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Is age a relationship factor? Not to these celeb couples!

May 7, 2009 16:25 IST

Image: Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan
Photographs: Still from Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya

When it comes to relationships, age differences are usually a topic of concern. But in tinseltown, it doesn't really matter -- here are a few of our favourite celeb couples with the largest imaginable gaps between them!

Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan

This hot jodi have been together for nearly seven years now -- a figure which, incidentally, isn't a patch on the age gap between them. Yes, you read right -- Sallu is 43 and Kat is 24. That pegs their difference at 19 years!

The couple rarely comment on each other and Katrina has never acknowledged their relationship to the press, but if rumours are to be believed, they've hit a rocky patch these past few months. While Salman is ready to settle down, the lovely young actress has only just tasted sweet career success. Could it be that the years are catching up? Whether they will end up together or not remains to be seen.

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher

Image: Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher
Photographs: Stephen Hird/Reuters

If our Bollywood heroes romance lovely ladies decades younger than them on and off screen, Hollywood can't be far behind!

Take sultry siren Demi Moore, who married her boytoy boyfriend Ashton Kutcher in 2005. She's 46 and he's 31, making her 15 years older.

And Ashton is only a decade older than Demi's eldest daughter Rumer, so he's more like a brother to her than a stepdad!

Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar

Image: Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar
Photographs: Arun Patil

There's a five-year gap between the Little Master and his wife -- Anjali will be 41 this year, while Sachin turned 36 only two weeks ago. They met through mutual friends and age was never a factor -- they have two kids and the perfect life together.

Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z

Image: Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z
Photographs: John Gress/Reuters

This was truly a match made in heaven -- Beyonce is one of the most popular popstars on the planet and her hiphop artist-turned-businessman hubby Jay-Z is one of the richest rap moguls on the planet.

While there's a 12-year difference between them -- she's 27, he's 39 -- they're one couple who have the utmost respect for each other and fiercely guard their private lives from the press. Looks like age is just a number here!

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor

Image: Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor
Photographs: Still from Tashan
They're the most talked-about couple in B-Town, no doubt about that. Saif, a divorcee and a father and will be 39 in August while Bebo is only 28. That's a ten-year difference, but the couple has no plans to settle down together as of now. What do you think?

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

Image: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Photographs: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters

There was a whirlwind three-month romance, a proposal atop the Eiffel Tower and a baby all within the span of a year. Katie Holmes became Mrs Tom Cruise seven months after they welcomed their baby daughter Suri into the world and this high-profile couple has been together ever since.

Tom is 46, 16 years older than his prettier half, so it's not surprising that rumours continually surface about him being overly-possessive and bossy around Katie. But for now, the two are very much together.

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao

Image: Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar
Aamir Khan seems to have taken a page out of Tom Cruise's book when it comes to younger women. The diminutive Bollywood powerhouse is 44, almost a decade older than 30-something second wife Kiran Rao.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Image: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Photographs: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters

Now this one caught you by surprise, didn't it? There's so much written about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt that the sizeable age difference between the supercouple is often overlooked!

Angie will be 34 next month, while Brad will turn 46 in December -- that's 12 years (and six children!) they've got between them. Think the relationship will last? Only time will tell.

Sanjay and Manyata Dutt

Image: Sanjay and Manyata Dutt
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar

Next up we have Sanju and Manyata.

Munnabhai will reach the half-century mark this year, while his wife is only 31. In fact, Mana is closer in age to her 20-something stepdaughter, Trishala but when quizzed about the couple's age gap she was quoted as saying, "I have always been mature for my age and Sanju has always been a little childish for his age, so it makes no difference now."

Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas

Image: Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas
Photographs: Stephen Hird/Reuters
Veteran actor Michael Douglas raised quite a few eyebrows when in the year 2000, at the age of 56 he married Catherine Zeta Jones, then 31. With a difference of 25 years between them, he's old enough to be Catherine's father, but the couple has two lovely children together and still seem very much in love.

