05 April, 2024
05 April, 2024

Richa Chadha recalls reprimanding casting director for offering role of Hrithik Roshan’s mother: ‘You’re taking away an older actor’s part’

Richa Chadha shared that she was once offered the role of Hrithik Roshan's mother. After she refused to do it, the casting director never called her again.

By Channel 24 Now

Actor Richa Chadha’s role of young and feisty Bholi Punjaban in the Fukrey franchise is much appreciated by the audience. Her performance in films like Gangs of Wasseypur, Masaan and Love Sonia, among others has also received critical acclaim. But there was a time when she was offered the role of actor Hrithik Roshan’s mother, despite him being older than her.Richa felt it was not only unfair to her but also to the older artists who fit the role better than her. “Not only are you doing a disservice to a young actor, you are also taking away an older actor’s part which is already shrinking.”In Gangs of Wasseypur, Richa played an older girl. Justifying why she took up the role, the actor said that in the Anurag Kashyap film, she was not the only one whose character was aged.

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