{"id":11643,"date":"2025-09-12T11:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/11643\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:25:07","slug":"diana-penty-slams-ageism-in-bollywood-says-men-play-heroes-at-60-women-get-mother-roles-at-30-i-have-never-fought-this-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/11643\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Penty slams ageism in Bollywood, says men play heroes at 60, women get mother roles at 30: ‘I have never fought this, but…’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DianaDiana Penty has voiced her concerns about the prevalent double standards in Bollywood, where female actors are often valued more for their appearance than their acting abilities. She highlighted how women are frequently typecast into maternal roles as they age, while male actors continue to play leading roles well into their later years. Diana Penty<\/a> recently spoke out against Bollywood\u2019s long-standing double standards, pointing out how female stars are often judged more for their looks than their talent, pushed aside once they hit their 30s, and offered roles that don\u2019t truly showcase their skills.<\/p>\n

Show mirrors real-life bias<\/p>\n

Talking to Hindustan Times, Diana shared about her character in her upcoming show where she may be skilled at her work, but she\u2019s still treated as nothing more than the attractive face and even asked to just smile. The actress admits that this mirrors real life too. She explained how female actors are often introduced on stage only with compliments about their looks\u2014words like beautiful, stunning, or gorgeous\u2014while their talent and craft are rarely highlighted. For her, it\u2019s flattering but also limiting. She believes women deserve to be recognised not just for how they look, but for the performances and hard work they bring to the table.<\/p>\n

Diana Penty Spotted at Excel Office in Bandra<\/p>\n

A playful scene with a deeper meaning<\/p>\n

A fun scene in the show sees Diana and Tamannaah Bhatia<\/a> taking on Neeraj Kabi\u2019s liquor baron character. Tamannaah, who plays someone in her 30s, teasingly calls his 50-something character ‘uncle.’ But instead of brushing it off, he cheekily fires back by calling her ‘aunty.’ Diana says this playful moment isn\u2019t just for laughs\u2014it also mirrors real life, where plenty of men struggle to gracefully accept their age.<\/p>\n

Double standards in film roles<\/p>\n

When told how male actors often continue playing heroes well into their 60s, while women in their 30s are usually cast as mothers. Diana immediately pointed out how quickly female stars get slotted into ‘mother of three’ roles. She explained that it\u2019s not something she tries to fight\u2014because the system seems to work the way it is, and everyone in the industry accepts it. Instead, she believes the best way forward is to quietly make choices about the kind of work she wants to be part of, rather than trying to change a status quo that\u2019s deeply rooted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diana Penty has voiced her concerns about the prevalent double standards in Bollywood, where female actors are often…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[12454,12447,12450,12448,12446,12453,146,12452,85,46,12449,12451,397,595],"class_list":["post-11643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-actors-heroes-at-60","tag-ageism-in-bollywood","tag-beauty-over-talent","tag-bollywood-double-standards","tag-diana-penty","tag-diana-penty-ageism","tag-entertainment","tag-gender-inequality-in-films","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-male-actors-career-longevity","tag-mother-roles-in-bollywood","tag-movies","tag-tamannaah-bhatia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}