Neetu Kapoor to Jaya Bachchan, Bollywood veterans on a comeback spree

Age is just a number is a line that Bollywood, which till recently focussed on writing roles only for its young stars, is taking seriously now. A slew of veterans are all set to return on screen over the next months.

Veteran actress Zeenat Aman is all set to be seen in an upcoming murder mystery "Margaon: The Closed File". The film tributes Agatha Christie's genre of work, and casts the 69-year-old actress as head of an Anglo-Indian family. She is an independent woman, a mother as well as an entrepreneur.

Veteran actress and late actor Rishi Kapoor's wife Neetu Kapoor has been a part of the Hindi film industry for over five decades now. She was last seen on screen in the 2013 film "Besharam", which featured Rishi Kapoor and their son Ranbir Kapoor. 

Neetu Kapoor is now set to make a comeback with the new film "Jug Jugg Jeeyo", which also stars Anil Kapoor, Varun Dhawan and Kiara Advani.

At 85, Dharmendra is all set to return in Karan Johar's upcoming directorial "Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani" starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. The film also features Shabana Azmi and Jaya Bachchan.

He will also be seen with his boys Sunny and Bobby Deol and grandson Karan Deol in Apne 2. In the first film that released in 2007, he played the role of an ex-boxer Baldev Chaudhary in the film who manages to wash the stain in his career with the help of his sons Angad and Karan played by Sunny and Bobby, respectively. 

Veteran actress and politician Jaya Bachchan, wife of megastar Amitabh Bachchan, was last seen on screen in the 2016 film "Ki & Ka", where she played herself in a cameo. The 73-year-old star will be seen in a full feature role in Karan Johar's latest-announced film "Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani". The film also features Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt along with Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi.