"The new brigade of actresses lack elegance, beauty and sensuality that was instilled in yesteryears stars like Nanda or Sadhana. There is a lot of skin show happening," said 50-year-old Shroff.

"They wear short dresses, show off their cleavage and think they look pretty, but it is not like that. Look at the yesteryears actresses. They used to be all covered up and even then looked beautiful," he added.

Apart from actresses, Jackie rues the modern-day songs too.

"The magic that the lyrics of yesteryears songs used to create seems to have been lost today. The way songs of the golden era were written are not written today. The way the lyricists used to describe the beauty of women in words is missing. They fail to strike a chord," he said.

"I feel people are also fed up of such songs. I am sure the beauty, essence and the melody of songs of the golden era would make a comeback as life is a vicious circle," said Shroff.