Kareena Kapoor Khan to Taapsee Pannu: Bollywood stars who opened up about wage-gap

Women have been fighting for ir rights and equality for many years. This issue is faced by women in Bollywood too when it comes to getting equal pay. Actors like Taapsee Pannu, Vidya Balan, Deepika Pukone and Kareena Kapoor Khan have spoken about this issue and brought up scenarios when y faced an issue regarding payment.

Actors who opened up about w-gap in India

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Actor Taapsee Pannu has been a part of various Bollywood films in which she is seen in le roles. However, actor claimed that she has faced an issue regarding w-gap. On Neha Dhupia’s podcast show, Taapsee Pannu mentioned that she h been paid 5% to 10% of what male hero in her film got. She furr mentioned that an issue like this does bor her. ding, Taapsee Pannu said that success of box office depends on how much she will get paid in her next movie.

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Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan too spoke about this issue during MAMI film festival. She was asked if she ever walked out of film because of pay disparity. actor who has walked out of many films mentioned that she never walked about a film because of pay disparity, but she would love to get paid as much as her hero. She n turned to Karan Johar who was standing right next to her during interview and asked him to pay her as much as he was paying Akshay Kumar or she would run out of MAMI.

While promoting her film Te3n, in which she is playing a woman cop, Vidya Balan spoke about pay disparity in Bollywood. She first mentioned that she was happy to speak about it, furr mentioning that many actors have w started commanding fees y feel y deserve. Vidya Balan n spoke about herself mentioning that she is happy with fees that she gets. Mission Mangal actor also ded that gap within ir payment is still big, but change is underway.

Earlier, actor Deepika Pukone mentioned that she walked out of a film because her male co-star was getting paid more than her. Anushka Sharma also spoke up about disparity and mentioned that women kw that men are getting paid better and have w started demanding equal pay.  

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