Sonakshi Sinha recently revealed that an older male actor once refused to work with her because he believed the actress looked older than him. Sonakshi Sinha highlighted the double standards in films for males and females and said actresses have to bear the brunt of these norms. During a roundtable chat with Zoom, Sonakshi said, “It’s very evident that the same kind of expectations do not (apply) to a man. They are not age-shamed when they are romancing women who are 30 years younger than them. They are not shamed for having bellies, or less hair. It’s very obvious that the women have to take the brunt of it all.”Sonakshi continued, “In fact, I’ve had to deal with actors who are older than me who’ve said, ‘She looks older than us’. I just want to thank them. I don’t want to work with a person like you. It’s always the woman who is struggling to move past that, to push those barriers down, and to pave her way in something that should be as smooth as it is for a man. We’re all artists, at the end of the day, and for women, it shouldn’t be that much of a struggle.” Sonakshi added, “Arey, main tumse 5-6 saal choti hoon.”
