10 Senior Celebs Who Rock Their Grey Hair!

You can call their locks salt and pepper, silver or steely. Whatever the name, meet these 10 senior celebs who rock their grey hair!

As we age, so does our hair. While some people use colour and henna to mask the signs of decreasing melanin, there are others who wear their silver crowns in all their glory. Meet 10 senior celebs who rock their grey hair!

1. Shashi Tharoor

This dashing politician who is forever in the news, if not for his work then for his vast vocabulary, cuts a striking figure at age 62 with his floppy grey hair.

2. Nafisa Ali

This 61-year-old former beauty queen who went on to play some iconic roles in Bollywood before transforming into a social activist, totally owns the salt and pepper look!

3. Arundhati Roy

56-year-old writer and activist Arundhati Roy is best known for her Man Booker Prize winning novel The God of Small Things. But those grey streaks in her curly hair match the steely resolve she exhibits in taking on some of the most vocal conservative elements in the country.

4. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

Still youthful looking at 72, this internationally acclaimed classical sarod player sports the best looking smile we’ve seen, beautifully framed by silver grey locks.

5. Waheeda Rehman

This yesteryear Hindi film actress, still working at 80, personifies beauty and grace with not a single grey hair out of place.

6. Suhasini Mulay

National Award winning Hindi and Marathi actress Suhasini Mulay is 67 years old and still rocking film and stage with her talent and silver good looks.

7. Suhel Seth

No one sports a more dashing and jaunty grey ‘do’ with such aplomb as 55-year-old marketing consultant, actor, TV pundit and socialite Suhel Seth.

8. Anu Aga

75 years sit lightly on the frame of our next super silver, Anu Aga. Businesswoman and social activist, Aga was chairperson of the multi-million dollar Thermax energy business from 1996-2004. A recipient of the Padma Shri for her social work, she currently heads Teach For India.

9. Laila Tyabji

71-year-old Laila Tyabji – designer, activist, crafts-promoter, founder of Dastakar, and Padma Shri recipient – is the epitome of silver-haired elegance.

10. Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak

The thinking person’s actor and actress, Hindi film industry’s power couple, Naseeruddin Shah (67) and Ratna Pathak (61), are last but certainly not least on our list of seniors who rock their grey locks with pride and ease.

(This article first appeared in Silver Talkies on May 30, 2018.)