Published 13:43 IST, October 14th 2019
Kareena Kapoor: "I'd love to get paid as much as my male co-stars"
Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan says she has never walked out of a film due to pay disparity but hopes to get paid as much as her male co-stars in films. Read here
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Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan says she has never walked out of a film due to pay disparity but hopes to get paid as much as her male co-stars in films. At Jio MAMI Movie Mela with Star, 2019, Kareena was in conversation with filmmaker Karan Johar and Alia Bhatt. When asked if she has ever walked out of a film because she was getting paid less, actor said, "re were probably different reasons of walking out of films, but t because of this particular reason. I'd love to get paid as much as my male co-stars though."
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Kareena recently worked in Johar's home production "Good News", co-starring Akshay Kumar. When Johar asked, that one would assume Kareena and Akshay would've gotten paid equally, Kareena quipped, "Please pay me as much as you paid Akshay Kumar I'll run out of MAMI!" Johar, however, said re is a larger understanding of ecomics of movies that sometimes is "lesser kwn by people who don't understand business and how it functions."
"Many times, people make sweeping statements about it. I'm first person who'll always want to pay what is completely right and justified and valid. I've always done it. But I feel re's a larger understanding of budget versus verticals that you sell on digital and satellite that are driven by different data. Sometimes data of satellite and digital look at history of artiste, male or female I'm t specifying, and that determines a certain price factor and n thode determine final cost of what you pay," he added.
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filmmaker said re are many women who deserve much more money than men and re are men who have earned that because of ir talent and just work y have put in. "So, it's very subjective and cant be just put into one strong slot. While I'm all about equality, when it comes to love and paying people, but re are larger optics to look at where we have to." Alia said she is happy with what she's getting paid.
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13:37 IST, October 14th 2019