks for water, Prashant mixes sleeping
pills in the water bottle. He calls his best friend Adhir (Rajkummar Rao) and
tells him that he is kidnapping Baby Singh to release an album of his daughter.
After much pleading, Adhir agrees to help him.
During this incident, Adhir and
Baby Singh become friends. Adhir finally takes her out and she starts enjoying
herself. She also thanks him for bringing her dog, Ustaad, who she considers to
be her true friend but problems arise when Prashant sees on TV that the police
are aware of Baby Singh's kidnapping as the watchman of Baby Singh's house
reveals that he saw a man (Adhir) kidnap her dog.
While wearing a mask of Rajnikant,
Prashant asks Baby's director Kukkad(Girish Kulkarni) to release an album of
his daughter. Lata is excited about her own album, and after recording, she
talks about her experience, leading the director to realise that her father is
the kidnapper and is the famous Fanney Khan. He recognises him in their next
meeting. Prashant finally removes his mask and reveals that he can trust him
and his friend Adhir.
Lata replaces Baby Singh as the
performer on the reality show India ki Awaaz. Meanwhile, Adhir and Baby are
nowhere to be found. Police and TV arrive outside Prashant's factory and
surround the premise. Prashant calls Kakkad and asks him what is happening and
Kakkad tells him to walk outside and tell the Police and TV that if Lata does
not perform, he will shoot the real Baby Singh. The TV reporters patch Prashant
through with the TV placed inside India ki Awaaz and Prashant and Lata have an
emotional talk. She performs well and stuns the audience. Later, Prashant walks
out of the factory with his hands up but to his surprise, the Police and TV men
clap for Prashant.
Later, a video is released
depicting Baby and Adhir in a live-in relationship and on vacation. They both
state that they are fans of Lata Sharma. The film ends with the society
praising Lata and the hard work done by Prashant to make his daughter a singer.
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