Farhan and Adhuna Akhtar

Image: Farhan and Adhuna Akhtar
Photographs: Rediff Archives

Farhan, 35, is yet another hubby from the filmi brigade who's younger than his wife. Hairstylist Adhuna, 41, is 6 years older than him -- not a very large gap, but then somehow it's always a big deal when the woman is older, isn't it? They don't seem to think so, though!

Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry

Image: Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry
Photographs: Phil McCarten/Reuters

Super-sexy actress Halle is 42 years old, while her model boyfriend and the father of her daughter, Gabriel is 32. Ten years seems like a lot, doesn't it -- unless you compare their union to Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones!

Dev Patel and Freida Pinto

Image: Dev Patel and Freida Pinto
Photographs: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
Hmmm! Who said not too long ago that Dev was "just a kid"? Was it you, Frieda? Well, it seems the 24-year-old actress seems to have reconsidered that romantic angle -- she's dating Dev, 19 and his mother has confirmed it too. The six-year gap isn't that big a deal anymore, we suppose!

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon

Image: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon
Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Thirty nine-year-old crooner Mariah shocked the world last year with her marriage to rapper Nick Cannon, 28 -- her boyfriend of only six weeks! But the singer is no stranger to large age-gaps in relationships -- her ex-husband was 20 years her senior. Everyone is predicting that her second union with Nick will also go belly-up very soon, but the couple just celebrated their one-year anniversary.

Sridevi and Boney Kapoor

Image: Sridevi and Boney Kapoor
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar
Sridevi's marriage in 1996 to Boney Kapoor created a furore, because the movie producer was already married with two children. Moreover, he was eight years her senior and it was rumoured that Sri was already six months pregnant with his child at the time. Today, however, the couple have been married for more than a decade and have two daughters of their own. She's 45 and he's 53, but who's counting anymore?

Heidi Klum and Seal

Image: Heidi Klum and Seal
Photographs: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
It truly seems like this relationship transcends all boundaries. The supermodel, 35, married Seal, ten years her senior in 2005, when she was pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's child. Not only is Seal the adoptive father of Heidi's first-born daughter, they also have two sons together and she's pregnant yet again. They certainly make a charming couple, don't they?

Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna

Image: Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi
Known to be a ladies' man, 41-year-old Bollywood badshah Akshay settled into domestic bliss with former actress Twinkle, 34 in 2001. The six year age-gap between the two seems to work for them, as does everything else in their marriage -- despite several rumours of an impending implosion, the two seem very happy and have a son together.

Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford

Image: Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford
Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Chalk up another victory for the senior citizens' club! Veteran actor Harrison Ford, 66, has been seeing Ally McBeal star Calista, 44 for seven years now and they got engaged only two months ago. About time, we think.

Kajol and Ajay Devgan

Image: Kajol and Ajay Devgan
Photographs: Still from You Me Aur Hum
One of the Indian movie industry's most powerful couples, Kajol and Ajay Devgan have a six-year difference in their ages -- she'll be 34 in August and he turned 40 last month. They have a daughter together and even though their on-screen chemistry in home production You Me Aur Hum last year failed to set the box office on fire, there's no doubt about their passion off-screen!

Eva Longoria and Tony Parker

Image: Eva Longoria and Tony Parker
Photographs: Eric Thayer/Reuters
Eva Longoria may play a Desperate Housewife on screen, but she certainly isn't one in real life. The 34-year-old looker is married to professional basketball player Tony Parker, who is seven years younger -- but that doesn't seem to have created any complications in their relationship so far.

Hema Malini and Dharmendra

Image: Hema Malini and Dharmendra
Photographs: Rediff Archives
Here's yet another Bollywood romance that saw a young actress fall for an older man. Veteran actor Dharmendra was so smitten with costar Hema Malini that he converted to Islam so as to make her his second wife in 1980. There was an age gap of 13 years between them, but 29 years on, they remain married and have two daughters. Today Dharamji is 73 years old and Hema 60.

Courteney Cox and David Arquette

Image: Courteney Cox and David Arquette
Photographs: Jim Ruymen/Reuters
And finally, we come to Hollywood twosome Courteney Cox and David Arquette. The Friends star is seven years older than her husband -- she's 44, he's 37 and they've been married a decade. Now in tinseltown, that's almost a lifetime of togetherness already!