With Aishwarya Rai Bachchan playing a older divorced poetess in Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, who gets into a passionate relationship with a much younger Ranbir Kapoor, we thought of listing down Hindi movies that broke barriers in the age department. Way before Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, these were 10 Hindi movies that paired a older woman with a younger man. Read on...

A movie ahead of its time, Doosra Aadmi starring Raakhee Gulzar and Rishi Kapoor touched upon extra-marital affairs and forbidden love. Raakhee played a widow while Rishi played a newly-married man.

Akshay Kumar's explosive makeout sessions with the older woman Rekha in a quest to find out his brother’s whereabouts in Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi was all things twisted and steamy.

Akshaye Khanna subtly and beautifully portrayed his love for Dimple Kapadia, a much older divorcee with a drinking problem. Her haunting dialogue in the end of the movie, 'Kuch rishte jinka koi naam nahin hota' sums up their relationship.

Dimple Kapadia again! She plays a middle-aged visiting professor to the US who gets into a complicated relationship with her student, played by Amol Mhatre.

Leena Yadav's Shabd showed a young Zayed Khan falling in love and pursuing a much married Aishwarya Rai Bachchan till things get complicated.

This coming-of-age film starring Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma broke stereotypes by showing how a young, confused, just-out-of-college boy falls in love with an independent, older writer.

This neo noir film explored the questionable sexual relationship between a married woman (Shilpa Shukla) with a teenage boy (Shadab Kamal).

Based on Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, this film stars Deepa Sahi as Maya, a woman seeking fulfillment beyond her mundane marriage. Her affairs with younger men Rudra and Lalit, played by Raj Babbar and Shah Rukh Khan respectively, lead to dramatic consequences.

Ek Chhotisi Love Story is a 2002 Indian romantic film directed by Shashilal K. Nair. The film is an adaptation of Krzysztof KieÅ›lowski’s A Short Film About Love (1988). The movie follows a teenage boy, played by Aditya Seal, who becomes infatuated with his older neighbour, portrayed by Manisha Koirala. The film examines themes of obsession and the complexities of adolescent desire.

In this adaptation of Vikram Seth’s novel, Tabu plays Saeeda Bai, a courtesan who develops a profound connection with a younger man, Maan Kapoor (Ishaan Khatter). Their relationship unfolds against the backdrop of post-independence India, highlighting societal constraints and personal longing.