HOLLYWOOD
BOLLYWOOD
SALMAN Khan (Age: 49)
Biggest gap: Sneha Ullal in Lucky — No Time for Love, 22 years
Salman was 39 to Sneha’s 17 when he reportedly spotted her in sister Arpita’s school and cast her as his leading lady because of her resemblance with Aishwarya Rai, whom he had just had a messy break-up with. Sneha vanished after her debut while Salman continues to rule the box office… and romance heroines much younger than himself.
The others: Sonakshi Sinha in Dabangg and Dabangg 2, 21 years; Asin in Ready, 20 years
AJAY DEVGN (Age: 46)
Biggest gap: Tamannaah in Himmatwala, 21 years
How’s Ajay going to top the 21-year age gap? By romancing 18-year-old Sayesha Saigal, 28 years his junior, in his 2016 film Shivaay.
The others: Sonakshi Sinha in Action Jackson, 18 years; Asin in Bol Bachchan, 17 years