Ajay Devgan says there is a shortage of men in the industry today: Building a body doesn’t make you a man
In a recent interview, actor Ajay Devgan talked about the ‘missing men’ in the current generation of actors. He said actors are ‘all boys these days’ and they don’t become ‘men’ by building a body. read on.
Actor Ajay Devgan is known for his macho avatar on screen. His characters are generally hyper-masculine, beating up goons, protecting women, and driving expensive cars. In a recent interview, he highlighted how there are not many actors who can be seen as ‘men’ in the industry. Ajay shared that most actors today are ‘boys’ because there is an entire generation that has grown up that way.
Ranveer, 55, was present at the show when he mentioned actors like Jackie Shroff and Sunny Deol who would act like ‘real men’ on screen. He said that actors do not become ‘men’ by building their body, but their identity is determined by their attitude.
“In today’s world, you don’t see a dominant male personality. It’s all boys; you don’t see man-men. In the previous generation, we saw men – even in my generation, Jackie Shroff to Amitabh Bachchan, they were all men,” he said.
Ajay talked about his co-actors and shared, “When Akshay Kumar was beating ten people or Sunny Deol was uprooting a hand pump, we used to clap because we believed that they could do it. Aaj Ki In the generation, we don’t think anyone can do it.” Really do it.”
The Singham Again star mentioned that it is not about one person, but an entire generation of actors. He said, “There has been a change in parenting and just having a body doesn’t make you a man. An attitude and outlook towards life is missing.”
Ajay has reprized his famous cop character Bajirao Singham for the recently released film directed by Rohit Shetty. The actor was also joined by the illustrious faces of Bollywood, including Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Tiger Shroff and a special cameo appearance by Salman Khan as Chulbul Pandey from Dabangg.
Singham Again is doing great business at the box office by earning Rs 200 crore worldwide, and has reached the same benchmark domestically by the end of its second weekend.
