Kangana Ranaut recently shared a candid selfie flaunting her grey hair, reflecting on ageing and the contrasting perceptions in cinema and politics. She recalled how her film crew panicked at the sight of her greys, rushing to conceal them, a stark contrast to her political journey where, she says, appearance no longer defines her worth. “Ageing is such a joy,” she wrote.

Kangana, who recently directed and starred as Indira Gandhi in Emergency, added that politics feels kinder to ageing women than the beauty-driven demands of the film industry.