Mona Singh On Criticism For Playing Laal Singh Chaddha’s Mother

Mona
Singh
who
essays
the
role
of
Aamir
Khan’s
mother
in
Advait
Chandan’s

Laal
Singh
Chaddha,
has
reacted
to
the
criticism
surrounding
her
casting
in
the
film.
When
the
trailer
of
the
film
had
released
online,
a
few
netizens
had
pointed
out
the
age
gap
of
17
years
between
Mona
and
Aamir.
Some
had
even
termed
the
casting
as
‘age
inappropriate’.

In
a
recent
interview
with
India
Today,
Mona
reacted
to
this
criticism.
The
actress
shared
that
she
refused
to
speak
about
it
before
as
she
wanted
people
to
watch
the
film.
Singh
further
said
that
she
isn’t
playing
Aamir
Khan’s
mother,
but
rather
the
character
Laal
Singh
Chaddha’s
mom.

India
Today
quoted
the

3
Idiots
actress
as
saying,
“There
was
the
whole
thing
going
on.
I
didn’t
want
to
talk
about
it
before
because
I
wanted
people
to
see
the
movie.
And
I
am
an
actor.
I
am
not
playing
Aamir
Khan’s
mother,
I
am
playing
Laal’s
mother.
As
Laal
ages,
I
age
in
the
movie.”

Mona
said
that
she
was
so
confident
and
sure
that
people
won’t
question
the
age
gap
between
her
and
Aamir
once
they
see
the
film.

“It
is
not
an
Aamir
Khan
biopic
where
he
is
57
and
I
am
40
and
playing
a
mother.
That
would
be
wrong.
Honestly,
it
did
not
once
cross
my
mind
that
I
might
be
doing
the
wrong
thing.
I
was
so
confident
and
sure
that
most
people
would
not
question
the
age
gap
once
they
watched
the
film,” the
actress
was
quoted
as
saying.

Previously,
Aamir
Khan
too
had
expressed
his
opinion
on
the
same
and
said
that
it’s
an
actor’s
job
to
look
and
act
like
the
age
of
his
character
despite
his
real
age.
He
was
further
all
praise
for
Mona
Singh’s
acting
chops
in
the
film.

Directed
by
Advait
Chandan,

Laal
Singh
Chaddha
is
an
official
adaptation
of
Tom
Hanks-starrer

Forrest
Gump.
The
movie
also
stars
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
and
Naga
Chaitanya.