Radhika Apte ruled 2018 with stellar performances in films like AndhaDhun and PadMan and web series like Ghoul, Sacred Games and others. She also made it to IMDb’s top 10 stars of Indian Cinema list for the year 2018. Known to speak her mind and call a spade a spade, Radhika recently spoke about the pay disparity and prevalent nepotism in Bollywood in an interview to a leading daily. However, her views are a little different to what everyone adheres to.
In the interview, she was asked about pay parity. To this, she said, “If Salman Khan brings in Rs 200 crore and I bring in not even a crore, it’s obvious that he’ll be paid more since he is adding value to the box- -office. I don’t dispute that but I have an issue with actors who don’t contribute to ticket sales. Hey, even the mother of a lead character is paid lesser than the father. That needs to change.”
During the course of the interview, she was asked her opinions on nepotism as an outsider. Radhika said, “I don’t like the word outsider. If I’m a director and my son wants to be an actor, why shouldn’t I launch him? The industry today is a blend of both worlds. On one hand, there’s Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Kangana Ranaut who were not born into a film family but have made it big and then there are the star kids. I like that abroad you can go to drama school and then for auditions like everyone else for a role. It’s a fair playing ground there. With casting directors in Bollywood, things are changing here too. “
Radhika said that if something warrants an honest opinion she can’t keep her mouth shut. She took a dig at herself too and said that there have been times when she should have kept mum but she just can’t.
(Source: Pune Mirror)
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