The trailer of Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar's upcoming film, Saand Ki Aankh released recently and it has drawn a lot of criticism for the age-inappropriate casting and make-up used on the lead actors to make them look old. The film stars Taapsee and Bhumi in the roles of real-life sharpshooters, Chandro and Prakashi Tomar who are known to have won medals in their late sixties. After watching the trailer, social media erupted into a debate over casting young actresses for the roles and now Taapsee has responded to this backlash. Saand Ki Aankh Funny Memes Explode on Twitter After Trailer of Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar Movie Releases Online!

On Tuesday, September 24, Taapsee took to Twitter to question why a similar criticism was drawn when films such as 3 Idiots, Mother India released. In her note, Taapsee wrote, "I wonder…I just wonder…do we ever want to embrace the positivity or just keep latching onto negativity and glorifying it to save our lack of risk-taking tendencies. Have we really lost our shoulder along with our spine to support people who venture out of their comfort zone to bring about a change???? Or it’s just reserved for 2 females at relatively nascent stage of their career who venture out to do something, which we were told, most of the people turned down?”

The actress went on to point out how nobody had a problem with Anupam Kher's Saraansh where he played the role of a much older man or Aamir Khan’s casting as a college student in 3 Idiots. Saand Ki Aankh Trailer: Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar As Tomar Daadis Are Raw, Rugged and Impressive! (Watch Video).

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She further wrote," Did we ask the same question when we all loved what Anupam Kher did in Saaransh? Did we question when Nargis Dutt played mother to Sunil Dutt? Did we question John Travolta for playing a woman in Hairspray? Did we question Eddie Murphy for playing a white Jewish man in Coming to America? Did we question when Aamir Khan played a college kid in 3 Idiots? And in the future, are we going to question Ayushmann Khurrana for playing a gay man in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan? Or are these lovely allegations and questions only reserved for us???”

Taapsee mentioned in her tweet that she was fed up of answering the same question and hence shared a detailed note with her response. Actress Neena Gupta too had responded to a fan's tweet about the film's casting, she wrote, "Yes i was just thinking about this hamari umar ke role toe kamsekam humse kara lo bhai."

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Later though, Gupta praised Taapsee and Bhumi and wrote, "I liked the trailer, #SaandKiAankh and I have great respect for both the actors @bhumipednekar @taapsee chalo lets wish the film good luck also to #AnuragKashyap who I am very fond of, chalo apna time ayega."

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