Dating younger men on screen seems to be in vogue in Bollywood. We've seen older men like Rishi Kapoor and Jeetendra running around with younger girls in many films, but there seems to be a role reversal of sorts now! Filmmakers nowadays tend to believe that age is nothing more than just a number. And exploring the chemistry between young heroes and older women is their much-loved venture. First, we heard of the sweet 'n' surprising Shahid Kapoor-Vidya Balan pairing in 'Kismet Konnection'. Now it's time for dusky Bipasha to create sparks with younger Neil Nitin Mukesh and Ranbir Kapoor in two of her forthcoming films.

While Neil is Bipasha's co-star in new director Jehangir Surti's 'Freeze', the actress teams up with Ranbir in Siddharth Anand's 'Bachna Ae Haseenon'. According to the plot, Bipasha plays a slightly older co-star to both the coveted debutants of 2007.

A few years ago, Dimple Kapadia dared to team up with Akshaye Khanna in 'Dil Chahta Hai', Saif Ali Khan in 'Being Cyrus' and Amol Mhatre in 'Leela'.

Earlier, Deepa Sahi teamed up with Shah Rukh Khan in 'Maya Memsaab', Rakhee Gulzar with Rishi Kapoor in 'Doosra Aadmi', not to forget Nutan with Amitabh Bachchan in 'Saudagar'.

Well, it's no surprise if sultry Bipasha is attempting the dare pair with the younger stars... In 'Freeze', Bipasha is cast as a deejay to Neil's role of a high-flying photographer.

In 'Bachna Ae Haseenon' Bipasha is sharing the lead, other than Ranbir, with Om Shanti Om fame Deepika Padukone. Ranbir Kapoor is playing three different ages of life in the film.

The 29-year-old is at the moment reluctant to talk about her role. "We're in discussion. I like the script. It's too soon to talk about it," Bipasha told the media.

Neil, who is three years younger, is also cautious, but far more forthright. He said: "Yes, Bipasha is opposite me in 'Freeze'. And I'm really excited. She's someone I've always admired."

When he was asked about the age difference, he got a bit embarrassed and replied, 'Nobody will notice that she came to the industry before me. Our characters justify our presence. She does play someone older.

"Is she really older to Ranbir in the Yash Raj's 'Bachna Ae Haseenon'?" "Just a coincidence, I guess," Neil says.

Neil says he loves to do characters with a graph. 'Johnny Gaddar' had that graph. I went from greed to atonement. My second film 'Tera Kya Hoga Johnny' with Sudhir Mishra is again a character with shades." He informed that they'd start 'Freeze' in this very month of April.

Apparently, Bipasha was initially reluctant to take on the film due to the age difference between the lead characters. In fact, it was precisely due to this reason that she refused to do the sequel to 'Raaz'. But her boyfriend John Abraham convinced her.

"That's true," said Neil, "Bipasha did have her doubts when she read the script. But then John Abraham who happens to be a pal of the director of 'Freeze' happened to go through the script. He convinced her to go for it. John is a really cool guy. And Bipasha, she's hot! I hope John doesn't mind my saying so."

However, boyfriend John Abraham has persuaded her to take it up. Bips isn't getting any younger, and it's pretty hard to 'freeze' time! So, why not?