If there was one heroine who stole the hearts of every youngster back in the early 2000s, it is definitely Bhumika Chawla. With movies like ‘Khushi’ and ‘Okkadu’, she became the heartthrob of Telugu youth. Her acting skills and adorable looks made her a huge star at that time. She went onto act in many star hero films like ‘Samba’, ‘Simhadri’, ‘Vasu’, ‘Jai Chairanjeeva’ and many more. She has started her second innings a few years back and played supporting roles in movies like ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’, ‘MCA’, ‘Savyasachi’ and many more.
She recently played the role of Venkatesh’s wife in Salman Khan’s ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’. The movie earned negative talk and is undoubtedly going to end up as a failure. As we know, Salman Khan and Bhumika worked together in ‘Tere Naam’ during the early 2000s but she has now acted as his sister-in-law while Pooja Hegde is the heroine. Talking about the age gap between the heroes and heroines in the industry, Bhumika said, “It is unfair, today also it happens. Even in real life, it happens. Be it Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor or Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, people don’t accept it (their relationship) openly and I don’t know why. But it is their life; if a man can do it, so can a woman. Also, if a hero is romancing someone half his age, then I should also be romancing a kid. A good-looking one, mind you.”
Adding further, she said, “Yes, things are changing in web series space where senior actors are getting central roles, but in a commercial film, that system still prevails. Hero is still playing hero and the female lead has gone backwards. That change has to be made by makers.”